Perspectives on Abortion: Interlude and Anticipation
Tomorrow afternoon and evening, Jacob, Joe, and I are going on a trip. We are leaving town at noon and driving two hours to Columbia to watch a documentary at the Nickelodeon, an independent movie theatre.
One may ask why we would take that huge chunk of time out of the middle of our week. We are, after all, medical students, a sub-set of the human population not widely known for our excessive amount of free time. We have, in the last 7 days, covered about 150 pages in neuroscience, which is only one of our 3 lecture classes. We have other things we could be doing.
But we're going. Because the documentary we are going to see means a lot to us. Because Joe and I started talking about abortion, and how we thought we knew what we thought about it. How we're not so sure anymore.
I don't know how long I've had these conflicting emotions about it, but it has been a long time. And when I went with Allison to see Ira and Abby at the Nick, and I saw the poster for this movie, I knew I had to see it.
I know it is going to be rough--most reviews say that this documentary is gruesome, brutal, and very real. They also say that this is the most unbiased documentary they have ever seen. It is not often that you see a documentary that refuses to be partisan. Michael Moore, the man we consider our King of Documentaries, could be renamed the King of Partisan Documentaries. But this one, I hear, is perfectly balanced.
Part of the anticipation I feel is not knowing what to expect. I think I am as prepared as I can possibly be for the graphic nature of the film. I've worked really hard to read a lot of reviews, to mentally prepare myself for the experience. Through these blogs, and in talks with my friends, I've been thinking a lot about the issue, preparing myself to change my mind and my perspective. But I don't know how I will react with it. I don't know if I'll break down, lose my shit, have to leave the theatre, get so mad I can't see, get so sad I can't breathe. I don't know.
But I am prepared to find out.
One may ask why we would take that huge chunk of time out of the middle of our week. We are, after all, medical students, a sub-set of the human population not widely known for our excessive amount of free time. We have, in the last 7 days, covered about 150 pages in neuroscience, which is only one of our 3 lecture classes. We have other things we could be doing.
But we're going. Because the documentary we are going to see means a lot to us. Because Joe and I started talking about abortion, and how we thought we knew what we thought about it. How we're not so sure anymore.
I don't know how long I've had these conflicting emotions about it, but it has been a long time. And when I went with Allison to see Ira and Abby at the Nick, and I saw the poster for this movie, I knew I had to see it.
I know it is going to be rough--most reviews say that this documentary is gruesome, brutal, and very real. They also say that this is the most unbiased documentary they have ever seen. It is not often that you see a documentary that refuses to be partisan. Michael Moore, the man we consider our King of Documentaries, could be renamed the King of Partisan Documentaries. But this one, I hear, is perfectly balanced.
Part of the anticipation I feel is not knowing what to expect. I think I am as prepared as I can possibly be for the graphic nature of the film. I've worked really hard to read a lot of reviews, to mentally prepare myself for the experience. Through these blogs, and in talks with my friends, I've been thinking a lot about the issue, preparing myself to change my mind and my perspective. But I don't know how I will react with it. I don't know if I'll break down, lose my shit, have to leave the theatre, get so mad I can't see, get so sad I can't breathe. I don't know.
But I am prepared to find out.
posted by Another Chance to Get It Right at
7:25 PM
1 Comments:
hey. What time is the show at Nick? If I'm not in class, then I might meet y'all there. Let me know!
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