>>119927715I'm not really sure what you're trying to say.
What I was trying to say is that when I first saw the trailer for this movie, I thought the whole point was going to be, "Quit your well-paying but not 'passionate' or 'meaningful' job and follow your 'passion' or 'cause,' even if that means starving to death on the streets," because that's the message of so many movies. The big stock broker makes bank but that's bad because he really wants to play the violin or he really 'should' be an EMT. If he's already saved a few million dollars he could 'retire' and do those things in real life, but otherwise he risks having no healthcare or shelter or food for his family just to follow his "passion."
That message is bullshit and it only makes sense for people who are wealthy enough that they can fuck around all day with some hobby without needing to ever worry about homelessness for either themselves or their kids. Showing the starving artists' children freezing to death on the streets because "Follow your dreams!" is something they don't do.
In this film, the message isn't to follow your dreams at all costs. He finally plays a good jazz gig, but the other musician who's been doing it for a while is pretty deadpan about it. For her, it has become a job, every day is the same.
Now this movie also doesn't really get into a situation where the character has say kids who are suffering because he won't just take the stable job, but it's good that they don't promote the idea of killing yourself for no money in pursuit of one thing you were obsessed with at one point in your life.
Plenty of people have happy and SUCCESSFUL lives making lots of money doing something they have absolutely no passion for. They can still choose to pursue their hobby in their spare time and if they make enough money, they could even retire and do that full-time. The idea that everyone should try to be a YouTube star or die trying with no marketable skills or back-up is not realistic.
