Future Trade story
A man with a dead-end job at a big-box store and a dysfunctional family learns that leading the privileged life isn't everything he hoped it would be after trading his future for that of a man with a trophy wife. Directed by: Bob Balaban. Story by: Clyde Hayes.
11 total · 6 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| be careful what you wish for | major | Though it wasn't literally wishing this time, Martin obviously wanted a hot wife, big house, good job etc. and got more than he bargained for. |
| coping with having a lousy dead-end job | major | Martin was sick of working at his low paying sales job. |
| husband and wife | major | Martin traded his nagging wife for a foxy, trophy wife. |
| if it sounds too good to be true it probably isn't true | major | Martin repeatedly suspected that his new life was too good to be true, and so it turned out to be. |
| infatuation | major | Martin was on cloud nine in the presence of his new trophy wife, Francesca. |
| the grass is always greener on the other side | major | The people who came to the Future Stock company thought that other peoples lives would be better than their own, but as Martin found out this is not necessarily so. |
| extramarital affair | minor | Francesca was carrying on an affair with Edwardo behind Martin's back. |
| family affairs | minor | Martin had abused hurled at him from downstairs by an angry and overbearing wife. |
| poison murder | minor | Francesca used curare laced wine to dispatch her husband. |
| romantic jealousy | minor | Martin confessed to being a bit jealous of her wife's paramour. |