The Rocky clip speaks for itself, but this other clip of the father talking
about his depression and not seeing anything good at all about his life
really pulled on my heart strings. I was channel surfing a while back and
ended up catching the moment where the father spilled his dark secrets
to his wife and daughter.
I mean, I get it that the producer and editor of this show wants it to come off
being as dramatic as possible and they cut and edit it precisely how they want it
to be presented with accompanying piano music in the background to fit the sad
scene unfolding. But putting all that aside and actually listening to what the father
has to say and seeing the total despair and frustration in his face and how he says
his whole life has been awful. That's pretty gutwrenching and I can totally feel his pain.
Mundane, everyday life with no progress and a lot of pressure can do this to a man and
it's enough to make one cry.
They make it seem like the father turns everything around just by Gordon Ramsay hitting
him on the shoulder saying 'come on, snap out of it', and then feeling good about life again.
I think it goes a bit deeper than that though and that you can't just solve his issues in a
day or two. To me he looked broken inside. But what do I know.
