(I've had many more experiences having a really great audition and not getting the role, of course, and I'd like to say I'm a centered enough individual I can appreciate the joy of just getting to do the audition anyway I'm not, but it's a goal to aspire to)
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The problem is the soul doesn't get sparked according to the rules we set It follows its own rules The spark of that little self-indulgence that one lonely night kept Joe living The *lack* of any spark after his standing ovation almost made Joe give up on life
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So the point of the ending seems to me to be that it's okay whatever he does It's okay if he closes the door on the opportunity of a lifetime and gets the steady paycheck and the simple life It's also okay if he goes for it, fails, and stays a sad striver until the day he dies
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It's even okay if he goes for it *and gets it* and finds out even after all your dreams come true life is still the same bullshit it always was and even as a famous celebrity the stuff that's annoying and shitty about performing is still there and the void never really fills
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(Discovering that if you fundamentally weren't okay before, millions of dollars and a Grammy Award and crowds of shrieking fans will not make you okay is why we find so many famous people ODing in their bathtubs)
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Whichever path he takes, whatever his spark for the next ten years turns out to be, is fine As long as he's being kind to himself and the people around him Poor is okay, rich is okay, famous is okay, obscure is okay, loser is okay, winner is okay There'll always be more pie
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My take is that this is an interpretation but it's not the only interpretation Like, actually saying "No, don't go for the risky artistic career, that's the wrong choice" would be monstrously hypocritical coming from people who are making this movie because they did do that
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