Perfect Enough

We went to see Kinky Boots last night. I really liked it. What a neat movie; it's impossible not to like it! I found it uplifting. It comes out in national distribution in a week or two.

It's a movie by the director of Calendar Girls. It's about a guy whose dad dies and leaves him the family dynasty - a men's shoe factory. He teams up with an employee and a feisty female impersonator in order to save the factor, and the rest is a hilarious, poigniant, but predictable heartwarming story.

There's a line in the movie by Lola, the female impersonator. "Besides," she tells Charlie the factory owner at discrimination felt at the hand of his employees, "one never knows what joy one might find amongst the unwanted and abandoned."

That reminded me of a song by our good friends the singer/songwriters, Paul Iwancio and Nita Paul. The song is called Perfect Enough, and it was actually written by Nita Paul, his partner; they sing it as a duet. The movie and the song made me think about expectations people have of each other.

Most of us are hung up on looks, weight, hair, you name it. But what's really important? Those things or other things like core values, love, compassion.... you know.. the things you can't see, but you can feel and sense. For me perfection and reality don't mix; they are not of the same ilk. But people seek perfection all the time. This country has become hooked on reality with all these reality shows. And the irony is that these reality shows are about the most imperfect people! So why can't things just be perfect enough?