There was a time when Tony fell in love with Maria in “West Side Story“… Singing aloud in New York’s streets… Full of passion… Bringing Romeo and Juliet back to life once again… There was a time when you admired Holly in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s“… Thinking how sophisticated one can be… There was a time when you were laughing your ass off at Eliza Doolittle and her cockney slang in “My Fair Lady“… There was a time when you would learn happiness… loveliness… liveliness…

Today, they teach you something completely different… All nonsense… lifelong hatred… terror and fear… Today it’s all about the bloody wars… It’s about killing and even more killing… As if the media didn’t produce enough propaganda…

Over the last weekend, I saw three films which made me make my initial comparison… I saw the musical, “Fiddler on the Roof“, made almost 40 years ago… It was laughter, tradition, reality accompanied by messages… Being a fan of French cinema, I saw “Clara et Moi“, a French film made not too long ago… So real and pretty… It was about two normal people… It was about how something as simple as eye contact can change your life forever…

And I saw “Lions for Lambs“… A typical Hollywood film which was recently released… And boom… More wars and bullshit… Full of meaningless dialogues that make you sleep and regret the time you spend sitting in a dark theatre… Seriously… Do they think if they get well-known actors together, it makes it a good film? Who gives a damn if Robert Redford directed Mr. Cruise, whose acting hasn’t budged since “Top Gun” 20 years ago… or to my shock Meryl Streep… Out of 5 trailers before the actual movie started, 4 of them were about the war… I’m sick and tired of war news, true as it may be… It’s like you’re watching BBC News even in the cinema these days!

What a shame…

S

“The most exciting, challenging, and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself. And if you find someone to love the you you love, well, that’s just fabulous.”

— Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker – Sex and the City)

Last night’s group photography exhibition, “the too-explicit injustice of kind population!”, was a great experience… So many impressive art pieces by a host of artists including a great friend, Sam, all gathered together at Whipper Snapper Gallery.

Every one of the pictures represented a moment… a great moment, all framed in four corners, making you wish you could be there within the moment the artist had captured….

So, the end result was that I got my new art work by Sam Javanrouh… and it’s going to be on my wall pretty soon… For those of you who are living in chilly Toronto and didn’t make it to the opening night, you surely won’t want to miss your chance… There’s a lot to see and a lot more to appreciate…The exhibition is on at the gallery until December 21st.

S

“I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.”

— Bill Cosby