I already talked about how Ray was like lots of our celebrities today, drugged half the time and have no idea what they're doing and why. But Ray had more passion, he had his music, and his drugging was more understandable by the fact that he was blind and had a bad childhood.
The movie is sorta like life now because so many people are plunging themselves into things that might not have been what they wanted. Ray just wanted to make some money and play his music, but in the end he got drugs from the others of his trade and got in trouble for it, several times.
There's lots of temptation, especially today with so many ads and easy accessible pleasure spots, like the woman on the road. Eventually, even if you fall for the temptation though, you'd learned to give that up and you'd still want a simple family life back. Lots of people today have yet to discover that.
In the eyes of Ray, he was just making music, but in the eyes of the companies, like ABC, this was all just a business deal. Everything's been turned into a business deal these days, nothing's genuine any more.
The movie sometimes introduces events in newspaper or show introductions, as if they were current news, and that sort of brings a feeling that makes you think that the occurrences are of today rather than in the past.
Ray's very modern for his time, refusing to play segregated concerts because he thinks every one's the same, and his mother always telling him that he's equal to every one else. It brings the ideals of today into the past: that every one's equal.
Some of Ray Charles' songs are used by many hip hop artists of today, like Kayne West, and for us, it's like remembering that song and again, bringing up the feeling of the fact that this is in current time. It also brings a closer connection between the people who didn't know Ray Charles to him because of his songs.
Pic of the day:
He's always smiling! For someone with such a sad past, it's surprising! And inspiring, really!!!!!!!!
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