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The day I decided to grow up


I happened to mention to one of my friends that I still watch the TV series F.R.I.E.N.D.S. He laughed at me, asked me to grow up. How mean!

However, when I evaluate…I think he has made a valid point. The world has moved on; people have left behind television sets that looked like pregnant woman and have acknowledged the presence of 3D TVs. But look at me - still stuck on F.R.I.E.N.D.S.

At times it helps when somebody wakes you up to reality. And as per his suggestion, I decided to watch the popular Netflix series NARCOS. The name did not impress me at first. For some strange reason, I was reminded of Suresh Gopi throwing up superfluous English jargon at a giggling Godman.

However, once I started watching the series, I realized it is not what I expected at all. The hero doesn’t provoke the villain by narrating his own story of fatherless childhood some 718 times and the heroine is not so dumb to mistake the heinous villain for a pious man. (Ekalavyan fans in Kerala...you get me, right?) NARCOS has got the perfect blend of everything that a thriller demands – plot, suspense, fights, locations, bloodshed, nudity and so on… After six episodes, I wanted to take a break. It was too much for my delicate chick flick brain to handle in a day.

I went back to F.R.I.E.N.D.S. and laughed my head off at Phoebe’s “Smelly cat…smelly cat”! Giving up an old bad habit is harder than giving up narcotics :p :p So what about my decision to grow up? Hmm…forget it!

17 comments:

Anita Jeyan said...

Anyone who has moved on from FRIENDS has not grown up. They just became boring. You go girl! I still watch FRIENDS too. It is still the best. There is nothing wrong in watching it a million times over.

Meety said...

Watching FRIENDS is one of my most effective stress-buster... Can never get enough of it

muks said...

Hey , I too love watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S. and never gets old :) .. I am with you .

Anonymous said...

When I liked this on FB, I thought you also moved to FB and stopped posting in blogs. Good to see this post here, Shalini. :) Keep posting. :)

- Pyari

Manish Muralidharan said...

New to your blog. And I'm having a good time rummaging through your blog.

I can totally relate to this. Charge me guilty, but re-watching some of the FRIENDS and TBBT episodes randomly is one of the guilty pleasures I enjoy to the most. And as far as the Malayalam soaps, I couldn't agree more. Whenever my parents come over to stay over at my place for a few days, my mom's only remorse is that she wouldn't get to watch her daily soaps! And I console her by saying that the story wouldn't have moved a bit even if she watched it after a month!

Bikram said...

FRIENDS can never be out.. I watch it all the time when nothing good is coming on TV its back to saved programs and just play the episodes and they make you laugh every time you see them ...

Bikram's

Pink Mango Tree said...

I'm so glad to know that there are so many like-minded folks around :)

Pink Mango Tree said...

I agree, totally!!

Pink Mango Tree said...

Thanks for stopping by, f.r.i.e.n.d :) :)

Pink Mango Tree said...

Thanks so much Pyari :)

Pink Mango Tree said...

Welcome to my lil space :) And thanks for sharing your thoughts. I have not seen/heard anything as annoying as Indian regional soaps. Can't tolerate the negativity in them!

Pink Mango Tree said...

Hi Bikram!! Long live friends and other awesome sitcoms.

Pink Mango Tree said...

Hi Bikram!! Long live friends and other awesome sitcoms.

Pink Mango Tree said...

Welcome to my lil space :) And thanks for sharing your thoughts. I have not seen/heard anything as annoying as Indian regional soaps. Can't tolerate the negativity in them!

Pink Mango Tree said...

Thanks so much Pyari :)

Pink Mango Tree said...

Thanks for stopping by, f.r.i.e.n.d :) :)

D.Nambiar said...

Don't grow up, that's a trap, remember.
And F.R.I.E.N.D.S, there's nothing quite like it.

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