Haiku Thursday: Sorry to Offend
Send that envelope
back whence it came; I hope there
are no hard feelings.
I was talking the other day about Theater Guilt, the sense that one has missed out on some major cultural experience by skipping a theatrical release. I’m not much into the T.G. It’s not my style. I do occasionally suffer, however, from a corollary disorder: Netflix Malaise.
I just sent a movie–which will remain nameless to protect the innocent–back to Netflix unwatched. I have no doubt that it would have been a winner; I’ve heard great things all around. But, really, there are limits, no? How long can that red envelope sit unopened on the TV shelf without overstaying its welcome? I eventually decided that I was never going to be in the mood for this particular movie, and that the movie was not, in fact, a slab of liver I’d have to eat before I could leave the dinner table. Also, it was holding up dessert, namely movies I do want to watch. And so I packaged it back up, told it we might meet up again later, and put it in the mail. My replacement should be around tomorrow.
I feel so much better. I just hope the movie’s not upset.
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