Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Good Story 161: Monsoon Wedding


Julie and Scott attend a wedding in India. It took 1 hr and 54 minutes, exactly and approximately.
Episode 161: Monsoon Wedding (2001), directed by Mira Nair.


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8 comments:

  1. I've been a subscriber of the Happy Catholic blog for years, but I've never had listen an episode of thus podcast until I saw you made an episode discussing the movie Arrival. No one I know saw the movie so I have no one to talk about it, and because it was a movie who left me feeling something special I took the opportunity to listen someone else's opinion. I loved the episode, I listened to it at least 3 times at work and know I've downloaded past episodes and I already started to listen. Thank you so much for such a great show. (I hope my comment made sense, I wrote it from my phone and I'm not a native English speaker)

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    1. Hi Paulina! Thank you so much for your comment. You write remarkably well for a non-native English speaker ... and it is so nice to hear from someone who loves Arrival (and other stories) as much as I do!

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    2. Hi Paulina! Thanks for posting. I loved Ted Chiang's story ("Story of Your Life") long before the movie was made. It was thrilling that the movie was so well done.

      Thank you for listening! It's a pleasure to hear from you. Your English is excellent.

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  2. I have not yet watched Monsoon Wedding, but I'm interested in gaining more perspective about the marriage customs of other cultures. Recently, another blogger got me hooked on the Turkish series Kurt Seyit ve Sura (think Downton Abbey, but set in Russia/Crimea/Turkey, and, if you can believe it, more dramatic, but still loosely based on a true story). Most of the main characters are predominantly Muslim, and it was fascinating to see various Islamic courtship/marriage customs play out, especially because some of them are *so* foreign to us, both as Christians and Westerners. For instance, I never realized that in some cultures, a Muslim marriage ceremony takes place with the bride and groom in separate rooms, and it's typical for the newlyweds to immediately move-in with their parents in the family home. While still dramatized, it was so fascinating to see a story in which cultural tradition and family form such strong pillars of life. I highly recommend it (though make sure you are well-stocked with tissues!).

    Also, can I say that some weeks I check into the blog just to see what Karl Urban tag you'll come up with next? :P

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    1. JoAnna - fascinating to hear about the Muslim marriage ceremony! It never occurred to me to look at marriage customs but I am continually fascinated by stories about marriage itself in different cultures. Hence Monsoon Wedding, Shall We Dance, and Ushpizin are such favorites of mine.

      ALSO, I am so glad someone besides me sees the Karl Urban tags! Scott is endlessly inventive and entertaining with them. And who doesn't need a little more Karl Urban in their lives every so often? I know I do! :-D

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    2. JoAnna - Yes, this was so interesting! Thanks for posting.

      And thanks for the comment on the tags! We have a lot of fun with those. :)

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  3. What about the title and the symbolism of water and rain?

    Obviously rain/water is life giving. A monsoon is an overly abundance of rain, kind of like God's grace. To Western viewers, this is an obvious symbol for baptism, new life, joining to a larger family/community. I wonder if there is a similar symbolism in India?

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    1. I looked around some but saw mostly two important things about the monsoon in India - for a good harvest/economy and to cool off the extreme heat. One would think there must be symbolism but I found nothing that one would not find in general about water or rain.

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