Minggu lalu, saya baru nonton film berjudul 'Liberal Arts' (2012), yang di-direct dan ditulis oleh Josh Radnor. Yup, si Ted Mosby dari serial HIMYM itu! Secara garis besar, film ini bercerita tentang seorang pria berumur 30-an bernama Jesse (Josh Radnor) yang jatuh cinta dengan gadis berumur 19 tahun bernama Zibby (Elizabeth Olsen). Sekilas, mungkin 'Liberal Arts' terdengar seperti film-film romantis lain. Tapi, percaya deh, it's not.
Jesse sangat suka membaca. Ia bahkan sering berkunjung ke sebuah toko buku di mana Ana (Elizabeth Reaser) suka diam-diam memperhatikannya. Suatu hari, Jesse datang ketika toko buku tersebut telah tutup, tapi ia malah jadi terlibat obrolan dengan Ana, mendengarkan wanita itu berbicara mengenai kecintaannya terhadap buku.
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Ana: I love books. I do in, like, the dorkiest way possible.
Jesse: Oh, me too. It's a problem.
Ana: Like, I love trees cause they give us books.
Jesse: Super cool of the trees to do that, Right?
Ana: I'm actually... this is weird. I'm actually trying to read less.
Jesse: Why?
Ana: I felt like I wasn't watching enough television. No, l just started to feel like reading about life was taking time away from actually living life, so I'm trying to, like, accept invitations to things, say "hi" to the world a little more.
Jesse: That sounds scary. It's going well?
Ana: It's... okay. I keep thinking I'd be so much happier in bed with a book, and that makes me feel not super cool. I still read tons. I just feel like I'm more aware of a book's limitations. Does that make sense?
Jesse: Yeah, totally.
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So, what do you think? Should we try to read less so that we can really live the life?
Yay or nay?
