Less is more; conversely, More is Less

Now, I was overwhelmed when I saw the Dark Knight. Like many others, I'm truly at a loss for words, and representative words at that, as to how should I go about it? Well, the title of the blog entry was a start.

In a world where economy is the prime thing in our lives, I'll be economical in this blog entry. Coming straight back to the issue: How did I feel on watching "The Dark Knight"?

To be on the same level where language is spoken in metaphors these days, let me put it in this way:

When you watch a Feluda movie where Feluda is a supporting character and Lalmohonbabu and Maganlal Meghraj are the prime players, with the movie dealing with Nandigram, Singur, Kashmir, the governtmentality of the Congress Party, the Nuclear Treaty controversy, the global warming.....and characters such as Topshe's mummy and daddy being given royal footage, with Haripadababu being the modern Krishna in a postmodern Kurukshetra, AND such a movie being directed by Gautam Ghosh, and more importantly, also written by him, based on the characters created by Satyajit Ray.........................there! you know exactly how I feel. If you do not, then I cannot be more open. I'm apprehensive of minority persecution, you see....

Lastly, in memory of the joker, (the remnant of which/who is bound to stay on), let me end this blog entry with a joke--

There was a mental patient in a mental hospital. He loved to read and wanted a steady supply of storybooks/novels, failing which he used to create the most tumultuous tantrums one could tolerate. No doctor was able to treat him and they were running short of storybooks.

So one intelligent doctor came up with a bright idea.

"Why not give the patient a telephone directory to read? That could take one month, and by that time we could devise a treatment plan for him".

And on they went and give him a huge, fat telephone directory.

Next morning, the intelligent doctor went to visit the patient. The patient was sitting very dejected. The doctor was surprised and asked him, "What's the matter? Did you finish reading that big book?"

Patient replied, "How can I read this book?"

Doctor: "Why? What's wrong with it?"

Patient: "It only has characters. There's no plot!"




I wonder what could have the patient said on watching "The Dark Knight?"

And then, how would the doctor justify the movie?