‘Good Luck Exploring the Infinite Abyss!’
That line from “Garden State,” bellowed from Andrew Largeman to an excavator, is as close as it comes to exploring post-graduation life. Even though Zach Braff delivers that line with an introspective look and a swagger, there is a deep insinuation of naivety. It seems as though if that sentence was said to a college graduate, a clear image comes to mind. I see an old man looking at a young man, a younger version of himself, or at least, that’s the way he sees it. Knowing that the boy had just spewed idealism all over the old man in a sentence prior, the old man both acknowledges his hopefulness of his newfound world yet knows from experience that this young man’s quest could turn more toward futility than ideology.
Yea, that seems about right.
Thankfully, grads are given a slew of other advice from movies, books, etc. rather than my stand alone fictionalization in a Graffiti article. An awkward but broach-a
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Explaining the ‘Versus’ in Roe v. Wade
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You need to, if only because I’ve never steered you wrong, get through the first strange and creepy 20 minutes of this film. Don’t dismiss the awkward and strange feelings you have, but embrace them and right yourself for an enthralling and introspec
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