This week’s penultimate entry in our “Remember! You Asked For It!” series comes from Keith Wright and is heavily rooted in the lyricism and magic of the Harlem Renaissance, a time of remarkable literature, theater, and art. One of the historically-real main characters in this film, Bruce Nugent was known as a great jazz poet and he has inspired me to try my hand at some freeform jazz poetry. Dig it:
I see a bird
Hey, bird.
You’ve got wings. And feathers.
I think you’re eating part of a bagel, bird.
That’s wild.
Eat your bagel, bird. Then fly away. And look for more bagels.
Um . . . maybe it would be better with some jazz clarinet behind it? Sigh. Ok . . . so maybe jazz poetry isn’t really my medium. It’s certainly not well-done, but from now on it will be rare. See what I did there? Did I make you forget about the poem? No? Damnit . . . Well, fortunately our show is better than my poetry (as are most things). Give a listen!
Poll question: what kind of movie would you like to see more of in theaters right now?
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I don’t think having more of a certain type of movie its having such a lack of variety out there. I would love to see 1000 lower budget films allowing as many new ideas and voices as possible over one 500 million dollar Marvel film. We need better distribution of smaller films and more repertory and art cinemas somehow. Its not that there are too many big budget films its more there are almost no other kinds of film getting a chance.
A very good point; you really have to hunt to find smaller indie or arthouse movies, or just movies that don’t have a budget equal to the GDP of Brazil. The disappearance of more and more independent movie theaters makes it even harder to find them. Thanks, Vince!