Random ramblings

We had a LIFCO dictionary (English to Tamil) that had several things other than usual words and meanings. It had a section called proverbs which had English proverbs and their equivalent in Tamil. One proverb that I remember, in particular, related to the context of this post, is “Art is long, life is short”. I never realized the meaning of these proverbs, but it got stuck in my head. In the aftermath of Mathew Perry’s demise, also for a fact that I hadn’t watched any episode of friend in a past few months, randomly selected an episode from one of the earlier seasons. In that episode, The one with Barry and Mindy’s wedding, Chandler happens to meet someone online. That person, whom he believes is a lady while others caution that it could be anyone pretending to be one on the internet, advises him to be his true self. That person suggests Chandler to come out of his humor façade and face the real world in his real self. When he tries to be a regular person, reacting non-sarcastically, it freaks his whole group out who asks him to be back to his usual self! There used to be a joke.. Not sure of it was on FRIENDS or read it elsewhere, that the laughter we hear on series were recorded and are repeated for last 50 years.. Basically, that means, most of those who lent their laughter or heard laughing for jokes in your favorite sitcoms, might have already been dead and you are literally listening to dead people laughing!!! Such a disturbing thought on something so positive. 

The universe does acts in mysterious ways, for, of all the episodes that I chose to watch, I end up with this one, that too after voicing similar thoughts on the previous post! It looks strange and eerily weird to watch Chandler on screen when his real time persona has expired. It reminded me of one my uncle who refused to watch any movie in theater after the demise of MGR. He was a big-time fan of the matinee idol and would be present on the first day first show for every movie of MGR. Whenever he says he will never watch another movie of any hero on screen, I used to wonder how crazy it sounds and on the fanaticism behind such decisions. But watching a character, you admired, having actually expired, on screen after their demise, does feel a lot weird, despite all the common sense and stuff contradicting such thoughts.