"The comforting thing about movies was that she could watch bodies that were not feeling they were bodies. Moving effortlessly through graveyards, even uphill, wearing clothing whose tags did not itch, there was never a stray hair caught in the lip gloss, the frictionlessness of bodies in heaven. Sliding over each other like transparencies, riding love as picturesquely as prairie horses, the sex scene like blouses brushing against slacks in a closet, not feeling and not feeling all the things she would miss in the clear blue place" (Lockwood 34).
The idea of movies, specifically the human body in movies, being separate from the viewer is a dazzling and thought-provoking comparison. Due to Lockwood's ability to hone into the humanness behind and in front of the lens, the "portal" coincides with the screens interference with humanity and how we accept it or view it. In this view, the "portal" and the people inside it, are viewed with a flawless eye. Given movies are a form of escapism, this section on page 34 made me think differently about how we see the actors and the characters co-existing especially in perspectives.
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