Last night I watched Vengeance with my partner. I must admit I didn’t know what to expect. That became even more muddled once I realized this was a project from Focus and Blumhouse. Nope, not horror. I worried about that for the first scene. This is something else entirely. Vengeance is able to take a critical look at one of the reddest bases in America and pry the ideas of that place apart and place in there a magnifying glass that allows us to see what could actually be and who we actually are to them.
The film was more cerebral than I thought it would be–especially the moment where the ‘stereotypical’ Texan asks the New Yorker what people from the coast must think of them. It was honest in a way that I’ve lost touch with living where I live. It was also well written tho didactic at times. Overall, I had fun. I laughed (sometimes where the rest of the crowd would not) I felt odd (sometimes where the rest of the crowd was laughing) and I felt like it was on point–perhaps too closely at times. It felt like a film that had a lot to say and played with the conventions of how to relay that theme without breaking through the fourth wall.
Vengeance is a reminder of how big and different the states can be–even within a state. In a time where we look at other countries as completely weird and foreign it is a none to subtle reminder how foreign this very large yet relatively sparsely populated country is to itself.
Some Thoughts:
- Finding acceptable compromise in designing a workspace is common but difficult. Finding happiness in planning a space together is a rare thing. I’m fortunate to have that rare thing in my life. Here’s to moving forward with the new office.