One Film, Six Degrees of Separation

I watched a movie today. It's an old film called Girl, Interrupted starring Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Clea DuVall, Whoopi Goldberg and Brittany Murphy. And it struck me, all five of them are real life lunatics. At least during a certain stage of their lives. No offence to the late Brittany Murphy though.

I especially admired the portrayal of the friendship bond between Winona and Angelina's characters. So much betrayal yet they continue to stay loyal to each other. Maybe because it's about crazy people and that's how their friendship work.

Then I saw something unbelievable. Jared Leto. He's always been an underrated actor. Somewhat like Stuart Townsend. Jared's acting reminded me of Jake Gyllenhaal. I watched most of his movies before he got famous as the frontman of you-name-it; 30 Seconds to Mars. I hate how people relate his music to his looks. He actually gave up Cameron Diaz before he hit big time on the charts. Well, youth nowadays listening to the radio never really cared. Maybe me, hailing from the older generation, is too critical about music.

I only listened to one radio channel when I was back in Malaysia and that was Mix.FM. Everyday they play the same repetitive songs several times over the day. I always anticipate Ace of Base, Shawn Colvin, Boyzone and Lady Antebellum. Oh yes, they have a few irritating songs that repeat several times a day as well. Think Rihanna's 'Rude Boy'.

Let me try something in this post. Relate the cast of Girl, Interrupted with music.

Winona Ryder - dated Blake Sennet of Rilo Kiley
Angelina Jolie - once married to actor-singer Billy Bob Thornton
Clea DuVall - currently dating Camila Grey of Uh Huh Her
Whoopi Goldberg - a singer herself
Brittany Murphy - a singer herself too
Jared Leto - lead singer of 30 Seconds to Mars

Girl, Interrupted is a good movie and I'm so affected by Kevin Bacon's Six Degrees of Separation to be running wild with references to other media. Something is wrong with my brain, like seriously.