Revolution Evolution

Had to highlight this. Pari's response to the Salaam-Namaste posting. Very thought provoking.

"I really liked your insight to SN- I agree with you quite readily; there's no point in a director making his cast shower their eyes with glycerin and then beat their fists against their chests to show loss (which seems to still be the current trend in the latest Z-Soaps). With this method, everybody usually gets the same meaning out of the scene and shoves his/her thought to the back of their head denouncing it as a simple “yes, yes indeed--this person is clearly sad” afterthought; thus, being classified as another no-brainer Hindi film. To go beyond this, a director must realize that he's not targeting an audience as a WHOLE but rather the message will be going out to INDIVIDUALS, in each seat of the theater and home--each person with a different mindset and a diverse way of thinking. We've all grown up with different experiences and thus have our own pre-judgments on situations, whether we admit to it or not! Thus perception and response too will be distinct to each individual. Being subtle with a character's emotions on screen, allows us to feel a flow of emotions in our seats and cultivate our own take-home message. By yielding room for diverge philosophy, we’re allowed to go through our own little mini roller coasters before ultimately deciding on how to respond to the situation presented; thereby generating a wider appeal among the audience than by being told what to feel. Ain’t it quite the same way reality deals us a hand from the deck of life? We don’t know why this is like this or why he threw that--we merely see the hand in front of us and are left to respond; calculating what’s in the deck is merely impossible as the number of decks and stakes at risk have increased considerably since the last time we played.

In SN, Siddhart depicted an important element about real life, an element which can be seen in many close relationships. As confusing and cumbersome as they can be, the good ones are based on sheer and subtle understanding! No one has to pronounce that he/she is hurting, when you love someone, you just look at him/her and you just know... You just know… you just know…Worlds are spoken without words. Now, whether that knowledge is used to make the decision to hold your “Ace of Spades” for another battle and surrender to the hand in front by catering to your partner’s needs will determine whether or not you win your Queen of Hearts…
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Lucidly and well said.