Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

My husband and I saw "Parasite" yesterday with our friends.  We thought it was terrific.  I appreciate films that deal with class in an honest fashion, and this one was funny, harrowing and deeply touching.  I loved "JoJo Rabbitt" as well, which is about Right Speech, and the harm "othering" can cause people.  I was crying at the end of both.  Those two movies are my favorites this year, along with "Waves" which ought to be up for awards but has somehow been forgotten.  But then, my faves are usually overlooked, like women directors.  "The Farewell" ought to be up for an Oscar, but isn't, and Gerta Gerwig is snubbed for "Little Women".  If the world of misogyny is changing, it's so slow it's practically invisible.  I'm now reading Chanel Miller's account of her rape, and I feel the oceans of women she represents.  And crying in movie theaters won't change anything.  Class, race, ethnicity and gender are subjects we need to address, in this morass of a culture we abide in.  But a few movies isn't going to help.  We need new leadership.  Moral leadership.  I pray we get it soon.