Friday, December 17, 2010

girl meets world

girl meets world
moving too fast
still getting
put on blast
for dirty dishes
battling dirty deeds
one tear at a time
crime pays
so she in line
for unemployment
cheques bounce
like her head nods
to instrumentals
new essential
nutrients
finding solace
in the snare
and benevolence
in the bass
reminiscent of
space and time
lunchroom rhymes
of fellas playing
hook line and sinker
with moves
that would only
sink her
self-wealth but
investments
in real
self-interest
has her out of the red
no more being
smoked out
choked out
looking for a
way out
in the mirror
images are clearer
12 mega-pixels
in the graduation
picture
from hey young girl
to woman
of the world
knowledge is power
so she bats clean-up
always coming home
to the real fan
real man in her life
lil’ man learning
how to clean up
respecting when..
she cleans up
after him
and doesn’t
holla or stare when…
she cleans up
mother not ma
when she steps out
careful not show out
rockin the clutch
in clutch moments
still learning and atoning
all the while growing
world meet girl…
accept her and  her terms
word.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

guy and madeline on a park bench

Being a fan of indie flicks is a May - December relationship, armed with not much more than a brief synopsis and a trailer, if that, you often go in on a flick and sometimes come way very disappointed. This past week i caught a flick i had very little to go on, guy and madeline on a park bench. Described as a jazz musical, it caught my eye given my love of jazz and growing love for musicals.

Without going in too deep on the synopsis, first -time director Damien Chazelle creates a jazzy yet sometimes stark and  frustrating landscape focused on the boy meets girl, girl falls for boy, boy leaves girl narrative. Title characters Guy, a musician whose first love will always be music, and Madeline, a girl searching for something, anything in life interact with a series of interesting people throughout the film ultimately to meet again in its final scene.


What struck me at times was the director's reliance on the actors to use their facial expressions and solely that - the movie is not heavy on dialogue. While frustrating at times, with sober second thought the realism it conveyed was spot on. The up and down moments of relationships and life in general don't often come accompanied with "coffee is for closer" type speeches. Its the look on your partner's face that is the indicator that you've messed up.


I should have written this when the movie was in town last week, but it may return. If it does, its definitely worth a viewing.

dope scene from guy et madeline