mr-toggle:naamahdarling:sol-domino:onlyleigh:“There’s a lot to be said for making pe
mr-toggle:naamahdarling:sol-domino:onlyleigh:“There’s a lot to be said for making people laugh. Did you know that that’s all some people have? It isn’t much, but it’s better than nothing in this cockeyed caravan.” -sullivan’s Travels This is literally what I tried to do through my entire time at college, and yet my teachers still yelled at me about not trying to ham-fist meaning into my art an animations.I’ve watched so many Good For You ™ movies, so many that people recommended like prescriptions.Not a single one of those, not a single one, gave me the emotional response of, say, Pacific Rim.I don’t care what you think of that specific example, I just want to say that sometimes stupid escapist ridiculousness is exactly what the world needs.“People don’t want the truth! They want opiates! They’re just sheep! They don’t care about my Important Meaningful Insights!”Yeah, no, fuck off. My life is kind of difficult, I’ve been suicidal, I’m hella poor, I’m mentally ill, things aren’t rosy. I don’t want your fucking Saving Private Ryans. I don’t want your Brokeback Mountains.I want Pacific Rim. I want The Rocketeer. I want Enchanted.Because my life contains enough truth. Too much truth.Take me away from that truth. Don’t dice it up, garnish it, and serve it back to me.Take me away. That’s the real challenge. That’s the only art I really want anymore.Fantasy is not a lie. It’s the truth of how the world ought to be -- source link
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