It being Christmas I really should be cheerful and bubbly....and singing songs that are joyful and triumphant. After being exposed to the world of our local MariMar and Christmas eve testimonials, I'm actually inclined towards complaining about the Pinoy's penchant for being melodramatic but I feel I may get virtually lynched on the net.
Disclaimer: I realize now that cringing at those church testimonials was insensitive and that those people who stood up to talk were really having hard times and that working abroad and being away from family was their equivalent of a really bad shift bid...so I'm not laughing at it or ranting about it. I say, good for them getting their feelings out there in front of the congregation and I hope they have a better bid in the coming months.
On a totally different thread, anyone who has been stuck on an awfully long plane trip with very small airbus seats knows how bad it can be - you're so uncomfortable you can't fall asleep but you're so tired all you want to do is abduct someone from first class and take their seat. Thank heavens for the film I found. It was a Zoe Cassavetes film entitled Broken English. It isn't the mainstream kind of blockbuster - which is a shame only because not that many people will get to watch and appreciate the genius and honesty of it. In a nutshell, it challenges our misconceptions about freedom, independence, the pressure to be married or in a relationship by a certain age and about the lead actor striving to just figure out how to love herself more - regardless of the idiots that come in and out of her life (who sort of break her down).
Its not a cute romantic comedy. Which is what makes it so different and authentic. If you liked Before Sunset then you'll get this. Its slower and less chirpy but so in a league of its own.
Just watch it. You'll figure out why its so great.
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