I'm not susually into films, but last night i stayed up well past my customary time (9pm on a Friday night. I'm not a party animal) watching 'Rock and Roll Nerd: The Tim Minchin story'.
It's hard for me to judge these things from China, but my perception is that Minchin is now one of the biggest names in comedy in the world. Maybe none of you have even heard of him. Maybe his fame, whatever level it is, is confined to the UK, but the documentary covers his life from being a complete unknown in Australia to a medium level celeb. Really it seemed to be the story of his marriage as much as his 'rise to fame', and his wife, Sarah, is essentially the co-star of the piece.
I knew that Minchin met his wife at Uni, and that they've always been together, but I figured it's probably easy to be married when you're talented, rich and successful, and everything falls into your lap. It was fascinating to have the insight into what they went through.
Michin has a song, ostensibly about his wife that has the lyrics
If I didn't have you, someone else would do
Your love is one in a million
You couldnt buy it at any price
But of the 9 point 9 hundred thousand other loves,
Statistically some of them would be equally nice.
I agree with virtually everything that Minchin sings, but I think that he may be mistaken about this. The documentary is a raw and, forgive me for being corny, inspirational look at their relationship, along with fame and the difficult choices that people have to make make in pursuit of their dreams.
Even if you're not into comedy, or documentaries, or you have the same 44 Tv minutes attention span as me, I highly reccommend.