Sexual Politics? Consider Streaming David Mamet's Movie, "Oleanna"
It's very apropos for the current situation in politics today. You probably haven't seen it. It wasn't much of a successful film. It's also a very strange film. After watching it, you soon come to realize that whatever your opinion is of the dilemma and events faced by the two characters in the film is wrong. If you don't feel that way, you probably weren't paying attention.
It's a movie that is really a long dialog between a college professor and a young woman who is a student. It reflects many of the situations we're facing right now that occur between men and women. At the end of the movie, there is no resolution. You will feel one way or another about it, but both conclusions will be wrong. That's sort of the situation we're in right now, politically.
You probably haven't seen the film. You can. It's available to stream on Netflix. It's just 87 minutes long. It's pertinent to today's news.
But, remember, whatever your reaction is to the movie is wrong. If you change your mind about how you feel, you're still wrong. It's was a brilliant play, and a brilliant movie. One of the few I've ever seen that guarantees that you'll be wrong, however you feel about the story.
We're seeing a similar situation playing out in DC and across the country right now. We're all wrong about it, regardless of how we feel about it. That's what I think.
I'm probably wasting my time with this post, because nobody saw the movie. I think it's worth watching, if you didn't.
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