One of my favorite films is "Little Voice", about a shy young woman who has little in the way of social skills, and lives in the world of music and her beloved record albums, and away from her braying ass of a mother and her wannabe music promoter boyfriend. She has a secret talent of being able to uncannily imitate the voices of all the singers in her collection -- Judy Garland, Shirley Bassey, Marilyn Monroe, etc. There's lots more to it than that, but just see it for the rest -- it's wonderful.
Anyway, it was on recently and I wanted my mother to see it just because I thought she would enjoy it. She started watching this pretty dysfunctional young woman and began commenting on how much the girl in the movie reminded Mom of me in my late teens and early 20s! I kept saying "No WAY I was that bad!" And she kept saying "Yes. You were pretty close. Why do you think I had you put in therapy?". And in some ways I could see it, up to and including being scared to death of people, and staying in my room with records all day. There is even a scene of her answering the phone for the first time and being obviously scared to do it!
Anybody else have what they were/are like pointed out of them and being shocked by how "bad" they are?
13 Nov 2012, 12:36 am
