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YOUR LIFE January 27, 2021 | PAGE 3 ‘Sound of Metal’ is a profoundly touching look at the deaf experience Matt Geiger | Entertainment Reporter couldn’t be more different from the one “Sound of Metal,” much like the community we’re used to, in which the deaf aren’t given it represents, is not asking for special the representation they’ve deserved and in treatment. As a film, it’s asking to be taken which we take for granted the things they seriously, but not to be treated as any cope without every day. But again, it’s not different or more important than the other the kind of film that shames the viewer for films currently being released. how they’ve viewed the deaf community Which is perhaps why it’s so surprising thus far. If anything, Marder’s decision that it’s been released in a year in which to use the process of going deaf as a lens the limited number of high-profile releases through which to tell a rehab story is just would suggest that smaller-scale releases another way in which he allows us to identify are expected to demand more attention. something about ourselves in a community It strikes a particularly profound balance many of us don’t know how to treat. between pride and humility that allows it to We’re living in a time in history in which treat its subject with just the right amount we are discovering new and thought- of dignity without ever compromising its provoking ways film is able to reflect our ability to do the same for the audience. ever-changing landscape, which is why In doing so, it achieves something rarely it’s all the more startling how “Sound of seen in the midst of an uncertain social Metal” manages to be thought-provoking landscape: catharsis. on an entirely different level. The film’s The world is quite different once you mesmerizing sound design and its hear it through the ears of heavy metal exclusive employment of subtitles do drummer, Ruben, who suddenly and more than their part in putting the viewer without warning, begins to feel his hearing in Ruben’s shattered headspace. It’s an rapidly deteriorating. The most gratifying immersive experience having the chance to part of this expository revelation is that comprehend such a life-altering upheaval writer and director Darius Marder, who that arrives without notice. Not only this, PHOTO BY AMAZON co-wrote the film with his brother, Abraham but the moments in which it abruptly shifts he makes, there’s a compelling tenderness Marder, attempts to universalize the process from Ruben’s perspective to our own are to the character, and Ahmed’s realization of of hearing loss by treating Ruben as a victim “ “Sound of Metal” just as powerful, resulting in a brilliant him, that’s hard to resist. He knows what he of grief in all of its stages. There’s his initial juxtaposition between what Ruben has doesn’t want to have happen to him, but this possesses a quiet denial, as evidenced by his continuing to lost and what he is learning to accept. This doesn’t quite fully inform how he intends to perform against his doctor’s wishes. There’s juxtaposition also reinforces the all-too handle the steps he’s required to take; this authenticity, working his anger, bargaining and depression as real truth that Ruben’s story is just one of uncertainty and mystery is precisely what he reluctantly submits to the principles of directly with the deaf many, but the path to recovery is one that is makes his performance one of the best and his new normal a life under the guidance uniquely his. most human. of deaf veteran Joe (a compassionate Paul community in order to The finished product amounts to Ahmed’s magnetic presence makes for a Raci) and the rehabilitation center he runs. something entirely original and dynamic, fascinating interplay between himself and achieve its thematic Finally, in his own way, he learns to accept a film that treads new ground in Raci, whose interactions drive home the what he’s lost and like the doctor suggested representation while doing so in a way that film’s meditation on addiction and control. desires.” preserve what he still has. feels lived in and doesn’t talk down to the Ruben’s greatest struggle is one for control There truthfully is no one else who — Matt Geiger — unfamiliar. It fights angst with sensitivity, and stability. As a non-deaf actor playing could’ve played Ruben better than Riz Entertainment Reporter resulting in a new island of storytelling with a deaf character, Ahmed understands Ahmed, who learned American Sign some bountiful resources hidden beneath the inherent differences between the two made him invincible. His control was only Language for the role. He brings an the surface. We can only hope to use these circumstances and uses that knowledge to regained after he made the most difficult understated relatability to the character as resources to continue the graceful path that convey the fronts that Ruben can’t help but decision to finally relinquish it. he tries to do what anyone would in a state “Sound of Metal” has laid out. Whatever put up for himself as his grip on his former “Sound of Metal” possesses a quiet of life-altering panic: act like everything is direction that may take us. reality slowly slips away. On the other hand, authenticity, working directly with the okay even when he knows it isn’t. Playing “Sound of Metal” is an Amazon Original Raci, born to deaf parents, is the film’s deaf community in order to achieve its a former addict, Ahmed is perfectly and is available to watch on Prime Video. most calming presence and moral center, thematic desires. It’s refreshing that Marder convincing as he shifts from someone someone who tended to his physical, mental so graciously welcomes the uninitiated into struggling to maintain normalcy into and emotional wounds a long time ago their world, a world that underplays many someone who learns to live a new normal. and turned them into something that has of its most beautiful elements and one that While it’s hard to agree with every decision YOUR LIFE January 27, 2021 | PAGE 4 ‘drivers license’ Music review Nia Lambdin | Reporter Olivia Rodrigo, a 17-year-old actress who started her career on the short-lived TV series “Bizaardvark” on Disney Channel in 2016, recently made the song “drivers license.” After production, Rodrigo’s song surpassed streaming records instantly. “drivers license” broke Spotify’s record for most streams of a song within a single day, surpassing Taylor Swift’s most recent album “Evermore.” Apple claimed the song to be the most played song in the world on Apple Music, along with Amazon giving it the title of “the most requested song ever in one day on Alexa globally.” The song brought tears to everyone as it opens with the heartbreaking sound of a car door and starts off with past tense lyrics of promises between a couple. “I got my driver’s license last week, just like we always talked about / ‘Cause you were so excited for me to finally drive up to your house,” Rodrigo sings. The song is believed to be a love ode to her alleged ex-boyfriend, Joshua Bassett. It is speculated by fans that in the second verse, PHOTO PROVIDED BY BILLBOARD.C.COM Rodrigo explains all of the insecurities she a piece of what she went through, alleging “You said forever, now I drive alone past had throughout the alleged relationship. her relationship with Bassett. “The song brought tears your street.” “And you’re probably with that blonde “I still see your face in the white cars, On Jan. 17, Bassett released “Lie Lie Lie” girl, who always made me doubt / She’s so front yards. Can’t drive past the places we to everyone as it opens in what is assumed to be a response to much older than me, she’s everything I’m used to go, ‘cause I still f⁠ —⁠— love you, with the heartbreaking Rodrigo’s song. insecure about,” she sings. babe / Sidewalks we crossed, I still hear Overall, if you find yourself in a break-up The “blonde girl” is rumored to be Sabrina your voice in the traffic, we’re laughing over sound of a car door and situation with the one you thought would Carpenter, after pictures and TikToks were all the noise. God, I’m so blue, know we’re be forever, don’t be afraid to take a page out released showcasing her and Bassett’s through,” she sings.

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