Friday, August 28, 2009
Flashback
I'm sure the weather has inspired today's blast from the past. Rain...lots of rain.
There was this short TV movie that I remember seeing once when I was kid, that was so profound I still think about it as an adult. I remember most of the story with no problem. All except for the title. The title always eluded me. Instead I'd think "Flowers for Algernon*" which is also a good story but not the right one.
A little girl, living on a planet where it rains all the time except for one short instance. And that only happens after long years of rain. During this time, which is today in the story, the little girl so longing for that sunlight is locked in a closet by cruel classmates. The dreaded rain stops, the dark world brightens. The kids run and play and marvel at the joy and light of sunshine and bright blue skies. From the darkness of the closet, she sees a mere sliver of the sunlight she so needed, and is missing out on. Then, darkness. Then, the kids remember they locked the little girl in the closet and feel bad about it, and let her out. It's too late though, she missed it.
It was just a short, cheesy TV movie (episode really) but it was one that's supposed to make you think about the moral consequences of your actions.
But what's the title? I could never remember the title.
Ah, Google. And YouTube. Thank you.
The title? "All Summer in a Day*
I don't remember ever actually reading the story but I found it here. Quick read. Good to finally read the text.
Found 3 parts of the TV movie on Youtube too:
P1
P2
P3
Kind of baffles me sometimes what I remember from 20-30 years ago yet sometimes I can't remember what I had for dinner last night or where I put ______ (whatever item is missing). Joys of aging. Not.
There was this short TV movie that I remember seeing once when I was kid, that was so profound I still think about it as an adult. I remember most of the story with no problem. All except for the title. The title always eluded me. Instead I'd think "Flowers for Algernon*" which is also a good story but not the right one.
A little girl, living on a planet where it rains all the time except for one short instance. And that only happens after long years of rain. During this time, which is today in the story, the little girl so longing for that sunlight is locked in a closet by cruel classmates. The dreaded rain stops, the dark world brightens. The kids run and play and marvel at the joy and light of sunshine and bright blue skies. From the darkness of the closet, she sees a mere sliver of the sunlight she so needed, and is missing out on. Then, darkness. Then, the kids remember they locked the little girl in the closet and feel bad about it, and let her out. It's too late though, she missed it.
It was just a short, cheesy TV movie (episode really) but it was one that's supposed to make you think about the moral consequences of your actions.
But what's the title? I could never remember the title.
Ah, Google. And YouTube. Thank you.
The title? "All Summer in a Day*
I don't remember ever actually reading the story but I found it here. Quick read. Good to finally read the text.
Found 3 parts of the TV movie on Youtube too:
P1
P2
P3
Kind of baffles me sometimes what I remember from 20-30 years ago yet sometimes I can't remember what I had for dinner last night or where I put ______ (whatever item is missing). Joys of aging. Not.
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