This line is from the 1999 movie "Anna and the King" starring Jodie Foster and Chow Yun Fat. The King asks Anna to dance a waltz and she nervously says that she hasn't done this in a while and wouldn't want for them to end up in a heap on the floor. To which he replies regally, "I am King. I shall lead." It's one of the many, many great small parts of a great movie.
It is set in Siam (Thailand) during British colonial influence - roughly in the 1860's. It's very poignant for today's times - with American warships cruising the coast of Myanmar (Burma) wanting to lend and deliver humanitarian aid. I can put myself in their shoes and have an issue with this - given our propensity for democracy by force.
It makes one long for another time in the world.
2 comments:
Ahhh...
I am Queen, I shall follow and suggest and make the King look good....
;-)
heh heh heh
Dr Starling move over - I found Jodie Foster's next movie Oscar-winning role! Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor who wrote ""My Stroke of Insight"" and delivered a talk about it on TED.com that will knock your socks off! The video's been seen 5 million times and I understand why.
Taylor was a Harvard trained brain scientist who suffered a massive stroke. I don't think we'll ever hear a story like this - Taylor understands how the brain functions and she was able to observe her mind deteriorating. She writes about the euphoric nirvana and a sense of complete peace and well-being she discovered in her stroke! She talks about this in her incredible (don't miss it) talk on TED.com. The book is great too - highly recommended. You'll learn how to 'step to the right of their left brain' to uncover a deep internal peace. Sign me up!
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