On the surface, Jerry Maguire is all about ego and money. Even his football player client continuously reiterates the famous line, “show me the money.” But looking beyond the superficial surface of money and the material world, Maguire offers another take on love. The film suggests that love means showing up. In other words, being there for someone else through the downfalls and bad times to rise up and meet the success together. Initially, Maguire stressed his idea of love on his success. Essentially, that he could not have one without the other. Though, it is through his struggles that he is able to overcome himself and negative disposition and accept love. Shakespeare’s King Lear exemplifies this concept “Men must endure/ Their going hence, even as their coming hither:/ Ripeness is all” (5.2). There is no control of birth or exit from this world, but the rest is up to the individual. It is through the struggles that are endured where meaning is found.
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