I
was jolted with the start yesterday afternoon, about 3:30 PM when I
realized that the screening of a film at the Rose Wagner Theatre by
the Salt Lake film society was tonight! I was very much interested in
the offering this week because it supposedly was about disability
which of course, makes it somewhat mandatory that I should consider
going since I belong to that group. I wasn't sure what to expect. I'm
surprised I was contacted by the Utah DD Council or even my old boss
Claire used to be director that counsel. She usually keeps her finger
on the pulse of things disability special developmental disability.
Anyway the weather's been so nice lately and even though the days are
darker earlier I figured why not check it out it would be a great
experience and then I forget all about it. Oddly, it was just the day
before maybe two days before that I was visiting with my friend Lori
who indicated that she was probably going to go so I felt somewhat
obligated that if Lori attend the film screening, and it would be
greatly difficult for her to do so, I should attend at least make an
effort.
I
sort of threw myself together pretty quickly. Think about the Salt
Lake film society is that you don't have to be pretentious. Seem like
a bunch of aging hippies and other folks who enjoy a free night at
the movies it of the movies can be somewhat avant-garde or different.
Actually in my estimation that's half the fun of going to the film
society offerings is to see who shows up and how they dressed and
make up stories about each individual that you see.I was kind
surprised at how quickly is able to get ready and out to the bus stop
going inbound. I figured I had enough time to stop somewhere along
the line for a quick dinner. I decided that I be able to drop in at
my favorite place downtown which Is Market St., Grill and grab a bowl
of clam chowder my favorite. I was shocked suddenly realizing the
time was moving faster than anticipated and was not sure I'd be able
to get downtown hit the Market and make it to the movie on time. But
I didn't (tomorrow, I intend to post about dinner at Marketplace
Grill.
I'm
still somewhat astonished that is able to get to the Rose Wagner in
time for the start of the movie. As I usually do I got somewhat
confused on directions downtown and even went to the wrong theater.
For me there's nothing more dis- jointing and showing up at a venue
and being the only one there is what I did last night when I showed
up at the Doris Echols theater space complex in downtown Salt Lake
and quite obviously nothing was happening. The place seemed abandoned
but there were people inside wondering around obviously staff which I
soon buttonholed and asked them about the offering. They did not know
anything about Change For Life But
did some checking and I found the theater that I wanted was the Rose
Wagner which is about half a block away.
The
movie was posted by Utah film society and by a local personality was
also a host of a local radio show on the NPR network here in town. He
introduced the writer/director of the film. The film was billed as a
comedy is kind of weird had a very strong beauty and the beast motif
with an actress who is the beauty and a disfigured faced individual
as the beast. The film was a film within a film type of scenario the
plot line being beautiful model movie star and movie with disfigured
actor who is part of a troop of “Circus people”In a lot of ways
reminded me of the 1930's film “Freaks”. The movie is relatively
new I think around 2016 but still seem to have some traditional
disability caricatures and assumptions. The best redeeming quality of
the movie was the actually used one or two will folks with
disabilities – – the disfigured guy, a person short
stature/little person, bearded woman fake conjoined twins, giant etc.
etc. I doubt had enough when the movie was over and I was anxious to
get out of there to make sure I got to the train on time to make a
home. The county would like to a state for the Q&A but I don't
know how I would've reacted. Interesting note there was one scene of
frontal nudity with both female and male leads a third of the
population of the theater got up and left. I don't know if the nudity
offended but there was definitely something going on.
If
he did not see a have not seen Chained For Life.I
would say you did not miss a whole lot but still was good enough for
a a Wednesday night to be downtown after dark feeling part of the
world…
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