We're still seeing post colonial African films by the filmmaker Ousmane Sembene and Abe and I are enjoying them. They are straight-forward, very real and unpolished. XALA (a curse) is a film that satires the bourgeoisie that come into power after the French. They are puppets of the French, accept bribes and never become independent. The curse falls upon a businessman who thinks he has it all and decides to take on a 3rd wife. She is young and virginal. He is unable to consummate the marriage. There are some hysterical scenes here. The movie is not pure comedy as it harshly depicts what happens when you perpetuate the corruption of the previous regime. The vengeance carried out by the "undesirables" is not pretty and very humiliating.
On another note I wanted to comment on Austin buses. I'm an MTA, NYCTA New Yorker. And when Abe has the car and I have to bus it it's always an adventure. And today getting to and from the gym by bus was quick, on time, and nobody on the bus was hallucinating. There was a smelly drunk though. It only cost $1.
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