A professor in a class I took several years back said, "Some people think to talk, others talk to think." I immediately knew where I belonged...I talk to think. Therefore, it helps me stay out of trouble, if I do most of my thinking with trusted friends. Being ADHD, I have to think out loud without looking at them...body language and facial expressions can be way too distracting.
It's amazing what I learn when I get a chance to pursue a train of thought all the way to the end. I ride to work sometimes with friends who are kind enough to let me ramble the five miles or so from home to the office. Last week, I talked through my thoughts about a movie I went to see.
It was a summer "blockbuster" or so it was advertised. Adapted from a popular Broadway musical, it was geared toward someone of my generation and gender. I finally got a chance to go to the Sunday matinee with a friend and her daughter. As is often the case, anticipation led to disappointment.
"Hate" is too strong a word for how I felt. As I explained on the way to work last week, the movie was joyfully hedonistic. A celebration of a way of life that is immoral and irresponsible, in a beautiful Mediterranean setting with handsome men, and dancing, and songs I can sing to.... I had a miserable time. I felt uncomfortable watching it with a teen that I've watched grow up and talked to about how to make good choices, while the beautiful heroine winked through the consequences of her bad ones. This movie had it all, all the glitter and fun the world pursues, and a happy musical ending.
It may not be "real" life, but it is a life style for a large part of the real world, unfortunately. And it rarely ends so neatly and happily.
So I talked it out and thought it through. It will be a long time before I fall for another movie trailer.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
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