If you're like me, a heterosexual, you have probably seen relationships like yours mirrored on the big screen. The good, the bad and the weird are all fair game when it comes to Hollywood's portrayal of straight couples. We are an evolving society and part of that evolution is the critical role that representation in the media plays on how people are seen. The LBGTQ community has long been looking for fair portrayal of relationships that counter the norm of one female and one male and now we are seeing this portrayal in films that may not seem like the type to offer a message so important.

This summer, 'Rough Night' came to theaters. It was advertised as being the next 'Bridesmaids', a comparison that I took straight to heart. The movie was funny and the only thing I really have to complain about is the casting of some really great comedians who were not given funny dialogues. But I digress. As we go through the introductions of the characters at the beginning of the film and meet the members of the bridal party that the movie is centered around, we see Zoë Kravitz playing Blair and Ilana Glazer as Frankie. Blair is the badass business women who is navigating her way through a custody battle with her now ex husband and trying to keep the rest of her life together. Frankie is also a badass who has dedicated her life to sticking it to the man and protesting for human rights etc.

When all of the girls are finally together in Miami it is revealed that Frankie and Blair were once a couple. That's it. There's no "aha" lesbian moment. No "I-Kissed-A-Girl-And-I-Liked-It". There were no dumb gay jokes and no shock factor to it, just two people who had fallen out of love. *SPOILER* They fall back into love by the end of the film because duh.

Fair representation is showing a couple that doesn't meet the heteronormative standards that we were spoonfed by a media that didn't represent human beings, just one very small fraction of them. This film is a small step in opening the eyes of audiences to what normal looks like now. Normal is people loving other people, sex and gender aside and if that can be relayed in a comedy about a bachelorette party then it really shouldn't be so hard for the rest of Hollywood.