Anyday now

I watched a movie 2 nights ago which is still affecting me deeply till today. I don’t remember watching a movie that has such impact on my personal feelings more than 48 hours after watching the movie and now I decided to blog about it. It is a movie called Anyday now; based on a true story.  The movie was set in the 1970s and touched upon legal and social issues. However, I felt that it is more than that and I will tell you why.

Rudy Donatello is a struggling musician and drag performer in a gay nightclub in 1970s, where he meets Paul Fleiger, a closeted district attorney. Returning home to his apartment, Rudy finds Marco, a 14-year-old with down syndrome, left alone after his mother, Marianna the junkie, had been arrested. Rudy takes in the abandoned boy, but Family Services intervenes and takes Marco to foster care. Rudy enlists Paul to help him gain custody of Marco and the two visit Marianna in prison to coax her into signing the temporary guardianship papers, which she does. All is well as Rudy and Paul become Marco’s guardians, but when Rudy and Paul’s relationship is called into question by the court system, the two men find themselves spiraling into a legal battle to become the legal and permanent guardians of the fascinating boy who showed them both the real joy of what it means to be a parent. The fact that it is a true story and that of course this boy, who loves happy ending, suffered a bad ending himself; shows that the world is extremely unfair.

People were prejudice because you’re gay, they prefer not to take you in if you have down syndrome – even Angelina Jolie would choose a healthy kid than to take someone who actually needs the love and care more. I must say that I myself am not very noble and quite selfish sometimes. The reason why I don’t think that it is not just a legal and social issue is because I think it is about morality, living together etc. God created us in this world to be different in skin colour, language, build, religion and beliefs. Maybe the true test for us on earth is how we live with each other. How much we care for each other. How selfless we are and put the needs of others.

I salute this lady when I watched Got to Dance UK who led a group called Dance for Joy and their performance just brings tears to my eyes. They formed 20 years go through the Alessendre Special Needs Dance School, in Whistlers Avenue, Battersea and practice every week. They have said if they win the competition they will spend the money on improving facilities at the dance school. Watch their amazing performance . P/s: One of the couples are engaged! Anything is possible…