July 24, 2009SpeakStrong: The Wrestler is a sobering movie

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If you ever struggle to get out of a role and to communicate authentically, watch the movie, The Wrestler.

It’s raw and graphic and depicts the baser nature of both genders, but it can be incredible sobering to anyone who has ever played tough or ever feigned pleasure. Does that leave anybody out?

The movie depicts a tragic struggle to connect and break out of personas that come with high personal price. The highest price in my opinion isn’t the health factor, it’s the authenticity. And the characters come so close but miss.

It’s a common dynamic for one person to be ready for a deeper level of truth that startles and freaks outt the other. Then when the other recovers, the first has given up. (“Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.” Soooo tragic because we know Scarlett finally is ready to love.)

The struggle is challenging but the prize is well worth it. Watch the movie if you can handle the flesh and the blood. Then ask yourself where you’re playing to the crowd (even a crowd of one) instead of being truthful. I’m sure you’re not as dysfunctional as the stars of this movie, but I don’t know anyone who doesn’t pull out the song and the dance at times.