I haven't seen either movie, but two lines stand out for me in what you've written here. One is "I always tell teh truth even when I lie"--that is an awesome line. I want to mull it over, because I think it's cool and gets to the heart of things. . . or it could be an amazing kind of bullshit. But I think, actually, it's the first thing. I think there's probably a kind of authenticity that can permeate a person's life so that even their deceit is authentic, somehow. (But my inner critic is asking, but what can that mean? What is authentic deceit?--and then the answer I'm coming up with is that it's deceit that isn't wasted and isn't trivial? Well, anyway, a great line and food for thought.
The other one is, "If you're not victimized, you don't fit into that community." That also I understand: you see it all the time in little mini communities. If a bunch of teen girls are talking about how mean their parents are--or about how violent their dads are, or how much their moms or dads drink--then it's definitely not cool to be saying, "Huh, well, my parents are okay, actually."
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Date: 2010-03-19 12:04 pm (UTC)The other one is, "If you're not victimized, you don't fit into that community." That also I understand: you see it all the time in little mini communities. If a bunch of teen girls are talking about how mean their parents are--or about how violent their dads are, or how much their moms or dads drink--then it's definitely not cool to be saying, "Huh, well, my parents are okay, actually."