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And that is one of the most critical takeaways from the unfolding episode. Whichever way the petition goes, and the trial eventually, the bigger lesson cannot be lost on the rest of us. Standing out from the pack of details is the fact that there are usually more pieces than are apparent. There are apparent pieces and there are hidden pieces that seem to have a life…
Many people can relate with Canadian Superstar and Grammy Award winner Celine Dion’s recent announcement that her planned Europe tour has been postponed because of challenges relating to her health. She apologized for changing the dates but admitted: “The good news is that I am doing a little bit better, but it is going very slow and it is very frustrating for me.“ She went on to…
The Agbada – that fashion gift that underscore the genius of African designers through the decades – never ceases to fascinate many. Some people are reported to have imagined it as a parachute while others have given it their own labels. But I can never forget my favorite Agbada story. One day, a beloved uncle of mine lost the patron of his all-men- club, who…
What did you have for breakfast? What do you mean? You cannot be elongating a riddle when a new month has just begun? I don’t understand you. Two can play the game, my friend. How does anyone briefly elongate anything? Wait, wait a minute. Let’s go slowly. Obviously, any attempt at analyzing Elon Musk’s recent acquisition of Twitter is an exercise in elongation! An exercise…
The Riddler: “…Do you know what being an orphan is? It’s 30 kids to a room. Twelve years old and already a drophead, numbing the pain” (2:16:59) The typically abandoned out-of-school children and orphans know abiding pain! Abiding pain is an enabler. Towards resignation. Or towards something sinister. Whereas pain that comes and leaves after a season is a gift from providence, as may be…
The Riddler: “…Made all those promises. Well, a week later he was dead and everybody just forgot about us. All they could talk about was poor Bruce Wayne” (2:16:06) The typically abandoned out-of-school children and orphans remember promises made by political figures! Is there a correlation between adults who break their promises to children and political leaders who break their promises to the electorate? Can…
The Riddler: “You know, I was there that day. The day the great Thomas Wayne announced he was running for mayor.” (2:16:06) The typically abandoned out-of-school children and orphans remember political figures! They know the identity of political leaders. They may not be eligible to vote because they have not attained the voting age but they see. Ironically, while they see most political leaders in…
The Riddler: “I’ve been invisible my whole life.” (2:15:09) The typically abandoned out-of-school children feel invisible! To be invisible means to be treated as non-existent! It means to be treated as if one does not matter or has any kind of worth or value. To be invisible means one’s voice, story, experience and more, are completely discounted, disdained, denied or destroyed. It means for an…
The Riddler: “They’ll remember me now.” (2:15:09) The typically abandoned out-of-school children wish to be remembered! Who does not wish to be remembered? Who does not wish to remain in the thoughts of others, not as an ignoble memory?
Put another way, Matt Reeves’ The Batman starring Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne, Zoe Kravitz as Selina Kyle, Paul Dano as the Riddler, Jefrey Wright as James Gordon, etc is both the anatomy and ‘prophecy’ about vengeance and the dark side of the abandoned out-of-school children and orphan! The anatomy is some kind of profiling revealing potentially significant characters of the typical out-of-school-children, some of…