On this episode I sit down with James Crouse and we discuss the movie “Powder”. “Powder” is a 1995 fantasy drama directed and written by Victor Salva, starring Sean Patrick Flannery, Mary Steenburgen, Lance Henriksen, and Jeff Goldblum. It follows Jeremy “Powder” Reed, a brilliant but sheltered young man with albinism, whose strange appearance and mysterious electrical abilities make him a target of fear and prejudice. As he’s forced out of the only home he’s ever known, he profoundly affects the lives of those around him, challenging them to reckon with compassion and humanity, and what it means to be different.
We talk about everything from cigars, life, parents, politics, and the housing market but t he question I have for you is, if you had a very unique power allowing you to empathize with the people around you would that make you a better person. If the people around you hated you for being different would that make you bitter or more compassionate. I hope you enjoy.
