A Single Man, A New Decade

It is a time pressured situation, but it is good to jump into something if you have the time and are so inclined.

First, quickly buy Christopher Isherwood’s A Single Man, the Novel and read it in one sitting. It is short. You can do it. Let it live in you for a couple of days. Then, go see A Single Man, the Movie.

If that’s a ridiculous idea, after all, a new decade has begun and there is shit to do, then just go see A Single Man, the Movie. It is lush while always remaining brown and cream. It is so well done, you kind of cannot believe it.

Tom Ford, who knew?

Julianne Moore was wise to do this movie. It establishes her as an almost-comic-actress. She has a blast. And her hair is art.

One of my favorite novels, I must say. It is gay, written by Mr. Gay himself, all in the Santa Monica Canyon, all Britishy and romantic and ex-pat and sad and dramatic and literate and funny and brilliant with a light touch and an amazing eye. Yeah, it is.

Read it.

But see the movie, too, before, if you do not have the time to read, or after, if you do. The movie design stuff is beyond. And Colin Firth gets it exactly right.

There is some story jiggering for the sake of the movie. I do not agree with it. But, one must let it go.

Rarely such a good gay movie hits the screen. You know how they can get—all mawkish. Well, this one has its mawk, but it is held in a good place.

Oscary.

Welcome to the teens. The gay decade.
And
Goodbye Yemen. A Retreat from Allah-land.
Gimme Health.
Moderate-ism in ascendance.
Race is over.
Bad employment numbers.
People losing their houses.
Greatest income gap between rich and poor since the ‘20’s.

Overpopulation.
Too much violence.
Technology has replaced face-to-face contact.
Fat people.
Some government stabilization, but still, plenty of pain.
Food. People are obsessed with food preparation.
Americans are as split as ever. But each half is enjoying living in its portion of consciousness. Maybe best to leave it?
Smart people figuring out the earth.
Mix the world up. Mix it up.

This blog entry, and more like it, is from www.opentrench.blogspot.com