Disclaimer: I am experimenting with this little widget. This is somewhat of a failed attempt, because I didn't listen to the song the whole way through... Oops. It repeats only the beginning. Sorry everybody. I guess this is just a taste of a lovely song. (What do you expect when something is given for free?)
Brano and I have been watching the series "6 Feet Under". In our true style, we ran through the five seasons in no time flat. It is an interesting concept -- the funeral home at center. The idea that all things must die and move on to something else. It is presented with a frank morbidity that astounded me. Granted, if I grew up in a funeral home I suppose I would also have such a realistic approach to death and dying. The characters presented in this drama didn't move on through their lives without that type of television drama that has you wondering whether or not those people really exist. Yet, through their struggles they did manage to retain something that kept you hoping for their ability to go on. This surprised me. There were times when I just shook my head, like watching a car crash and knowing that you have no control over the outcome.
After having watched the entire series, I think that the motif of death, while at the forefront, is surpassed by the motive of the ability to start anew, to get through something, to relive and re-do those mistaken actions. I truly believe that the ending captured that.
This song accompanied a montage of how each of the main characters died. After so much death in the series, I think the writers did a remarkable thing in making the final impression that there is no exception. It was touching and appropriate.
Brano and I have been watching the series "6 Feet Under". In our true style, we ran through the five seasons in no time flat. It is an interesting concept -- the funeral home at center. The idea that all things must die and move on to something else. It is presented with a frank morbidity that astounded me. Granted, if I grew up in a funeral home I suppose I would also have such a realistic approach to death and dying. The characters presented in this drama didn't move on through their lives without that type of television drama that has you wondering whether or not those people really exist. Yet, through their struggles they did manage to retain something that kept you hoping for their ability to go on. This surprised me. There were times when I just shook my head, like watching a car crash and knowing that you have no control over the outcome.
After having watched the entire series, I think that the motif of death, while at the forefront, is surpassed by the motive of the ability to start anew, to get through something, to relive and re-do those mistaken actions. I truly believe that the ending captured that.
This song accompanied a montage of how each of the main characters died. After so much death in the series, I think the writers did a remarkable thing in making the final impression that there is no exception. It was touching and appropriate.
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