The Towering Inferno
Woke up this morning to find this old movie on TV, but after five minutes, I realized I can't watch it.
Not the 9/11 eerie similarity either.
As much as I love Steve McQueen and Paul Newman, great guys, and the ensemble of stars in the moment of 1974, I cannot bring myself to relive this slice of the past because of O.J. Simpson.
It is impossible for me to forget that this human being still lives the life of Riley.
Anyone with any sense knows he killed two people with a knife and got away with it.
Furthermore, his attorneys, with their own sick agenda, exacerbated a racial divide, which is not getting any better by the way.
But as I say, beyond the retribution from heaven which O.J. ego will one day meet, to watch a film of this type otherwise is kind of heart-wrenching.
It was intended to, and succeeded in, capturing the passing of one generation to the next. Look how old those stars are, and that was 34 years ago.
I can measure the swift leap of the clock from when I was a kid, gobbling popcorn in a theater.
I also know, as I wax nostalgic, young people today have no emotional connection with frames of reference in my head. They view such a film as quaint, on the dustbin of inattention, as it must be.
Young people today build their emotional connections on... I really don't know what, because I have passed out of that ken.
Ocean waves smoothing out sand castles.
So I have decided, with a little crick in my neck I can't quite figure out where it came from, instead of pulling myself back in time, a better honor before God and country impels me to fold clean laundry dumped on the couch, then give serious philosophical pause to rotating batteries in the little re-charger thing.
Comments
Wow. I haven't seen this movie (or thought of it, really) since it was on back in pre-cable days on some higher number channel on an afternoon summer day, probably. I would have watched it to escape the heat of the day in the cool of the air-conditioner, most likely...
But the things you have written about it? Yeah. That all rings quite true. *sigh* Sorry state of affairs, the Simpson mess. I wish something would come out about him or some new evidence would come to light that would prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. It's just too unfair.
Posted by: Keri
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July 16, 2008 11:46 PM