I have always tried to watch the same programs as the boys, and have them share the TV shows that I take in. I contend this exposes them to better programs, and that it allows me to educate them as we watch the them.
I think this has paid dividends with Michael because his special genius seems to be story telling. I was very pleased watching "Heroes" with him the other night when he recognized that the choice of the word "godspeed" from an early scene was meant as foreshadowing when we witnessed a quick thief steal a mcguffin. Later in that episode, a character whose hallmark was an insect appeared the whole episode without it and Michael noted its absence. I was pleased that he was scrutinizing for more than plot, effects and thrills and instead was tuning into the symbolic subtext.
At this juncture Michael's storytelling has been expressed in prose and comics (he has a new series under development), but this week he has started to make movies with our camera. His first attempts are simple efforts designed for laughs, but I have no doubt that he will take what he has observed and create well told stories if he continues with it.
RAP (9.26.2008)
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