Take Five
By George Rose
July 28, 2009
"The can rolls down the hill and finds its cap": Two people in love are soul mates. The yin and the yang, the lock and the key, and so on. Two entities that cannot live without one another. In Greece, they consider two people of the same gender (no, not homos) that are, or should be, best friends the can and the cap. On my "double date" this evening, the girls were making fun of me and the other guy because we were bonding over videos games. Yes, it is possible for a gay man to be friends with a straight man, even if the straight one doesn't know the other is gay. I know my boundaries and respect them thoroughly. While some gays enjoy bringing straight men "to the dark side," I prefer the men I'm with to be gay beforehand. Converting someone feels wrong and isn't something I care to waste time attempting, especially when there is usually a great friendship available. In any case, they girls were teasing our friendship (they were really just jealous we stopped paying them attention for a minute) and said, "the can rolls down the hill and finds its cap." After explaining what this meant, the two of us agreed that we were good friends and raised our glasses. Yamas!
All those little tidbits aside, I'm still having a blast, even if every day is like Halloween and I'm dressed up as a macho man. I was trying to think of ways to let this poor girl down, one of which included letting her read my articles, but since my family is all arriving within the next week, things should find a way to work themselves out. Family first, right? Until then, I have five movies to watch that I have never seen and will review for you.
Fargo (1996) – watched/written on July 18, 2009
I picked Fargo for its critical acclaim since I have spent these last few days "dating" this cougar and needed a surefire pick-me-up, or at least something worthy of my time. My actions, while probably unforgiveable, could be worse. I could be like Jerry (William H. Macy), who starts the movie plotting with Carl and Gaear (Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare) to have his wife kidnapped. This guy plans to split the $80,000 ransom with these thugs so he can use his half to make an investment in some sort of parking lot that costs $750,000. Either his math is as bad as his intentions, or there is a depth to his dark side that can't be seen under his nervous demeanor and plastered on salesman smile. He is a car dealer who cares more about making a dollar than being a good, honest husband and father. If it weren't for Macy's stellar acting, I might have punched a hole right through my laptop watching him. It kills me that such people actually exist, and they really do, since Fargo is a true story. The only differences to reality are the names, which were changed to respect the privacy of the survivors and deceased.
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