something weird about mr + mrs smith is that it’s clearly written from the perspective of john and subtly favors johns (in spite of their many flaws) over janes even though it’s ostensibly told from the perspective of the couple. of all the smiths we see die (or are implied to), it’s always the men that get shot/dispatched first and nearly all the johns we meet are defined by being, for lack of a better word, more silly and frivolous than their janes.