The late American author Neil Postman in his book, Amusing Ourselves To Death, suggested that America, seduced by the mass media and entertainment industry was slowly, inexorably spending more and more time entertaining itself to death.

And he wrote that way back in the 80’s. Before the advent of social media. Prescient as be certainly appeared to be, it seems almost impossible to deny this premise today.

Still, real life isn’t as we see it portrayed in the movie, on TV and our various digital devices.

Real life is often complicated and messy. Everything doesn’t play out in a tidy hour or so and it doesn’t depend upon what happens in the next few minutes.

Building, living a real life takes time, a lifetime.