Listen "237: Viewing Close as a Passenger"
Episode Synopsis
Feeling challenged in more than one way, I'm recommending the 2022 movie Close as one of the best films in years. It directly reminded me of a past Inappropriate Conversations podcast with Mark Greene as the Different Drummer. His work, and the director of Close, directly refer to this episode's Different Drummer, too.
I was reminded of my childhood, at the same age as the central characters in the film, and a sense of disconnection that came from a change in school districts.
I also was challenged by how our defense mechanisms seem to presume something inappropriate (directly or indirectly incestuous) might make an unwanted appearance in the plot of a film like this. I don't blame the filmmakers. It's more the way our society is driven to sexualize, seemingly, everything, even when nothing of the sort is going on.
Different Drummer: Niobi Way
The Project for the Advancement of our Common Humanity
I was reminded of my childhood, at the same age as the central characters in the film, and a sense of disconnection that came from a change in school districts.
I also was challenged by how our defense mechanisms seem to presume something inappropriate (directly or indirectly incestuous) might make an unwanted appearance in the plot of a film like this. I don't blame the filmmakers. It's more the way our society is driven to sexualize, seemingly, everything, even when nothing of the sort is going on.
Different Drummer: Niobi Way
The Project for the Advancement of our Common Humanity
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