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Okay, just one more
link to the Madonna concert photo album, because this morning I quickly captioned all the photos. Don't tell anyone. But, if you want just a few more details, particularly in relation to the photos themselves, than the
extensive amount I wrote yesterday, you can find them in the photo captions.
The more I think about it, the more grateful I am that we did go to that concert, even with the sad elements of it. I didn't even mention her
tripping with a chair incident, mostly because she rolled with it so well during the show that, in the moment, I barely registered it, and actually wondered briefly if it had been deliberate.
In any case, given the nature of this tour—a career retrospective the likes of which she has never done before, with no new music to promote—I keep wondering if she'll even ever tour again. I found myself wondering this morning if she'll even ever record an album again. Madonna likes to make money, and there hasn't been any money in album sales in many years. The money is in touring, which Madonna has maximized to great effect over many tours now, but, you know, she's 65 years old. The question, really, is whether she'll be able to resist being called to the stage again. The woman is a natural, almost compulsive, performer.
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I was going to write about something else here. Some other brief interlude, or aside, or something. What was it?
Goddammit!
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Having no time to see a movie in the theater on Saturday or Sunday over the weekend, I instead went to see one (
The Taste of Things) on Friday, and then the next one was last night:
Perfect Days, which I was unsure about at first but very much warmed up to as it went along.
Just getting into the SIFF Cinema Uptown theater was an unusual experience. I left work half an hour early to make it to a 4:15 showtime, and to my genuine shock, particularly for a showtime that early, there must have been 20 people waiting in line when I got there. What the hell? I wondered if there was an advanced screening or special event for some other movie going on. But no, someone else got in line and asked, "Are you in line for
Perfect Days?" The couple in front of me said yes.
I began to get worried. SIFF never has more than one person working the ticket window at this theater, so a long line never moves fast. Finally it occurred to me to see if I couldn't just purchase the ticket online, at least if there weren't exorbitant online fees. This was where I learned something new: SIFF has $6 Mondays! How the hell long has this been going on?
Since September, apparnetly. I need to tell Laney about this!
Now, even as a SIFF member, where my normal discounted price is usually $9 on otherwise $14 tickets, this ticket totaled $7.50, so I think there may still have been a $1.50 fee for my online purchase. It was still $1.50 less than I usually pay, I was able to pay for it easily, and suddenly I had a QR code and could get out of the line to get into the theater.
I did use my member punch card to get a free popcorn.
This theater has three screens, and this movie was playing in the large screening room. It had to be filled at least to 80% capacity. For this movie? I was amazed. Clearly Seattle audiences for independent and international films are back.
Anyway I quite liked the movie, managed to get a #8 bus seconds after leaving the theater, wrote my review when I got home, and then Shobhit and I watched the seasonal finale of
True Detective: Night Country (great season, mixed feelings about the finale) and the season premiere of
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Justice Clarence Thomas is a horrible person, but we already knew that).
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[posted 12:37 pm]
