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Fiasco (2009)
Fiasco? Be yourself and don't join in!
The short film "Fiasco" is an example of the hectic crazy lives many of us lead today. Although we all experience times of pressure and "the world crashing down on us" it is always interesting to watch and see how others handle these situations. This film exhibits the natural human need to do what you want with your life, yet it reminds us how too often others can hold us back. We manipulate things to be just right and don't show our true colors. This is often at a risk of exposing our inner self to the world or those closest to us. Fiasco demonstrates how we sometimes forget that we are all playing the same games. Hiding our lives from others and lying to get ahead. Yet, telling others to "do as I say, not as I do." Noura is an Arab women trying to live in America where she greatly wants to stay. She will go to extremes to fulfill her passions and live where she wants to. While the film portrays her father as judgmental and holding her back, it is truly Noura who is her own worst enemy. She can choose what her life will be and how she will live it. When the "world comes crashing all at once" and the "fiasco" is in full play, Neuro realizes the true answer is to be herself. However, it is interesting to watch and see that just as in real life, the "fiasco" never truly seems to end. As they say, "if it's not one thing, it's something else!" I give this short film 9 stars. It is comical, entertaining, easy to identify with the stress Noura must be feeling and even more fun to watch her get it off her chest.