Choices

First off I want to thank everyone who wrote a blog on the movie that we viewed last Tuesday in class!!! The blogs were very interesting to read and I really enjoyed what you all had to say!!! In regards to choosing this movie I want to explain a bit for my reasoning. As many of you pointed out there are many parallels between homosexuality in the United States and in the Middle East. It is a very current social topic for both regions and cultures. I want to touch on that word social. I feel like a lot of what we have been viewing and learning about so far is the cultural aspects of the Middle East in regards to war and oil. I know that is a big part of that area but it is not the whole part. In Aunt Safiyya we gained a bit of perspective into the social workings of the Middle East, but it was not on a very current subject. So that is one of the reasons I chose “The Road to Love” it is very current and you can easily identify the main themes that are relevant in both cultures. I also chose it simply because of its content. There were many things to be learned by watching the movie and many things that I did not know myself. I appreciated very much those that went above and beyond just writing a blog post and doing some research into the subject themselves;(Angela and Chelsea) because it is relevant to the times and something that everyone should know a little bit about. So in closing I just want to thank everyone for having an open mind and be positive about a controversial topic!! Thanks!!