LizzieMaine
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I think if I live long enough to see a real revolution in this country, it won't be instigated by film school students. It'll be instigated by ordinary people being *personally affected* by what needs to be revolted against -- and by affected, I don't mean inconvenienced or annoyed, I mean people sleeping in the streets, going hungry, realizing that their Ph. D doesn't entitle them to be in the front row when it comes to pawing thru the dumpster for a chunk of bread with no mold on it.
One of the unfortunate aspects of our modern age is the superficiality of "empathy" among just about every class of people. We live in a world, today, where people are sleeping in the streets, going hungry, pawing thru dumpsters, and by and large, as long as we're not personally involved, it's not our problem. I've stood in the lobby many times watching people come tutt-tutting out of searing documentaries about these issues, muttering "powerful film, powerful film," and shaking hands with the director and telling him how powerful his vision is. And then they get in their Lexuses and drive off to meet their dinner reservation at Primo. Their empathy goes as deep as a movie ticket, which is to say not at all. Of such is not a revolution made.
So we wait for the bottom to fall out, and think about what side we'll be on when it does. And in the meantime. we find things to laugh at, just to maintain our sanity.
One of the unfortunate aspects of our modern age is the superficiality of "empathy" among just about every class of people. We live in a world, today, where people are sleeping in the streets, going hungry, pawing thru dumpsters, and by and large, as long as we're not personally involved, it's not our problem. I've stood in the lobby many times watching people come tutt-tutting out of searing documentaries about these issues, muttering "powerful film, powerful film," and shaking hands with the director and telling him how powerful his vision is. And then they get in their Lexuses and drive off to meet their dinner reservation at Primo. Their empathy goes as deep as a movie ticket, which is to say not at all. Of such is not a revolution made.
So we wait for the bottom to fall out, and think about what side we'll be on when it does. And in the meantime. we find things to laugh at, just to maintain our sanity.