Thursday, June 28, 2012

LUST-sagna for Mr. Garfield

"You better lawyer up, asshole!", said in boiling anger from a kettle neither short nor stout. Big things really do come in skinny packages. Or maybe that's a Russovoir paraphrase. The Social Network, and with all due respect and much love for Jesse Eisenberg, was a revelation of Andrew Garfield. Once a sleeper actor now is recognized in Hollywood as dedicated to acting as a spider to its spinning.

Eensy weensy spider went up the water spout. Garfield took up acting classes at the young age of twelve to silence the compliments from his teachers of his proclivity for acting. The way up was slippery but precocious little Garfield was steadfast. Local theater trophies, as if life didn't want to settle with a brightly-colored leotard for a coming-of-age gift to the 21-year old gymnast, were awarded in recognition for his performances in plays and workshops.

Down came the rain and washed the spider out. One quick pain to save a childhood numbed and gashed with misery and fear, Andrew would've wished to be Spiderman."...because I was very confused when I first went to school, and there was a kid who was just mean and I just didn't understand it, and right into my teenage years, where I would be mugged on the street, or when I was 17 or 18, and I was in drama school, and I wouldn't be able to do anything because there'd be three or four of them and they'd take my wallet, and I'd come home feeling disempowered and so angry!", admits a reticent Andrew Garfield in an interview on the July issue of GQ. An unconfident spider can always slip and fall from its own web if the treading seemed heavy and unguided. Dangling bravely, Garfield has always known one of the impressive features of a web is that, it sticks only to a prey. Never to himself. His web is only limited to his consent. And this has made him a fighter, a survivor, and he was just going through the motions in life that will say (and have said) a lot about his character.

Out came the sun and dried up all the rain. Now everything seems small and insignificant to one of Hollywood's impassioned and admirable celebrities. Never Let Me Go and The Social Network were performances of Andrew Garfield notable to anyone who understands histrionics without compromising stage presence. This eensy weensy spider went up the water spout to stardom, SAVERINg honorable mentions and awards from fifteen (15) different acclaimed award assemblies.

Eduardo Saverin in The Social Network.
Marvel Comics' multi-billion dollar blockbuster reboot, succeeding Toby Maguire, Andrew Garfield is The Amazing Spiderman. A briefcase left by his estranged father intrigues Peter Parker, spawning a web of mystery which led him to a surgeon who never loses a limb. Come June 29, an outcast will have to dust away the cobwebs of who he truly is and what he should be for with great power comes great responsibility.

Peter Parker in The Amazing Spiderman.

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