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I think the coli will enjoy this.
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Medicine For Melancholy is the story of two African-American twenty-somethings who wake up in bed together having no recollection of how they arrived there. From the appearance of things it's clear they've had sex. Then, an exercise in the mundane: they dress; neither has a toothbrush, find themselves side by side at the sink, thumbing toothpaste across their gums; decide to have a cup of coffee at a nearby café; sit together then, while awaiting service, realize neither knows the other's name; introduce; cab for the trip home-"across town" each says to the other of where they live-share this cab, the girl (Jo') dropped off first; shake hands, part ways. Hours later, the guy (Micah) shows up at her apartment. She left her purse on the backseat. There's a connection. They give themselves over to it. Wandering the streets of San Francisco on a Sunday afternoon, the pair take in the sights of the city less seen in today's cinema-the gloriously appointed Museum of African Diaspora, Yuerba Buena Gardens and its sprawling blend of civil rights memorials, wide lawns and tea gardens, the fabulous excess of the St. Regis hotel. As day gives way to night and their heads swirl further with the euphoria of pleasures both physical and intellectual, the immediacy of their previous physical encounter leads them to explore each other in a succession of moments so intimate the vulnerability they share changes them forever. By the time these two part ways is it literally a "brand new day."
awkwardblackgirl
Shakara
I watched this movie on Netflix a few months ago. It was cute.
Blown Moon
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Funny you were the first to post because the only people I know irl who've seen this are kind of awkward.
awkwardblackgirl
Shakara
Blown Moon
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You don't say
Yep.
Anyways, I think this is a great movie with lots of fodder for discussion/debate about interracial relationships, the dynamics of relationships in general and cohabitation, politics, and social contradictions. Alas this thread will soon be lost because of my lowly status here on the coli.
At least you fukk with it though
awkwardblackgirl
Shakara
I'd have to watch it again before I could engage in some meaningful conversation about it. I did think their encounter was very special, and kind of reminded me of the movie "Before Sunset."