Sharing Jewels

I was excited to see that the Weinstein Company has bought American distribution rights for an Australian movie.   That means maybe it will be big here.

I hadn't heard of the movie until just now when I saw it mentioned on the ABC.    That kind of makes me feel like I'm failing as the American obsessed with Australia. 

I also feel like I've failed as a Sookie Stackhouse fan.   We went to the bookstore a week or so ago and I saw there was a new Sookie Stackhouse novel.   I had NO idea that one was coming out.   And there's a new Dark Tower book as well!   I used to be a big Stephen King fan, and now I'm so in the dark.

There's so much information out there though.   It's impossible to stay informed about it all.   And I don't expect to know everything.  

It would be nice to know about things that interest me though.

And I would be interested in The Sapphires.   Not just because it's Australian.   Deborah Mailman is one of the stars.   I adore her. 

It would be cool if the movie became popular here...in America.

I don't know why I have this desire for Australian things to be popular in America. 

I want my sisters to watch and love Offspring.   I'm pretty sure they would.

At the lake house, we were listening to music, "Someone I Used To Know" came on.   My brother-in-law told us he liked the song.   I liked hearing that.

I liked that the guys in my family were all enthusiastic about an AC/DC pinball machine. 

Wow.  I just thought of something.   Maybe it's not Americans in general.   Maybe it's just my family.

I'm thinking I have maybe confused my own identity with Australia.

Yeah.  

I remember feeling a bit wounded when my mother was negative about McLeod's Daughters.

No....

Wait. 

It's not just a family thing.

I was very touched (to the point of tears) when they played "Mango Tree" on Suburgatory.    My family doesn't watch that.  

I thought of something else.   Maybe it's not just Australian things.

I think it's pretty common to like something and then want other people to like it as well. 

It's almost like a type of conquering.   Or a recruitment.   Let's get more Modern Family fans.   Let's get more people reading Harry Potter.   We got my brother--in-law on board The Hunger Games train.  Would he join the Minecraft one as well?   
 It's like fandom is a virus we're trying to spread.