Why Is Todd Giving

my personal experience with DPS and other ramblings

my mother introduced me to the film when I was about 13 or so and I immediately latched onto it and made it part of my personality. i became an extremely pretentious high schooler and would unironically say shit about sucking the marrow out of life (and yes I am embarrassed about it now)

but when I was applying for colleges and I told my mom I wanted to be a theatre major she kinda lost her shit and told me that it was a stupid waste of time and money and i was absolutely GOING THROUGH IT

fast forward to now, I'm a junior in college (theatre major) and I watched DPS with my mom and my brother (his first time watching it) and I realized that my mom fundamentally misunderstood the point of the movie

I will never forget her telling me that she AGREED WITH NEIL'S DAD AND THAT KEATING WAS A DANGEROUS PERSON AND A BAD EDUCATOR

my brother who is into stem and is unappreciative of the arts anyway said that Neil was just kinda stupid and that the movie wasn't that good (????? major side eye on that one but whatever)

i just got so sad for little 17 year old me. she was incredibly sensitive and fragile and I just wonder had my mother been even just slightly harsher about me being a theatre major what would have happened to me?

then a few weeks ago I was talking to my friend. she's the type of person you don't have casual conversations with, you immediately dive into philosophy and morals and art and knowing each other's souls.

we got to the topic of dead poets society and the people who "just don't get it". the people who watch it once and never think about it again. the people who are so content that they are happy to remain stagnant. those who don't yearn for change, or to be known, to make art. those who are content to live and not

Live!!!!

and I'll never understand them and they'll never understand me. and the world will continue on like this. there will be people who stand still and those who can't stop moving

blue tights

at Welton academy

straight up killing it

and by "it" haha let's justr say

my poets

this may need some work shopping

y'all this one makes me SOBBBBBB

Why should I watch dead poets society..?

It is a beautiful film both in terms of the visual storytelling and the actual writing and themes

It has romantic subplots but overall centers friendship

It speaks to the human experience as a whole but especially to artists, the sacrifices and pain that come with passion

Standout acting performance by Robert Sean Leonard both in the film itself and the play within it

It genuinely helped me want to live during a difficult time in my life and reminds me to KEEP living and to stick to my morals and passions despite convention and tradition

hello lgbt community

calling all freaks

i want to preface this by saying i'm a LESBO!!

that being said I started watching Dexter and I lowk think he's the ideal man

he’s so pretty i hope nothing horrifically ironic for his profession happens to him

now have a sad one.....as a treat

oh what's that? the two most devastating pieces of queer media i obsessed over in high school????????? k don't worry about me i'm FINE

This song is so anderperry it’s crazy. Not sure I love the edit, but I love dps and I love falsettos soooo