I promised my readers that I'd keep it small this time. However, here the definition of "small" is not totally devoid of ambiguity. Keeping it simple, let's say I will jabber with fewer lines this time around.
There is this American teen drama series called One Tree Hill. I first heard about it from Shwe and she would not stop talking about it :). And now I know why :). The lives of teenagers are complicated indeed ! If I had to give you a comparison, off the cuff of course, my life (so far) would appear like in a Black and White movie while the life of an American teen would be a Broadway Musical !
I watched this movie called "10 Things I Hate About You". Heath Ledger is in this movie. This verse below is taken from the movie:
I hate the way you talk to me and the way you cut your hair
I hate the way you drive my car and I hate the way you stare
I hate your big dumb combat boots and the way you read my mind
I hate you so much it makes me sick and it even makes me rhyme
I hate the way you always lie and I hate it when you lie
I hate it when you make me laugh even worse when you make me cry
I hate it when you are not around and the fact that you dint call
But most I hate the way I don't hate you, not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all.
It's an austere poem. But sweet.
In a sincerely empty Bolloywood movie called Kaho Na Pyaar Hain, the only sensible dialogue is something that the Hero tells the Heroine and it goes like this: "Saadgi Khoobsurat Hain". This translates to "Simplicity is Beautiful" in English. Do we all agree on this? It's rhetorical anyway :)
There is this American teen drama series called One Tree Hill. I first heard about it from Shwe and she would not stop talking about it :). And now I know why :). The lives of teenagers are complicated indeed ! If I had to give you a comparison, off the cuff of course, my life (so far) would appear like in a Black and White movie while the life of an American teen would be a Broadway Musical !
I watched this movie called "10 Things I Hate About You". Heath Ledger is in this movie. This verse below is taken from the movie:
I hate the way you talk to me and the way you cut your hair
I hate the way you drive my car and I hate the way you stare
I hate your big dumb combat boots and the way you read my mind
I hate you so much it makes me sick and it even makes me rhyme
I hate the way you always lie and I hate it when you lie
I hate it when you make me laugh even worse when you make me cry
I hate it when you are not around and the fact that you dint call
But most I hate the way I don't hate you, not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all.
It's an austere poem. But sweet.
In a sincerely empty Bolloywood movie called Kaho Na Pyaar Hain, the only sensible dialogue is something that the Hero tells the Heroine and it goes like this: "Saadgi Khoobsurat Hain". This translates to "Simplicity is Beautiful" in English. Do we all agree on this? It's rhetorical anyway :)
Why exactly do you feel the lives of these American teenagers are a lot complicated? Care to elucidate?
ReplyDeleteAmerican, since their early childhood are encouraged to develop a strong sense of individuality and opinion. They are allowed to experiment and try their hands at various things. As a natural consequence, comes a lot of variety, which I never had while growing up.
ReplyDeletePerhaps, it requires American teens to complicate their own lives in a society where expression of individuality/opinions, exertion of free-will is so widely encouraged. Fortunate enough are the teenagers of the Indian subcontinent, leading comparitively easier lives, for majority of their lives' decisions taken/decided for by elders.
ReplyDeleteEach form of upbringing has it's own advantages and disadvantages. Let's leave it at that for now :)
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