A play and a movie

This weekend I had the pleasure of attending a play, my first in a long long while. It's called In the Continuum and it's about two black women and their story of HIV. Haha, I tricked Jason! I just told him I wanted to go see a play but he didn't know what they were about until after he ordered the tickets. I think otherwise, ten horses wouldn't have been able to drag him to the play.

Actually the two women were extremely talented. One played a Zimbabwean wife and mother, and the other played a teenager in ghetto L.A. The only thing these two women have in common are that they are both black, female, pregnant and have HIV. Okay, I guess that's alot in common. Anyway, it's a pretty cool play. The whole play consisted of only these two people, playing various characters at different times.

I thought the body movement was very good, engaging, spirited, etc etc. I had higher expectations of the emotional engagement of the play, but I felt little urge to turn on the faucets at the end, when it becomes all sad and stirring. Still, I got to see some different cultures than my own, I also got a glimpse of the universality of human love, needs, desires, etc. All that good stuff. Go see it if you get a chance.

The movie I watched this past weekend...ah, I am sure few people would disagree with me when I say, it was a true masterpiece: Clockwork Orange. yes, there was an overabundance of the female flesh, and at times, even the male genitalia. Yet, all that added to the film, rather than detracted. And the words! The language! What beauty the English language could be, I never suspected. I felt like I was falling in love with the English language all over again in the way it was used, the way the actors purred the words and in the way, the different combinations of sounds and syllables came together in delightful symphony. I wish I could do justice to how well done the language of the film was, but there are other things not to be overlooked as well. The colors, the composition of the film, even the actor, these magical elements really came togehter and made the film work for me, in ways I could not have imagined. I'm almost tempted to break out in NADSAT speak now, but that would just be carrying my fanaticism a bit too far. Well okay, just a bit. I think I'll chat more later, my droogies! Your faithful blogging devotchka, Emilie. Hehe.