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Happy! (Season 1; 2017) What actually makes us happy? It seems that from time immemorial, we go around looking for that unattainable wish. Happiness, Bliss, Utopia, Eudaimonia, we refer to it with different names. What we actually yearn for a state of mind oblivious to things that happen around us and one that puts us in a state not wondering what tomorrow may bring and whether we will be left out from it. We want to feel, experience, the wonder of our brain immersed in the feel-good chemicals, serotonin, dopamine and oxytocin. The question why this drowning is self-limiting, numbs itself spontaneously with tolerance setting in. We need ever more of the same for the desired effect. We are still in search of true happiness if there is one. In the meantime, we divert our attention to other paths and convince ourselves that that indeed is happiness even though most do not buy it! We create stories. We tell ourselves that the Law of Nature is just. Somehow happiness is portrayed a...

Barton Fink (1991) Written, Directed by Coen Brothers Another quirky unconventional movie which escapes any genre by the Coen brothers. It is supposed to a satire of some kind which unfortunately passed me by. My research shows that it a swipe at the politicians, Nazi, showbiz and the religious institutions. Some of the symbolisms and metaphors it refers to remain left in viewers' discretion. Barton Fink is a successful playwright who just feels unhappy with life who yearns to hit it big in Hollywood. He gets a stint to write a screenplay in LA. The story, in essence, is about his misadventure getting things written on paper. Fink, stuck in a strange hotel with strange staff and next door neighbour, an insurance agent who is actually a serial killer. Having writer's block, he wonders around meeting other successful screenwriters. He befriends one's secretary and hold behold she is stabbed. Barton's neighbour (John Goodman) helps him out and puts him back on his tr...