i used to do this with _angels in america_ and now i am doing it with _the l word_. these words: 'there's only one thing that cuts across all our realities. it is love. the bridge between all our differences'.
it's interesting love becomes the bridge over. personally i am more inclined towards donna haraway's 'affinity, not identity' than towards love. not that i hold anything against it, i am just thinking about Hainan ji fan, a film released in 2004, touching quite a few gay viewers situated in the chinese culture. the mother in this story just doesn't understand why her three sons are all in love with men (and one of them even emigrated to taiwan- i thought that was so funny- but not so funny. singaporeans probably thought that we had been more liberal than we really were). at the end of the film, although the mother still doesn't believe in homosexuality, she shows her unreserved love for the sons and it was exactly on the note of love that the film ended with a hint of happiness- everything is gonna be fine because they still love one another despite the gaps and differences.
naive, yes, but not stupid. it managed to be popular. which meant that 'love conquers all' still had good resonances with people.
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the quote i picked up in _angels in america_ was: 'there is a genuine violence in softness and weakness. sometimes self-interested is the most generous you can be.'
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and i have tomorrow to prepare my talk on saturday. which means i am still eating biscuits and watching _nip tuck_. XD
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a film/TV/books freak who enjoys life in a way most people don't know how~
thanks. :)
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