The Ripple Effect: The Music Commentary Radio Show  

In the United States of America, we seem to have this terrible knack for crushing anything with any cultural relevance. I don’t think that most people do it voluntarily, but there’s an initial negative or resistant reaction towards anything that comes across as different. Case in point . . . foreign films. Relatively few people actually go to the independent cinemas to bask in the glow of the silver screen and happily read the sub titles. Those who do revel in the majesty of the art of the moving picture, the cinematography, the story telling without the use of dialogue. Yet, these same people are the butt of many a joke for being culturally open minded and proud to wield their intellect. Now, I’ve never been one to sit through a foreign film, but truth be told . . . I can’t quiet my mind long enough to really enjoy any film, but I can appreciate the work that goes behind the creation of visual arts. However, I can stare at a vibrantly colored painting for hours, transfixed by the emotions, mesmerized by the story being told. And, I apparently can also sit in a darkened car listening to a piece of music that can pull the same emotional hocus pocus.


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