He knew that the Victorian public demanded happy endings.
In an interview on Monday, Mr. Benton, the director, said that "pictures like this are incredibly difficult to make and complex to market in a world that demands happy endings".
To battle those forces as visibly as Weiner does is not just to tell a fairy-tale story but also to try to live one: to insist on moving from the margin to the center, and to demand a happy ending of one's own.
She made few demands, seemed happy enough with my company, and continued to barbecue, even in December.
As any parent quickly becomes aware, if a child is demanding a Happy Meal, you are forced into the position of acquiescing or offering an alternative that does not come with its own trademarked upbeat adjective: an unhappy meal, therefore.
In any case, a comedy demands a happy ending, which is what "Project Greenlight" seemed to provide when it concluded with "Stolen Summer" playing to an appreciative crowd at Sundance.
But for the vast majority of working mothers, most victories may feel small when measured against the ongoing juggling act: keeping increasingly demanding employers happy, dealing with subtle and not-so-subtle conflicts with colleagues and stay-at home mothers who judge their decisions, and all the while trying to raise happy and healthy offspring.
Even so, Gupta noted that Apple is also facing growing competition from Chinese brands, which in turn is amping up pressure on the company to innovate its handsets to keep increasingly demanding consumers happy by delivering "enhanced value" in exchange for the iPhone's premium price.
She was never crying, never demanding, always happy, smiling, eating and sleeping all night long at three weeks of age.
