So, as some of you might be wondering (or probably guessed), my name isn’t actually Hedwig. I’m not keeping anything secret, and I have nothing against my actual real name – to be honest, I quite like it. But for the record, I’m not going to share it with you; the way I see it, you’re reading this blog for what I’m writing about and what I’m showing you, not for who I am. Anyway, the reason that I chose the name Hedwig is for the person in today's video.
For some of you, you may recognise this person as a fictional German transsexual. For another portion of you, you’re disappointed that it’s not Harry Potter’s trusty pet owl. For everyone else, you’re probably thinking “WTF? What the hell is and what are you into, you freak?!"
However, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is one of my favourite movies, and it never ceases to make me smile or put me in a good mood… or, for that matter, inspire me. The entire film, while being a musical spectacular and full of sexual content, is about finding yourself, and being comfortable with who you are and what you want to be – even if you don’t know what that is yet. Overall, it’s about being happy. And this is exactly what I want to do in this blog.
So anyway, I could go as far as recommend that you watch this movie and hope you feel the same way as I do about it. You might not though, and the last thing I want to do is lose your respect by commanding you watch a film about a he/she with botched-up genitals. However, today’s video is going to be from the movie, and it’s little theory about what love is and how it came to be. I hope you enjoy that, at least.
FYI – The origin OF The Origin of Love comes from Plato’s Symposium. If you like ancient philosophy, by all means, put it on your list
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