And would you want to? In BLAME IT ON THE MOON, Kitty comes by her mind reading gift through a freak accident, and it causes some interesting dilemmas when Haden starts stripping her naked mentally. But would you want this to happen to you? Would you want to read your significant other's every thought?
Say, for example, that your hubby's thinking about sex and you are so not in the mood--you'd know to claim a headache asap before things got uncomfortable. But what if you ask him if you look fat in your jeans? A good hubby knows the proper answer is "no, you look great in your jeans!" This makes for a good marriage. But what if he's really thinking "You were so much thinner when I married you--why can't you drop a few pounds?" Grounds for a divorce right there.
Who needs that?
Reading minds allows Kitty to help her customers more quickly and gives her lots of blackmail fodder, creating the ethical dilemma of how to use the information she gains. Mind reading in the wrong hands...er, brain...blackmail, cheating on tests, corporate espionage. Maybe it's a gift we weren't meant to have. We're already bombarded with so much extraneous information from the TV and the internet. Would all the outside thoughts just merge into white noise? Could we tune it out if we chose?
It certainly gives added texture to Kitty's love scenes with Haden. His passionate thoughts, her emotions. Who needs foreplay, baby?
Shara
2 comments:
I would definitely not want to have the ability to read minds!
TMI for this gal!
;~D
Same here! I have enough problems deciphering my own internal messages.
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