I love that bitter-sweet feeling when a film moves you at the core, and it ends, and you’re left
all full of the weight of truth and the an unbearable longing, and you just want to hug the playwright, the directors, and the actors, because it all comes together into one, great, big masterpiece.
And that’s when you hate that you saw it alone, because you want to talk about it, and you can’t.
Here are some great lines from Angels in America
by Tony Kushner.
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quarantine: from Merriam-Webster
a : a restraint upon the activities or communication of persons or the transport of goods designed to prevent the spread of disease or pests
b : a state of enforced isolation
Today, expat teachers at the international school where I work received contracts for the upcoming school year. We have six days to sign, indicating whether we will return for the next academic year. This time around, there’s a bit of a glitch, and it has to do with a word in our director’s cover letter: “quarantine.”
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"What happens during a seven-day experiment in life without TV? A whole new space to think emerges. You find yourself passing time in ways you never expected. And you start to wonder: when I reach for the remote, who is really in control?" - a quote from Adbusters T.V. Turn-off Week
Before............. ......After
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