Human after all

There is so much to learn from popular movies and serials! While I try to defend my vacation-mode entertainment spree as being stimulating for the brain, there really are so many observations to be made about the human nature every day!

Heroes… the series had me hooked for a long time and I proudly claim I hooked many others to it too. Some aspects of the story-telling and the way the writer weaves you around all the grey areas of a personality had me intrigued. No person is right or wrong, no act is good or bad, and there is no correct or incorrect behaviour. The grey areas make up almost all of our lives when we cross the age of 10 (maye even lesser for the future generations). All decisions are biased, all reactions triggered by past experiences. There is no “in” group or “out” group. There are always groups of like-minded people who converge with a common motive, but noone ever truly belongs. We are all extra-ordinary, and normalcy is not appealing anymore.

Friends… Classic television. Never get bored of it. Some nice moments… Joey proving that there is no selfless act in the world. Even if there is a lovely feeling of togetherness each individual has their own personal world, their own little demons to deal with.  You dont find great friendship, you have to work into it. Every relationship has some amount of hard work behind it. You can be yourself with people you are comfortable with, but you will lose them eventually if you dont let your brain filter some of the things you say and do. (I learned that leson a little too late) And yes, you are with friends because you need them. No-one is so inhumanly selfless that friendhip only means good times. It also means solidarity.. it means I mean it when I say I will be there for you in the middle of the night AND that I expect the same from you.

Gilmore Girls… The TV version of chick flick movies…but a lot more intelligent. Mother daughter relationship. What we expect, what we get, what changes all that complicated mess. Knowing that a hug will heal but wondering if a hug still means the same…..(make that whether a hug had a meaning earlier???). Holding on the the good old baby years when there was no adolescence, no internet, no boyfriends, no clashes of good/bad and right/wrong. Dealing with disfunctional families, disfunctional societies, a disfunctional way of growing up. Finding new ways to connect and unsurely taking those wobbly baby steps again…this time in a different direction.

How I Met Your Mother… A lovely way of describing relationships and life. It is a long and funny description of people and their ways. The dynamics of relationships and how they change are explained so well in this series I wonder how male directors can get so sensitive Not a general rule…but most guys might not like this series…but belive me, there is a Ted inside every guy I’ve met. Ted Mosby, the architect who wants to be successful, meet his soul-mate, make a family with her, and is ready to take the fall several times before he finds the perfect one for himself. …. yeah… cheesy…but believable.

So hey…feel like figuring out whats wrong with your life?? Try watching some feel-good serials…. trust tejasee to find philosophy in comedy