Short Bus: A Sense Of Community And Belonging

I thoroughly enjoyed the movie Short Bus and found it to be an honest representation of how we are all broken in some way and struggling to heal, or at least come to terms with our brokenness. I personally believe that as a society, we have lost a sense of community and belonging, and this loss contributes significantly to our collective angst. Short Bus (the club) provides the sense of community that is missing for the characters in this story. We are social creatures, striving to find our tribe in a time where we are told that we need to be individuals. We have an inborn need to belong to something greater than ourselves in a time where conformity is seen as blasé and uniqueness and originality is the aspiration.

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