Isn't the "rubber sheet" analogy better than "space goo"? The goo analogy makes it seem like "ripples" and "bends" are something space does, where as it's (fr

Isn't the "rubber sheet" analogy better than "space goo"? The goo analogy makes it seem like "ripples" and "bends" are something space does, where as it's (from my understanding) actually the influence of gravitational fields/aggregations of mass.