For those of you who watch NCIS, feel free to call me very special agent Anthony DiNozzo (Well...a female version of Anthony please). Why? Because like Tony I'm always making movie references. I'm freakishly full of quotes, and every time one pops into my head I just have to say it.
This is partially why my sister thinks I'm obsessed with just about any show or movie I watch. She especially loves to say this about Doctor Who, as I've said before. Is it my fault these shows have such amazing lines? No. Is it my fault I automatically start to remember and store these lines away for later? No. Is it my fault I get bored and so look up more episodes or trivia for shows and movies I like? Well, maybe, it depends on your point of view.
I don't consider myself obsessed with any shows or movies though. It doesn't feel like it. I don't go around thinking about them non-stop. Usually something or somebody will trigger my quoting, I just don't randomly start rambling about a show or a character. I'm relating it to something else in the conversation. I don't spend all my time thinking about the movie Clue, but when we started learning about the Cold War I couldn't help but think "Communism's just a red herring."
I guess some people the ability to ramble off quotes a kind of obsession. I don't. I consider it an ability of mine that I've yet to find a practical use for other than annoying my sister. And at least I'm not "obsessed" withTwilight or Justin Bieber. Then I might be in for some serious problems with my friends.
October 15, 2010
October 1, 2010
Are we not men?
I went to see a play today. It's called "The Island of Dr. Moreau." It was absolutely amazing.
Dr. Moreau is on a deserted island, experimenting on animals. Essentially he's trying to make them like men. The play is very creepy, and that's part of the appeal of it, but I also liked some of the points it brought up.
The beasts ask "Are we not men?" repeatedly but never get an answer. They are obviously capable of intelligent thought and speech to some degree. They try to live according to "the law" and have at least some kind of consciousness. But they say this in voices that are still fairly savage and animal-like. There's a continuous chorus of animal growls and cries ringing in the play-goers' ears throughout the play. So you have to wonder, just how human are they?
As Moreau himself points out his experiments "start off well but nature reclaims them quickly." One way of looking at the play is you can't win against nature. Our instincts are a strong force. "The beast in a man is usually not hard to find. In my experience it's the humanity one has to look for." So how much do we act on instinct, when does it start to take over and how long can we expect our "humanity" to last when pushed to the limit?
And while I didn't mean for this to turn into a deep analysis, the play really gave me some good food for thought. See, this is why I don't really count myself as "normal." Oh well, the play was absolutely incredible and being normal is vastly overrated. Good job to all the people who worked on the show, it turned out great.
Dr. Moreau is on a deserted island, experimenting on animals. Essentially he's trying to make them like men. The play is very creepy, and that's part of the appeal of it, but I also liked some of the points it brought up.
The beasts ask "Are we not men?" repeatedly but never get an answer. They are obviously capable of intelligent thought and speech to some degree. They try to live according to "the law" and have at least some kind of consciousness. But they say this in voices that are still fairly savage and animal-like. There's a continuous chorus of animal growls and cries ringing in the play-goers' ears throughout the play. So you have to wonder, just how human are they?
As Moreau himself points out his experiments "start off well but nature reclaims them quickly." One way of looking at the play is you can't win against nature. Our instincts are a strong force. "The beast in a man is usually not hard to find. In my experience it's the humanity one has to look for." So how much do we act on instinct, when does it start to take over and how long can we expect our "humanity" to last when pushed to the limit?
And while I didn't mean for this to turn into a deep analysis, the play really gave me some good food for thought. See, this is why I don't really count myself as "normal." Oh well, the play was absolutely incredible and being normal is vastly overrated. Good job to all the people who worked on the show, it turned out great.
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