Word: escapists
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...said and done, Nobody's You is just another drop of water in an ocean of trivial sit-comes, with little redeeming it beyond its value as sheer escapist entertainment. Fortunately, it has no aspirations to be any more than that. It's a fairly pleasant drop of water, a bit more well-rounded and shiny than what usually flows from student pens. If you're looking to quench your thirst for bubbly romantic plots and fizzy characters, stop by Leverett House...
...could not hope for a better production of Search and Destroy. Actors, script and theater seem perfectly matched. Kelly's vision combines the sheen of cinema with the intimacy of live drama, and the result is an exhilarating escapist fairytale about a bad guy who gets away with...
...weight of the past anchors both operas. Born as an operetta and filled with nostalgia for the glorious frivolity of second Empire Paris, La Rondine at seems like a frothy escapist fantasy composed in the shadow of World War I. The opera's interest stems from the emotional counterpoint between the longing for an unattainable past and a deep melancholy about the possibility of translating this past into the future. A similarly valedictory sense marks the humor of Gianni Schicchi, which responds to the tradition of opera buffa and becomes, in a sense, the terminus of this tradition...
With the same close acuity for both detail and the grand sweep of the virtuoso, the film quietly captures these escapist tendencies of Gould, whether in his music or in the private spaces of his life. In one stunningly bizarre scene we see Gould approaching us across the snow-clad tundra. The distance and the alienation of his character from us the audience--humanity--is painful, almost violent. The ice and loneliness of the geography are a fitting metaphor for Gould's life as an artist...
...only the normal irksome inconsistencies of contextual changes, like holding a boxing match in the foyer of the Bank of England, or finding shepherds and their flocks roaming the squats of central London, but also more serious thematic contradictions. In the play, the Forest of Arden represents our collective escapist fantasy--the dream of a life free from complication or care. Homelessness does not play the same role in our society. Most people don't think of the homeless as philosopher kings who rule the universe in their minds: they're just poor bastards without a place to sleep...