Green Room

Where do I belong?  This is what Don Shirley, the virtuoso pianist, asks himself.  He is dark-skinned. He does not feel accepted by the white people who invite him to play, nor the African American people for whom his classic musical education was so unique,  or so he feels.  His marriage did not work out and he is atttracted to men.  And he drinks too much.  I won’t tell you the ending of “The Green Book.”  Mortensen and Ali will get an Oscar nod for sure and the picture too.  Do you have issues about where you belong?  Being unique can reveal how contradictory people can be.  They may like you in one way but shun you in another.  Shirley comes to realize he belongs through his relationship with his automaobile driver who is white.  Being together is key.  So if you see yourself as different than someone, maybe spend some time with them and you may both be changed.  I have found it so.