Humanizing Jenny: She’s Not The Villain of Forrest Gump
Thanks to the advent of the world wide web and social media, anyone can dump their ideas, suggestions, and theories. Understand, I too am guilty of this. Generations ago, except for reviews, you will only know of takes on films and their characters in a book, magazine, or documentary. A film, or any art, is subjective upon the viewer(s). Case in point, many people have taken an odd, less than empathetic outlook on Robin Wright's character of Jenny Curran in Forrest Gump. Some treat her as the antagonist, as a villain. It goes further in that many see her as some Machiavellian James Bond villain. Others state that they hate her. Note they do not hate how the character is written or portrayed by Robin Wright. No, they hate the actual person, like a viewer hates Lex Luthor in a Superman story. Let us better understand Jenny Curran.