Being in the same space at the same time, does not guarantee meaningful existence- Blinkymummy.
Anyway.. been thinking about the movie, 'notes on a scandal', that I watched with rancu and efrata. Somehow I couldn't get the movie outta my head. Now that I ponder about it, the movie did touch on one basic truth in this society.
Judi Dench's Barbara was the main lead but to me, the movie was all about Cate Blanchett's Sheba. *spoiler ahead*
Sheba Heart was a gorgeous new teacher who attracted both her fellow teachers and.. male students.
She was a proper mum, married to a much older man, living a decent life which couldn't be more different from her younger days.
The decency of her life has, however, killed off her passion for life itself. Everything was good and right.. and that was not fun. Deep inside, many of us always have that little desire to be bad, to bend the rules now and then.
You are excited by having a little secret that is so against your outward appearance as conceived by the society.
You are so eager to have that other identity and life.
That's why we love James Bond, and Alias, and stuff.. leading double life sounded fun and.. thrilling.
All Sheba wanted was just a little bit of fun in her otherwise ordinary life. All she wanted was just a little secret to keep..
And of all things.. she chose to have an affair with her 15 years old student.
Stupid? Crazy?
But have you ever thought about people around you? Those who appear to be proper and decent?
Have you ever thought of the secret they have?
The good thing about the movie was that Sheba finally realised her mistake. She finally understood that her little evil desire was all but vanity. That she could find the meaning of her existence even in her so-called ordinary life.
That happiness had always been there, in its most ordinary and overlooked form.
So she returned to her home.. and she got her forgiveness.
Anyway.. been thinking about the movie, 'notes on a scandal', that I watched with rancu and efrata. Somehow I couldn't get the movie outta my head. Now that I ponder about it, the movie did touch on one basic truth in this society.
Judi Dench's Barbara was the main lead but to me, the movie was all about Cate Blanchett's Sheba. *spoiler ahead*
Sheba Heart was a gorgeous new teacher who attracted both her fellow teachers and.. male students.
She was a proper mum, married to a much older man, living a decent life which couldn't be more different from her younger days.
The decency of her life has, however, killed off her passion for life itself. Everything was good and right.. and that was not fun. Deep inside, many of us always have that little desire to be bad, to bend the rules now and then.
You are excited by having a little secret that is so against your outward appearance as conceived by the society.
You are so eager to have that other identity and life.
That's why we love James Bond, and Alias, and stuff.. leading double life sounded fun and.. thrilling.
All Sheba wanted was just a little bit of fun in her otherwise ordinary life. All she wanted was just a little secret to keep..
And of all things.. she chose to have an affair with her 15 years old student.
Stupid? Crazy?
But have you ever thought about people around you? Those who appear to be proper and decent?
Have you ever thought of the secret they have?
The good thing about the movie was that Sheba finally realised her mistake. She finally understood that her little evil desire was all but vanity. That she could find the meaning of her existence even in her so-called ordinary life.
That happiness had always been there, in its most ordinary and overlooked form.
So she returned to her home.. and she got her forgiveness.
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