Changed her Mind

Church was good today, a service on the subject of old testament stories. A man stood up and told the story of Jonah in a big booming voice and it was great. I decided to stay afterwards for coffee, very bravely, and got to talking to Sophie and voila, plans were made, and we're going to a movie! We'll see Michael Clayton.

I should stay home and work on my article summary, but maybe I can get that done later.

Oh, the phone rang and Sophie can't make it to the movie. Damn. Going by myself, it seems. Ah well. I can do that.

Such are the viscissitudes of life.

Comments

[Ms. Jane]

OMG, wasn't Michael Clayton good? I loved Tom Wilkinson!

[Jo]

It was a great movie. Which one was Tom Wlkinson?

[Ms. Jane]

He was the one who was bipolar. His monologue in the first three minutes of the film alone should get him the award, in my opion. Then that look in his eye when he said "You don't want to face me in the courtroom." was so awesome!

[Jo]

He was just excellent. He didn't overplay the mania at all, I thought. It was like people I've seen who were manic.

[Ms. Jane]

BTW, I was thinking about how you were saying that characters who are bipolar in movies only as a plot point - that it's their defining characteristic, but maybe there are characters in movies who are bipolar but it's not mentioned because it's not important to the plot...

What I'm saying is that everthing in a movie is there because it forwards the plot, since it's a very time-limited medium everything in it must have meaning, you know?

[Jo]

But my point is more that if a bipolar person appears, they are defined by that characteristic. It would be like if a black person appears, it would be to discuss black-ness and no other characteristics.

[Ms. Jane]

I see your point, however, much of the time, since our culture is anglo-centric the person of color is defined by their color in the movie.