The Varoom Problem (Short
Film)
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Honlodge
Productions
“Sleep
badly last night? Is that your medical
opinion? I’m not a faker, I’m not a
lunatic, I’m not a malingerer but a demon.
Am I going to be ex-or-cised?”
I
must admit before I get started that I was shocked by the outcome at the end of
the short film. I didn’t expect an
ending that would leave me feeling uneasy especially with only a
thirteen-minute film. I found this film
to be humorously sarcastic in relation to those who without evidence deem
others whom are different to be lunatics.
The computer crashes and so of course rationally the person in charge of
the prison blames this man who he judges as an irrational person to have had
something to do with it. *Note, I’m
currently shaking my head. Whenever we
encounter something or someone in which we do not understand, it is as though
we automatically associate them with an outside alien form of what we, in our
minds, create the “average normal person” to be. But if we dig a little deeper, then we can
ask the question, what is true insanity?
Does it even exist? Sure we had
what the “average” person does in their day-to-day lives; notice the quotes
around “average”. A lot of times without
even realizing it first handedly do we do the things we do because of what
society has told us is okay to do.
Taking myself as an example, I act very different behind closed
doors. That is why in relationships (I
know, I’m jumping around, but stay with me here) advise to “get to know someone
first” before committing yourself one hundred percent. And some may sit there thinking, “Why? I already know them.” Ah, but you don’t. And this short film is the perfect example of
that. We know the idea they believe is
socially acceptable to be in front of a crowd. But how they act naturally in the comfort of
their own space and sanctuary may be completely different. And I think that is what The Varoom Problem was poking fun at. We assume the worst when encountering a
person so different from what we create in our minds as the standard for all
people to meet when that isn’t so.
Sometimes people don’t wish to hide their true selves from the
world. Those are the ones who are
brave. And those are the ones in my
opinion understand more of what’s surrounding them and others than those who choose
to portray an ideal self-image. Which is
why the main character was deemed as “God”.
He didn’t waste time pretending to uphold a status to be accepted. The interpretation of him as God is equal to a
person who strays from what we deem normal.
Besides, what’s cool about being normal anyways?
Interesting ideas, but I'm not sure I quite follow.... Say more.
ReplyDeleteOof, I know I did a lot of jumping around here. What I was trying to get at was the idea of what it mean to be an "outcast". Here in this film we have a "highly educated" doctor that has studied years in an institution reading in textbooks to teach him what the different between normality and abnormality. What we also have is someone who doesn't fit the realms of normality and is thus outcast into being abnormal, the "psycho-in-a-straight-jacket-that-thinks-he's-God" man. Although comedic, I feel as though there is a deeper meaning behind this goofy film that we should take a deeper look at. It's the idea of what normal even means. My interpretation of the film was to question whether or not we even knew the definition of what it means to be included in normality. We see in this short film a man claiming to be something most would think impossible, where evidence in the film shows otherwise. And then you wonder, well wait, maybe he is God? This goes into the concept that everyone is "insane". There is no one individual that anyone is the pure definition of sane. We all go a little crazy and I think that that was a main focal point in this short film. This highly educated man turned into the crazy one at the end of the movie. It is as if society has bounded us to such strict guidelines of how to act, how to dress, how to talk, and how to do things in our lives that we maybe wouldn't do if it was expected of us otherwise. The statement that "people are different behind closed doors" comes in support of this theory. No one can judge you when you're alone. People think talking to yourself is weird and that you're hearing "voices" in your head. I happen to do it all the time and yet, I don't hear "voices" in my head. I'm simply, what I like to call, "thought talking" out loud to help better remind me of the things I have to get done, what I need to do, etc. I feel like the word "craziness" is a prejudice name to call someone because you are categorizing them into a file of people you're somewhat fearful of because they are not like you. And that goes back to, nobody is like you. If we were, we'd be clones. The film depicts the necessity of being open minded to a little bit of crazy, because if you're too sane, you'll end up a little too crazy.
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