Wednesday, April 21, 2021

What is youth? A dream. What is love? The content of the dream.

Another Round – 4/5

I am mostly pleased that this is not a damning portrait of alcohol. It is good, and it is bad. And that goodness, we don't really talk about it seriously. The lifted conversation, the bad mood that rolls off the shoulders, the thick barrier between you and the outside world rubbed thin. We become passionate, we become funny, we become brave. And yes, angry and sad and those other things. I like that the movie admits that sometimes we need help, and here is this thing, this common thing, within grasp, except for the societal constructs that says we shouldn't, it's improper in this setting. And maybe. But also maybe everyone is different and we've all got to figure out what person it is possible to be; and if we need a little help to be that, then so be it. We've all got to find our own way, we need to learn to admit when we need help; and that applies to both the good drinking and the bad.

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