Is it just me or are there more of you out there?
People who believe that our day to day spoken language is something which is meant to convey what we feel, think and believe in- but without the liberal use of four letter words.
In fact, a few days back I found myself so concerned about this increasingly visible trend, be it in cinema, theatre or in some passing conversations that I decided to check with a few younger people in the age group of about 20-25 and wasn't really surprised when their feelings mirrored mine to a very great extent!
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So my next thought was how does one deal with the very real fact that this sort of language is increasingly being incorporated in theatre and cinema? My brain told me this would really leave me with one of two options - ‘like it’ or then, just ‘lump it’. But my heart tells me that there has to be a solution to this.
Is it just me or are there more of you out there?
People who believe that our day to day spoken language is something which is meant to convey what we feel, think and believe in- but without the liberal use of four letter words.
In fact, a few days back I found myself so concerned about this increasingly visible trend, be it in cinema, theatre or in some passing conversations that I decided to check with a few younger people in the age group of about 20-25 and wasn't really surprised when their feelings mirrored mine to a very great extent!
So my next thought was how does one deal with the very real fact that this sort of language is increasingly being incorporated in theatre and cinema? My brain told me this would really leave me with one of two options - ‘like it’ or then, just ‘lump it’. But my heart tells me that there has to be a solution to this.
People who believe that our day to day spoken language is something which is meant to convey what we feel, think and believe in- but without the liberal use of four letter words.
In fact, a few days back I found myself so concerned about this increasingly visible trend, be it in cinema, theatre or in some passing conversations that I decided to check with a few younger people in the age group of about 20-25 and wasn't really surprised when their feelings mirrored mine to a very great extent!
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So my next thought was how does one deal with the very real fact that this sort of language is increasingly being incorporated in theatre and cinema? My brain told me this would really leave me with one of two options - ‘like it’ or then, just ‘lump it’. But my heart tells me that there has to be a solution to this.
Can we as a community try and do something to reverse, or at least minimise the trend? Or then, (what really saddens me even to think of) will we now have to learn how to numb ourselves to what is happening all around us and just go with the flow? Would love to have your feedback on this one, so please do let me know.
On a completely different and happier ‘note’, 'If Music be the food of love, play on' said some famous poet, many moons ago. To that I'd like to add, music really is food for the soul, nourishing it like very few other things really do. Just the sound of a Spanish guitar, or if you would, an electric guitar, the violin, the harp, or then a combination of all these and many more in the form of an orchestra, are enough to bring a smile to the face of a person who is sad, or another one who is just weary from the walk of his/her life.
It goes without saying of course that meaningful cinema inevitably makes use of a background score to express emotions of various genres, and our good old Hindi movies have music combined it with the song and dance routine. Many a time, the more the merrier.But times are changing and today discerning Hindi film goers are conservative in their approach to nonsense that was sometimes served up in the garb of music, and refuse to swallow more than they absolutely must. We are certainly all getting luckier as music is becoming more eclectic and therefore more appealing.
So I go back to where I began recalling one of my all time favourite numbers from an interesting movie called 'The Great Gambler'. The scene was that of three people in a gondola – Big B, Zeenat Aman and the gondolier – as he took the couple on a gondola ride through the canals of Venice.
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All I hear as I write this, are the heart stopping, soul stirring words, 'Amore Mio'…
(Note- This piece was originally written for my column, My Take in the Muscat Daily, July 2011)
The usage of bad language is a by product of dumbing down of conversations due to social media. It pops up due to lack of finding a more interesting down to earth adjective lols to pepper up conversations. Nothing bad with that, wonderfully described by george carlin and osho (do google). But the fact of matter stays that it is only in the company of the less intellect or people disconnected with the conversation that such words would pop up. If you wish to refrain from using such words, start hanging out with smarter people, they can make conversations wonderful without the need for bland words, though one should be prepared to replace bad words with sarcasm.
ReplyDeleteSarcasm is good- provided people understand it.It works well when one has to deal with an issue,but the fact remains- the use of bad language is increasing by the day and someone somghere/all of us put together will have to be a way of beating it.
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