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.........but instead they told me it was a poorly made film by that homophobic snot of a rap singer.
You miss my point, TCB. The
desire to see something has to be there. Regardless of the reviews on
8 Mile (and there were plenty of good reviews as well as negative), I simply had no
desire to watch or hear it. Back when I was in college, which is when the original
Godfather was released, people were telling me I
had to see it, but I still had no desire, and still don't.
Another analogy refers back to my high school days. The "popular" crowd insisted that everyone listen to certain music, dress in certain styles, watch certain shows. I may not have had the best self-image back then, but I knew my own tastes didn't match theirs. Some of the songs they liked I liked, but others I didn't. The same was with clothes and shows. My desires were different from theirs.
This followed into my twenties and thirties, as I entered adulthood and the gay community. At the time, in the Los Angeles area, "everyone" who was gay centered their lives in West Hollywood. But I wasn't interested in West Hollywood and gravitated to the Silverlake area instead, and later to Long Beach. I knew myself well enough to follow my own instincts.
Is my life the less for not having watched
The Godfather? I don't think so, not really. The iconography has been pervasive enough that I know something about the film, so that when it is mentioned I know what is being referred to in a conversation. DR Noel has told us he has not watched any of the
LOTR films, which is his choice. I daresay he's
heard quite enough about the films to be in a similar position to mine on
The Godfather.The reverse is also true. I seriously doubt that many here are familiar with Mike Oldfield's recording career. That doesn't make them lesser people in my frame of mind, simply because I happen to enjoy his works a great deal. And I doubt Bollywood films would be to everyone's tastes, but I don't think any less of MBarnum because of his enjoyment of them.
That's part of the nature of horseracing.
