Tricia Walsh-Smith and the Collapse of Marriage

It's no secret that marriage among the cultural and artistic elites is in even worse shape than among the general culture. If you doubt me, check out any copy of US Weekly or People or any of a number of publications tracking the sizzle of celebrity romances and their flame out divorces.

Now, British actress and playwright Tricia Walsh-Smith gives us a first hand look inside the crumbling of one of these marriages. The story has all the elements of modern, built for disaster marriages: bitterness, adultery, angry stepchildren and, of course, the pre-nup.

Walsh-Smith, no doubt, resides in a sub-culture that derides all the traditional convictions about marriage, that scoffs at fidelity and chastity. Still, the pain she's experiencing is obvious. This culture has robbed her of the ability to describe her husband's behavior in moral terms. She has no moral ground on which to stand and declare the break up of her marriage to be wrong. All she has is her sorrow, a video camera, and a hunger for revenge. As you'll see clearly in the video, none of these is enough.