We have mythologized Sid and Nancy because we need to make sense of senselessness.
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Dorothy Bendel is a writer, editor, and instructor. You can find links to her work at dorothybendel.com.
Here, on the beach, Ada and Flora don't appear to be waiting so much as creating something new. Looking at this frame now, as a global pandemic distorts the hours that fill our days, I see a kind of hope and perseverance in how the characters interact with time.
Damien Chazelle's First Man reminds us that we are imperfect human beings, and that the path we follow is often rockier than the surface of the moon.
