#1
Posted: 2/5/11 at 3:21pm
There's no denying that Spider-Man: TOTD has had some rough patches in its development, but the show has some haunting, poignant moments that I cannot get out of my head, especially in light of recent world events. Mary Jane's song "If The World Should End" has been haunting me all week. I can't help but wonder, with everything going on in Egypt, how many MJ & Peters are holed up in some dingy apartment, scared to leave to get food, just holding onto each other and waiting.
"And the sky tonight is luminous for all the wrong reasons
And every doorway is hiding something
And if this world should all come crashing down..."
My heart breaks for the people of Egypt right now, living in the turmoil that we only have to experience on stage and then laugh about later. When I saw Spider-Man, I knew that scene was foreshadowing events that would be inescapable realities in our world someday soon. I didn't think it would be so soon. It's just too bad none of them will turn into Spidey and save the day for their country.
Art mirrors life. Or life mirrors art, I suppose. Whichever school of thought you follow, this one's hitting hard.
"And the sky tonight is luminous for all the wrong reasons
And every doorway is hiding something
And if this world should all come crashing down..."
My heart breaks for the people of Egypt right now, living in the turmoil that we only have to experience on stage and then laugh about later. When I saw Spider-Man, I knew that scene was foreshadowing events that would be inescapable realities in our world someday soon. I didn't think it would be so soon. It's just too bad none of them will turn into Spidey and save the day for their country.
Art mirrors life. Or life mirrors art, I suppose. Whichever school of thought you follow, this one's hitting hard.
