Posted:
And so it happens again. Just the same ONE person has 'star quality' while the rest are sidekicks anyone with a discerning eye would not care to spare a second glance for. Where did this discerning eye spot this 'star quality'? The NDC finale. Who was given the only solo there? The same one person. So far questions with answers. Now on to those I open to the house. Did the others get the spotlight they were worthy of? Have they ever got the spotlight they are worthy of? Does that mean they are any less deserving of that spotlight? Why don't/didn't they get it, then? And I'm not singling out any one person because I don't want this closed down, AGAIN, as the comparison post that is absolutely is not. Personally, I speak for the gang as well as for the two other dancing leads who were for me the 'stars' of NDC in terms of every possible meaning I can attach to that word, on stage as well as off it.
This is like a never-ending loop, and Aditya Khurana's dialogues tonight brought us back where we're always starting but never actually getting anywhere ahead from. ONE person gets the spotlight AND the glorification that goes with it. People who watch D3 for people OTHER than that one person, find their favourites watching this glorification from the sidelines like nothing's wrong whatsoever. These very same people raise a voice for their favourites and are more often than not drowned under force of habit. Yeh toh hota hi hai. Kyun hota hai, exactly?
The crux of it is, habit or not, it hurts fan sentiments. I do not watch D3 for that one solitary 'hero' figure who apparently is the only one with 'star quality'. Either my definition of 'star quality' is different or I really don't care for anything of the sort. Or both. And there are many like me, all of whom are collectively relegated to silence. Because only ONE point of view is presented as THE point of view, that sees just the one 'star' and doesn't care for the rest. This is something I have never agreed with, and tonight's even more literal sidelining of everyone apart from that one person, isn't exactly changing my opinion. My question is, am I the only one who's been feeling even worse about this lately, like it's begun to really cross a line? 😳
Of course there is also the counter-argument that this is from the point of view of Adi who is after all a person and can be flawed in his assessment and is actually meant to be proven wrong. But so far the way the dialogues have been written and the way Rey is again the one who is trying to get the rest of the team signed eventhough Adi HAS seen them dance in the face off along with Rey, is giving out a strange vibe. Maybe I'm receiving it wrong and maybe the episodes that come will make a different point. But I'm talking on the basis of the point being made by the episodes so far - and that includes all the instances of the spotlight and hero-glory having gone to the same one person over the last two and half years plus tonight's dialogue - and it's not a pleasing picture for me.
P.S. I request everyone to NOT make this a comparison post. Who is better than whom, who deserves more than whom is not the point here. The point is, there are people who ALSO deserve what only one person gets. And that is unfair. Period. Please stick to your opinions about the same, disagreement is more than welcome, and let this be a healthy discussion. A discussion, not a warzone please.
P.P.S. To the mods: kindly do not close this as a discussion that is moot and has no point. There are far more pointless discussions still open and active here, and pointless or not, everyone has a right to express themselves, which is why this place is called a forum. This is also not addressed to the CVs, it is an open question where I'm inviting opinions from fellow members. In any case the line between what counts as a CV's discussion post and what doesn't is thin to the point of invisibility, considering how in a sense every post on this forum can be seen as meant for the CVs. Anyhow. Hope you understand what I'm saying here.
Cricket
