Thin line between the genius and the insane?

Haha! Nah... that's not I'm really going to talk about. What I really wanted to talk about was this:



THE THIN LINE BETWEEN THE RIDICULOUS AND THE THOUGHT-PROVOKING


Ok, I'll be honest. Actually, it is a movie I really wanted to talk about. I watched "Wet Dreams 2" today. Wait..before you pass any judgment. I hope you'll look again at the line in capital just above this paragraph. Because today, I discovered that sometimes, the line doesn't exist. Things can be both ridiculous and thought provoking. Both at the same time (any surprise there?)

OK, I'll cut my advertising tricks. No gimmicks, ok? 'Wet Dreams 2' is a great show. One of those you just have to watch it yourself to find out. UNless of course your preconceived notions and prejudice are so strong that it prevents you from having a surprisingly wonderful cinematic experience. The show is great, it doesn't land philosophical bombs on you. And it is VERY VERY funny. It makes you a hint nostalgic for the good old secondary days. Not in that weepy kind of way, but the kind that brings a smile to your face. Reminding you how silly, naive, loyal, idealistic you once were. Yes, yes, there are sexual materials-not anything gross. I feel that the show is a success precisely because it shows how sexual materials can still be innocent through the eyes of naive, idealistic teenage girls. Yes there were sexually explicit jokes. But they are the kind that you and I have made during our secondary school days. During biology lessons. Sometimes, some parts of the show are painfully embarrassing. precisely the same kind of embarrassment of our teenage years.


I can't quite describe the show to you. I've watched plenty of shows about first love, first kiss, growing out of teenage years. But all these shows lacked a certain something. They are always too sentimental, too nostalgic. Always through the eyes of jaded adults who miss the past. Those shows are always looking backwards. This show is different. It glorifies the very sexual curiousity, and romanticism of teenage years. The very NOW of being young and carefree. It is like reliving teenage years once more, without that older you who always rationalize and jugde things. You know those days when you just feel and live on the impulses? And the almost silly kind of loyalty to your friends.

Despite the title, the movie is really quite innocent. And honestly, it is really just fun. Well just a well-wishing to any one reading this, May you never ever lose the ability to just have some innocent good fun. Maybe what I really wanted to say in this post is that:


THERE IS A THIN LINE BETWEEN REMAINING YOUNG AND GROWING OLD

Perhaps the thin line between remaining yound and turning old is the ability to laugh. To laugh in the face of whatever life throws at you. And perhaps not take life too seriously once in a while. Like what (the actually really wise) Monty Python says : " Always look on the bright side of life."