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A review by gimchi
It Chooses You by Miranda July
4.0
more than halfway through, waffling a little.
the premise is that she's working on a film and is stuck, so she starts interviewing people in the pennysaver. and these people are, to put it mildly, somewhat cray. they're not quite seedy, but they're people who are poor, who aren't digitally/electronically literate, who are or who have someone close to them suffering from a mental illness.
i want to irritated at her weird innocence, how she's weirded and grossed out by the woman with the ravaged face and fecund home, but wouldn't i probably be the same? maybe it's her utter self-knowledge. like those friends who are huge activists and relate to themselves in a way that shows that they REALLY think HARD about how they are and WHY they react the way they do and what's CULTURED and SOCIALLY ingrained. it's exhausting. but also leads to interesting revelations. i'll probably rewrite this later, if i'm not too lazy. spoiler alert: i will be.
the premise is that she's working on a film and is stuck, so she starts interviewing people in the pennysaver. and these people are, to put it mildly, somewhat cray. they're not quite seedy, but they're people who are poor, who aren't digitally/electronically literate, who are or who have someone close to them suffering from a mental illness.
i want to irritated at her weird innocence, how she's weirded and grossed out by the woman with the ravaged face and fecund home, but wouldn't i probably be the same? maybe it's her utter self-knowledge. like those friends who are huge activists and relate to themselves in a way that shows that they REALLY think HARD about how they are and WHY they react the way they do and what's CULTURED and SOCIALLY ingrained. it's exhausting. but also leads to interesting revelations. i'll probably rewrite this later, if i'm not too lazy. spoiler alert: i will be.