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A Beautiful Boy Waht the HECK??!

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A Beautiful Boy Waht the HECK??! Yes, I’m a movie guy. And yes, I’m supposed to be fairly on top of the movie scene… got it. Stop being so flipping condescending… YOUR EYEBROWS ARE LITERALLY TOUCHING THE CEILING! CUT IT OUT. So, yeah, I feel bad about this one. I missed it entirely. And yeah, I think I know why. (More on that later.) But last night, my wife and I totally, and randomly, while just flipping through prime, decided to watch A Beautiful Boy on a complete lark. (Personally, of late, I’ve been crushing fairly hard on Chamalet. I’ve lost count on the number of times I’ve watched Dune. And so I might have jumped in mainly for that reason.)

But holy colossal asteroids on skates man! This movie is fire.

I’m not even going anywhere near doing a full write-up on this movie. Nope. I probably was crying 90% of the movie. And I refuse to think about it one minute more. THEN WHY ARE YOU HERE TALKING ABOUT IT MOVIE MAN?? Good question. Legitimately asking – have you guys seen it? Have you thought about it? What did said thinking stir in you? I mean, other than the gloriously brilliant locks of our boy Chalamet’s hair, that is. I’d give him this blog if I could run my fingers through that hair… and I hate human contact of all types and sorts.

I have to say though, that I might have been in a severely flawed state of mind when watching it, seeing as though my oldest child had her first day of college classes today and she now lives one forever away from me. (Okay, a couple hours, but that’s still interminable. She was considering NYU and other Boston Universities. Imagine the mess I’d be in if she had stuck to that plan!?!?) So, yes, I was emotionally… shall we say, unstable? Saying I was unstable is like saying that the San Andreas fault line is minorly “unstable” as it approaches the coming BIG ONE. (Remember, I grew up with earthquake drills in elementary school in Los Angeles county, and regularly got under my desk to prove that the school was well equipped for becoming my permanent resting place, my mausoleum.) So, yeah, my crying the entire movie long probably had less to do with the horrific topic as it did with the fact that I had just lost my heir and birthright to some neo-liberal conspiracy filled idea like… “College is a GOOD IDEA.” I mean… what the hell is that? I should be proof positive enough that is terrible logic.

Regardless.

If you haven’t seen it yet. Do yourself a favor and don’t. Just don’t. The kleenex stock market will eventually run out of trees to mow down, and you’re not doing anyone any favors here. Or do watch it. Either way. I don’t care. I literally can’t think about this movie another second. My eyes are twitching just writing these abstracted words. Regardless, I recently pushed a review of the brilliant movie, When I Consume You, and the idea of addiction, and the near-spiritual warfare levels that are involved with some addictions… and figured I’d ask if anyone had survived a run in with the movie A Beautiful Boy other than myself? So? Have you? We should probably start a support group for A Beautiful Boy watchers… “Hi, I’m Taylor… and I once watched A Beautiful Boy.” “Hi Taylor… “

I’m going to go buy more kleenex. What? Don’t start with me. It’s pollen season dammit.

Edited by: CY

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3 Responses

  1. I’ve wondered myself over the years why schools thought we would be protected from anything under our desks or filed into the hallway with our arms over our heads against the wall. We didn’t do earthquake drills here in NY but rather nuclear holocaust drills as the Cold War was still raging back in the early 80s. But you know this as we are around the same age.

    Anywho….. I watched this one some years back when it came out and what a heartbreaker! TC is amazing but we have to give Steve some credit as well. He does drama well considering his comedic roots. I’m currently giggling picturing you running your fingers through TC’s hair and whispering sweet nothings in his ear about your love of his acting.

    You definitely have to be in the right frame of mind to watch this film as it’s not a very happy one but it’s most definitely worth the watch!

  2. Taylor!!! What?! You have just now seen Beautiful Boy? Naw, I don’t blame you, because, it is a difficult movie that EVERY parent should watch. This along with nice doses of therapy….
    I have shared with you and Lisa (Hi girl! I miss you!), how my oldest child’s life was uprooted, by a car accident upon which substance abuse and mental health issues, followed shortly after. The movie came out about the same time, and my husband and I cried like babies watching it. It was so difficult that I don’t think I can watch it again. After seeing the movie, I heard the NPR Fresh Air interview with David Sheff and his son. The interview was honest and raw, and I appreciated the frankness from them both. I picked up Sheff’s book ‘Clean’ and it, along with therapy (lots and lots) has helped in understanding and never losing hope that my addicted loved ones are still people, people who are hurting and hurt out of their pain. Addiction is a disease and many times a symptom of many other unresolved issues in a person’s life. It’s easy to look at other people’s children and judge their upbringing and who raised them. That was me a cool twenty years ago, yep I was full of it…. (Taylor I know you don’t like curse words!) Parents can try to do all the right things, but that doesn’t protect their child from life.

  3. HEY ERIKA!!!
    Great to hear from you again! That is the saddest thing ever. Gotta say, not gonna lie. Truly the saddest. Your story coupled with this movie? Epic level sadness. Gah.

    But there is a lot of wisdom in your years of experience. The grace, and acceptance, and love that you have learned to give in spite of your knee jerk reaction, that is pretty amazing. It isn’t our first go to though is it? We just want to say, suck it up, and figure it out. Just like… STOP.

    At my office space, we do happy hour once a week, and this last week, everyone there was laughing about seeing me drunk. And I was like, I have no idea what I’d be like drunk. I’ve never been… this drink in my hand will always be my last. Or at most, two beers. But that is because I know what an addictive personality I have. I take everything too far. And getting drunk would end up with me being strung out on ketamine in a ditch somewhere a week later. It wouldn’t be subtle. So I have zero condemnation for those of us that have a tough time with it. I get it, though I don’t specifically get it… if you know what I mean.

    Yeah, this is a really really deeply profound, and heartbreaking movie. I will be forever changed by this one.

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