Given the sudden death of the important figure in the Friends, Matthew Perry, I felt devastated and so much sorrow I could not express adequately. He plays Chandler in the Friends, and what do I know about him? What heartbroken feeling I respond to should be to his disappearance, is this he Chandler or Matthew Perry? or the no-longer-6 of Friends in the universe?
Thus, I start to read his book.
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
here are some tips and points I have noticed.
- I think the character "Chandler" is born to be him. Maybe that is because the editor chatted with Matthew, and planted some genuine personality from him to Chandler and making both him seem inseparable.
- Well, of course, we can tell the difference that Chandler is clean and Matthew is not.
- Matthew has been left lonely since childhood. His parents got divorced, and he used to be traveling "alone" to visit the father in US, and get back to Canada with grandparents in Canada. His parents at some time got married to the other individuals and had another "family" which he thinks none of the new family are the one he should "belong" to. He acclaimed that there is a hole in him.
- Addiction is something you cannot start, and cannot stop once you started.
- His honesty shows the world of darkness and also brightness. He encourages people not to give up, and there will be miracle by seeing him clean finally.
- Education and environment for children are so important. And children at certain situation could go wrong by any stuff that attracts them to forget what they had been bothered. And how wrongful it could go is beyond imagination. In any kind.
- Huge amount of paragraphs, and chapters describing issues about drugs, drinks and smokes. Reality is so cruel, that it only takes few pages saying how he finally got clean, and how he sees the brightness of life without those terrible things. (People with no enough patience won't be able to finish reading and thought he's just being in cycle of quitting, get addicted and quitting, and it is unfortunately true.)
I have few further topic regarding to 1 and 3. but, i'll leave it later to furtherize.
to be continued...