Raj Vijayakumar is working at a retreat centre in Montreal.
21 posts
"Squid Game is .…currently sitting atop Netflix’s list of most watched shows in 94 countries around the globe. But even more astounding: Netflix says Squid Game will soon become its most viewed piece of content, in any language, ever.”"...
" . . . it is striking to see in the characters, in the symbols, and in the tension, how the series has produced something powerful that resonates with our culture today. "...
"Here, I follow Hans Urs Von Balthasar in the insight that human drama in many ways echoes the divine drama. That our images, our art, and our film in some ways reveal the transcendent to us."...
Through the “art of the craft,” the director was able to help me to care about a person, a situation, and an illness that heretofore I knew next to nothing about."...
" Another part of this may simply involve young men learning to take responsibility for their lives and their situations, no matter where they find themselves "...
"One that involves the tragedy that lurks around the corner for each one of us, when we are not aware of our own blindspots and areas of weakness. "...
"Yet, in spite of the suffering, I was also struck by the faith that comes out subtly and magnanimously in each of the little stories within the film."...
" . . at the center of our faith is a relationship with a person who gives us the grace and strength necessary to overcome all our attachments, and all our un-freedoms. " ...
"Lancelot desires complete freedom but at the cost of the joy and fulfilment that comes with taking up responsibility and giving one’s life away to others." ...
