Persepolis

I'm going to comment on the absurdity of some of the things that occurred in Marjane's life. They all, of course, make sense in the story, but they are still absurd. Therefore, they deserve to be commented on.

First, Marjane pretended to smoke pot during her adolescence when in fact she wasn't even inhaling anything. Obviously, it isn't a bad thing that she wasn't partaking in these illegal actions (at that point in her life, at least) but it's still bad that she felt obligated to pretend. This just shows that peer pressure exists everywhere, not only in America. Wherever there are teenagers, there will always be peer pressure and kids succumbing to it.

Secondly, I admired her father for allowing her to marry Reza even though he knew it wouldn't work out. It must have taken a lot for him to watch his baby girl enter into a marriage that he knew would be ending in the next few years. But he was right, she needed to realize on her own that it wasn't going to work. It was smart of him to at least have the meeting with Marjane and Reza before they were married that forced Reza to admit that he would allow her to divorce him if she so wished. But still, it's absurd that he couldn't at least warn her that she was making a mistake. Oh well, though.

Here's a little video of my favorite way to say "that's absurd" from one the funniest and most ingenious musicals ever written.