...people do over-philosophize at times.
I think too much. I know I do. But what I'm usually over-thinking are real life situations involving real people. Or my own place in this endless universe, my role or purpose, or whether I'm meant to have a purpose at all.
It is times like these I wonder if I am a freak of nature. If I'm just one of those weird people who sees the world too differently than everyone else. Then I remember I am not that unique at all. Or, rather, my uniqueness is no more special than anyone else's.
I don't know why I can have the patience of Mother Theresa in most situations, but then stick me in a fan forum and I want to go Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver all over the place. I've worked with children; I've worked in the service industry; I've worked retail, for fuck's sake, and held my cool.
And I'm really sorry if the one of you (who I like bunches) who will know exactly what I'm talking about here gets insulted by what I'm venting about, but this is my forum and I apparently need to vent.
I just don't think I belong. I don't like how judgmental I become. I don't like that I sit there and think, "What a load of pretentious, nonsensical garbage. You can't intellectualize character action on a TV show, no matter how many mythos you tie it to. And something else, obscurity is not a virtue. Just because you sound intelligent doesn't mean you're right. And just because people ooh and aah over what you write doesn't mean they understood one freaking word. And another thing? You make no fucking sense, and I am saying that with full confidence in my intellectual ability."
I say all that in my head, I do.
What do I do in the forum? Most times, I ignore what I read and go about my business. Sometimes the discussion veers somewhere I feel like jumping in. And sometimes it's fun. But then someone else will jump in (or the original poster) and steer it off into the never-never land of fanciful meandering, Jungian archetypes, and the like. And I say...
It doesn't fucking matter what I say (so sayeth The Rock). Obviously I also take this way too seriously. Even I know that. If one person or another wants to post Marina Warner-like theses about a TV show, what do I care? And if I'm going to get annoyed every time it happens, then maybe it's time for another break.
Of course it would help if the goddamn show would come back on the air. And then maybe a couple of us could actually get together and discuss what I want to discuss. Things like, why do you think he did that? I don't remember that being mentioned before, can someone point me to the episode where that happened? how does all this tie into that other thing that happened?...you know...actually discussing the show?
I know I'm overly fond of my deep thoughts, but anyone who has discussed Buffy the Vampire Slayer with me ad infinitum knows I love to talk about my shows and their characters, and that I love hearing different opinions. When they make sense, that is.
Oh hell. I'm going to go bury my nose in a book for another couple of weeks.
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6 comments:
Ah, Marina Warner and her theses. I wrote to her challenging something she wrote in her book about Joan of Arc, but she would have it she was right. (I was, of course.) Sorry about whoever or whatever has annoyed you. Sometimes you just have to vent to feel better, though.
Ugh, Marina Warner drives me batshit crazy. As she is one of the premier voices of fairytale scholarship, I've read more of her than I care to. And I appreciate her scholarship, but she uses the most obtuse language, as if that will legitimize her scholarship. As if it needs to be made so.
Good on you for calling her on her mistake.
And I do feel better for venting; thanks for listening!
I can feel your pain. LOL Well, sometimes anyway. Thing is I have a tendency to actually like discussions like that upon occasion. Mostly it's a bunch of us engaging in BS but I find it fun on some level. I just have to be in the mood for it. And being one who loved those literature classes where you sit around discussing the symbolism in things, guess I find it fun. Then again for all I know, Shakespeare just wanted to write a good comedy or drama with none of the so-called symbolism involved and he'd probably have a good laugh at all of us who sit around poring over every line. ;-)
I also can't wait for new episodes so we can sit around freaking out over what the heck does "Now it's too late," mean??? LOL I spent quite a few weeks upset over that one stupid line. Nothing deep of philosophical, just me being upset at Eames. ;-)
Anyway, hang in there. Maybe take a break until the show starts and we actually have something to talk about that won't get us into all that philosophical stuff. :-)
Don't get me wrong, I love discussing symbolism where I feel it's warranted. I just don't think this particular show warrants the...shall I say...extreme analysis a couple of posters seem to want to share with the rest of us. Again, though, my opinion, nothing more. But it does, I believe, strangle a good thread at times.
I never could get over "the apogee of Gallic urbanity" ...
...and that's why I know you understand my pain...
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