If a movie is really working you forget for two hours your Social Security number and where your car is parked. You are having a vicarious experience. You are identifying in one way or another with the people on the screen.
If a movie isn't a hit right out of the gate they drop it. Which means that...
I wanted to end my life so bad and was in my car ready to go down that ramp...
Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well poetry is just the ash.
