Wing Chun and Between Us
Sep. 9th, 2024 03:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alobearLast week, we went to a stage production of the story of Master Yip Man who worked with Bruce Lee, called Wing Chun. It was amusing because we were talking about Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake coming back to the Sadler's Wells theatre before the show started and Dave said he wasn't interested in going to see it because he didn't like ballet - and then the Wing Chun show turned out to essentially be a ballet! It was very slow and a bit difficult to follow in places, but it was incredibly compelling and masterfully performed. All the dancing and choreographed martial arts was phenomenal - demonstrating unbelievable strength and control on the part of all the performers. I might have welcomed it being a tad more dynamic in places, but I really enjoyed it overall.
I also finished a book - Between Us by Mhairi McFarlane, which I think is billed as a 'romcom' but which I would probably class as a 'relationship drama'? It's basically several hundred pages of the protagonist trying to decided whether or not she should break up with her boyfriend of nearly ten years - but it's so incredibly well observed and interestingly put together. Roisin's analysis of the situation and various about-turns were very relatable, and the way in which the situation shifts and changes over the course of the book is masterfully done, such that Roisin's varying attitude to what may or may not be true is very believable. I thought the story dipped very slightly in the last third - but the ultimate conclusion (especially the last few pages) was fantastic. A really great read.
I also finished a book - Between Us by Mhairi McFarlane, which I think is billed as a 'romcom' but which I would probably class as a 'relationship drama'? It's basically several hundred pages of the protagonist trying to decided whether or not she should break up with her boyfriend of nearly ten years - but it's so incredibly well observed and interestingly put together. Roisin's analysis of the situation and various about-turns were very relatable, and the way in which the situation shifts and changes over the course of the book is masterfully done, such that Roisin's varying attitude to what may or may not be true is very believable. I thought the story dipped very slightly in the last third - but the ultimate conclusion (especially the last few pages) was fantastic. A really great read.
