Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

My friend and I saw "The Favorite" yesterday.  We'd seen "The Lobster" a year ago and been gobsmacked by it's weirdness and yet strange power.  I thought about it for days and weeks after.  This new film is even more brilliant, and the acting amazing.  Olivia Coleman clearly deserved the Golden Globe, and Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone are amazing.  The director never lets you swoon into the story, as there are "chapters" and sharp cuts that stun you out of linear thinking.  I'd say the overarching idea is the powerlessness of women, or maybe the incestuousness and corruption of power.  It feels taken right out of today's headlines.  But if the sound was gone - that beautiful, weird score that is jarring and disorienting - and you couldn't hear what the characters were saying, then the sets and costumes and lighting would fascinate you and entice your eyes with pleasure.  It's also fun, somehow, just audacious enough to surprise and delight.  See it!