“I started piling on lie after lie. It was like setting up Jenga”
—Olive
Penderghast, Easy A
We all know someone who is a compulsive liar. They start the one lie to
one person who passes it on to the next, and when it reaches back to that
person another one gets added to cover to the first. Will Gluck, the director,
has made a hilarious movie called Easy A
that revolves around the “hole” you dig yourself in once the lies pile up.
Olive starts one lie to skip out on a “fun” weekend with her friend’s
parents. Her reason? A make-belief guy whom (here begins her second outrageous lie)
she takes her V card. Meanwhile we’ve all seen she was with her dog singing
with a singing card all weekend. This continues on with her “sluttiness” and so
on so forth. I haven’t caught your attention? Did I forget to mention Emma
Stone is Olive Penderghast? Yes, so it is hilarious and amazing.
Back to why I’m talking about this quote of all quotes...I’m sure most
of you reading have all told at least one lie that’s ended up coming apart and
unraveling getting you into trouble (a lot worse than what would have happened
had you told the truth in the beginning). As I’m sure most of you are aware of
the game Jenga—a bunch of blocks stacked in a tower, removing one here and
there until it tumbles.
This is what I don’t understand. Sometimes the small little lie is
fine. Big lies, like say sleeping with someone or being pregnant, are the ones
that are difficult to keep. It’s like having Jenga in front of you looking like
the leaning Tower of Pisa with every other row missing a piece. Any second it’s
just waiting to tumble with all the other lies.
I’m not sure why compulsive liars don’t see it as a bridge waiting to
collapse. But it is most definitely a Jenga game waiting to crash at any
moment. Unfortunately, Olive Penderghast found out the hard way, but she did
end up making up for her lies in the end by telling the truth. It took awhile,
but better late than never.
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