Dinner and a movie

Last night I met Mimi and Sonia for Born into Brothels. After the film Mimi said she felt like she had paid ten dollars to watch a commercial. She said she half-expected Sally Struthers to appear in a corner of the screen to tell us that for just the cost of a cup of coffee a day you too can save a child. She had a lot of opinions.

She had opinions on the order in which men and women should enter a car; she had opinions on the position of men and women when walking on the sidewalk (man on the outside); she had opinions on who should walk first through a revolving door. But she allowed that in New York the rules were off. She paused. "You do realize I'm making up all this as I go along?" Yes. It's good to have opinions.

The film was beautiful in the way that India is beautiful, and the photographs taken by the filmmaker and some of the children were striking. The film lacked focus, however, as things happened without context, and the children's story arcs became confused. Still, it was enjoyable, and two songs from the film Mohabbatein were featured prominently. I couldn't stop nodding my head.

Afterwards we went to dinner at Typhoon. Mimi tried to find it by sms'ing google, but it didn't work. She said the housewives must be out tonight. Posted by eku at March 19, 2005 12:13 PM