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Enjoy!
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This movie is filled with music and art. The fashion and songs make us
associate with David
Bowie, while
the design and color remind us of Andy Warhol. These made me
excited. John
Cameron Mitchell played Hedwig and directed this movie. He is very beautiful,
so I mistook him for a genuine female. Especially, his songs are great. He can
sing anger powerfully, he can sing origin of love beautifully, he can even sing
woman’s heart prettily. He makes me empathize with Hedwig.
“Origin of Love” is a song which was
sung by the characters in part of this movie. There are the following lyrics in
it.
They had two sets of arms.
They had two sets of legs.
They had two faces peering
Out of one giant head
So they could watch all around them
As they talked; while they read.
And they never knew nothing of love.
It was before the origin of love.
They had two sets of legs.
They had two faces peering
Out of one giant head
So they could watch all around them
As they talked; while they read.
And they never knew nothing of love.
It was before the origin of love.
I think this movie’s theme is “People seek their own half".
Lyrics teach me in Origin of Love that humans were originally living as a pair.
Now, we are each living alone, but we always seek a partner. So, we are not
living alone. Of course, Hedwig's partner is Tommy. This movie asks us what is
love, what is freedom, and also what is it to be a human. The movie does not
answer these questions, but it makes us think of our own answers instead.
Maiko Kakazu
OCU 3rd Grade