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Yin and Yang: Ennis and Jack
Brown Eyes:
I'm in the mood to bump a few, wonderful, classic Open Forum threads!
:D
Rutella:
I've been lurkin' and readin' but had to write a quick comment having seen this thread. I'm working on a PhD about masculinity in Chinese literature and yin/yang stuff comes up all the time to do with men and their relationships with other men and women.... I've been trying to fit BBM in somewhere and now I see a possible mention. You lot rule ;D
Brown Eyes:
Welcome Rutella, congrats on the first post! Want a cup of coffee don't you? And a piece of cherry cake? Tell us more about what you know about yin and yang. It seems that this idea can be seen as a thread through a lot of the film. It's especially interesting, I think, once we consider all the visual clues to the idea of yin and yang (many examples posted earlier in this thread). I think this idea must be pretty closely related to the whole black hat/ white hat topic that you'll find in another thread in this forum too. Cheers and welcome again.
Rutella:
I'll take a cup of coffee, but I can't eat no cake just now. (wouldn't it be great if that exchange become the equvialent to 'how are you')
just after I logged off yesterday I remembered one of the cool things about yin/yang and BBM; the original meaning of the words yin and yang are to do with mountains and rivers. Yin means the north side of a mountain (or the south side of a river) and yang means the south side of a river (or the north side of a river). And thats one of the crucial things about yin and yang, that they are two halves of the same thing and cannot be separated.
I can't remember if anyone said earlier but yin and yang are also really closely linked to water and fire respectively and that's also related to the difference between male and female sexuality (ie men are supposed to get turned on quite quickly, burn bright but then fade away quickly too, while women take longer to get to the boil but then last for longer once they're there). I'm sure I had a more BBM link to that but my brain isn't really where its at right now...
I think there is too much yin yang stuff in the film for it to be coincedental espcially with Ang Lee as the director
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: Rutella on August 05, 2006, 07:37:06 am ---I'll take a cup of coffee, but I can't eat no cake just now. (wouldn't it be great if that exchange become the equvialent to 'how are you')
--- End quote ---
Hey there Bud.
Well it has sort of become that around BetterMost. Really it's become the "secret password" greeting... and you responded correctly.
;)
I like what you pointed out about the river and the mountain. That feeds nicely right back into the movie's tag line "Love is a force of nature." It also feeds into all the discussions about the nature symbols relating to different characters and to different aspects of the relationship. I dont' think the yin and yang in the movie is a coincidence either... You're right, there is way too much to suggest that it was deliberate.
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