Love that Oppenheimer is a deeply disturbing horror movie about a man forced to accept that he is, in a person, the representative manifestation of mankind’s evil in committing one of the greatest horrors of human history - LITERALLY acting as the modern Prometheus, tormented by his sins for the remainder of time. Knowing that he will never be pitied and his actions will forever be utterly unforgivable because the blood of genocide and the potential of total human annihilation will eternally drip from his hands.
But also the simultaneous indictment by the film that to blame a single person for the Manhattan Project is to refuse to accept your own capacity for great evil if the ends ever seem to justify the means, and the culpability of every member of a species that lets itself create something so unspeakably terrible.
Hate that twitter’s take on such a nuanced and brilliantly handled examination of those issues is “movie bad because protagonist not evil enough.”
fine line live part from harry's goodbye love on tour video
Anonymous asked:
Hii India
You already said a few things about Harry taking a break.. now that the last show is over and Harry saying goodbye over Instagram, what do you think?
A lot of people have the opinion he’s going to be gone for quite a while now. Whatever it is I’m glad he’s taking the break. For me it’s a confirmation that he’s still dealing with the mess that fame is in a healthy way and I’m going to be here for when he decides to come back. I’m going to miss him so much though.
And I would love to hear your take on things. Do you think this is a goodbye for a longer time period? Or is it more an goodbye for him, to be okay with the fact that things might never be the same as they were during this tour? That his fame is changing and he accepts that he doesn’t have to control it?
Hi, love 🩵
Hmm. So, I can’t believe I’m actually going to say this, but practically speaking, for the first time, the set up of a new stunt is a hopeful sign. If they’re finding a way to keep Harry in the press, however low the profile (🤞🏼), it’s for a reason. My hunch is that he is tying up with Loewe in some way, and in that sense, I don’t think it will be long ‘til we see him again, physically (however infrequently).
But, I also think touring is tougher than he makes it seem, physically, mentally and emotionally. I think all the things he realized during COVID, about being a better son/brother/friend (and partner) is a driving force in this seemingly more urgent need to find balance. It’s certainly a shift from the way he was working/talking during Fine Line, but I also think that’s the point.
He’s now in a very rare “natural” break in his career as a musician. We haven’t had any confirmation that he’s re-signed with Columbia (although I have no doubt that he has), so for all intents and purposes, he’s currently publicly free from professional obligation for the first time in a long time (at least in terms of his music) and that is going to feel very, very odd for someone who’s been working essentially non-stop (whether in the spotlight or behind the scenes) for over a decade. I think that novelty and sense of impermanence is something he’s trying really hard to embrace; to meet with excitement rather than fear. So, for the most part, I stand by my original thoughts.
But, if I can add:
you can start learning anything you always wanted at any point in your life. & how nice it is to remember that
a list of emotions i feel frequently
- no
- one direction
- 4 am
- lying face down on the floor
- no pants
- what
"You've changed my life. Thank you so, so much." (wipes tears) "Now, if I'm up here tonight, you can do anything so when you go home tonight -- I want you to get home safely, look after each other, and in the years to come, lift each other up, build each other up. There is so much love in this world and none of you are alone. Look around you. Look how many people there are tonight, and we're all the same. I love you. Thank you so, so much."
Fucking amazing audience in here tonight, by the way. I wanna talk about my relatively new album, Faith In The Future, for a second. Cue the applause. [Crowd answers mid.] Oh, no. Faith in the Future!! [Crowd gets louder.] Thank you. I probably had the best professional year of my life last year, obviously before this tour, before this tour. And already, already... We're about to finish this leg, I know, very sad, about 8 shows to go. But already, over the course of two or three months, these shows feel incredibly special, maybe more special than on the first tour. [Louis sees someone being assisted by venue staff] Just wanna hold for a second. […] Going off stage for 2 minutes. See you in a bit. […] Where was I? Long story short. Faith In The Future. Love it more than the first album. Love you all to death. This is Copy of a Copy of a Copy.
- Louis, FITFWT23: COLUMBIA [22.7.2023] 📸 jessica8384ny [LouisT91Updates for assisting in transcription]
tonight is just us and those glittery dancing 28 pixels on the live
welcome to the final show 🤧 i hope you're wearing your best clothes 🤧 remember everything will be alright 🤧 we can meet again somewhere somewhere far away from here 🤧