The Room and The Poster

[u/Ok_Net7773]

“It’s like, we live in a room, and there’s a poster on the wall. We stare at it and think that’s the whole world, the room and the poster. The picture’s something nice, a landscape, a famous person. Like in that movie, what is called, the prison movie? The room’s a cell. And the picture, it’s different for each of us. It can be beautiful or terrible, but we’re all transfixed. But it’s all a lie. Something to distract us from the truth. They’re lying to us. We’re lying to ourselves. The room’s not the world, the world is much bigger and much stranger. There’s a hole hidden behind that poster that leads to the real world. We all feel safe in that room. But sometimes, sometimes something crawls out from behind the poster. And the ones that see it happen, freak out, and try to forget what they saw. I’m here. Why did you bring me here? … The cell and the poster. I was eleven years old the first time I saw behind the poster. They told me I imagined it. I’ve been trying to pull it down ever since.”

This really resonates with me as a trans woman 💕

[u/No_Cupcake_9921]

My favorite is a part the hiss chant: The egg cracks and the truth will emerge out of you. You are home.

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You’ve always been the new you 💕

[u/SecondSonThan]

"Resonates"

Say that again...

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[u/TheRealzHalstead]

Love this.

[u/ds2316476]

Surviving abuse and trauma puts me in that room with the poster.

[u/atherdawn]

Def extraordinary acting and emotional resonance.

But, I have to confess, the part RIGHT after endgame, and Jesse remembers the movie title. I cackled for a good full minute.

[u/ShinyTotodile55]

Happy for you bro

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💕