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November 06, 2005
Etta and Marion
When the anthropologist Spencer Cox starts to question about Indian dance and their culture, Etta Joseph takes control and starts talking about what she would like to talk about, not answer questions. She decides to have fun. She answers his questions with questions. She goes back in time and describes how she was young and beautiful. Spencer doesn’t know that she used to be an actress and knew John Wayne.
Etta Joseph tries to pass on her love story with Marion Morrison to Spencer. Her intriguing story of how they met first reveals that there is no boundary in life to pull apart loved ones. Regardless of their races and social levels they fell in love. However, they realize that since she was an Indian and he was a family man, no matter how much they love one another they had to let go and keep going on their own paths. They knew that someday it would come to an end. Even after being parted for decades Marion misses Etta and calls her one last time before he left her for forever. Etta passes on her love story because Marion had a place in her heart for forever. That is love.
Spencer questions whether the story was true or not. As for me, I don’t mind whether it is made up or not because it is not totally unrealistic. Etta might have made up the story but as long as she can make happiness out of it doesn’t matter whether it is true or not. That is the true nature of stories. If we did not witness it, it is hard to say it really happened. Yet we choose to believe in stories told by others whether it was true or not. Life is a story.
Posted by lcisbold at November 6, 2005 11:55 AM