Review – Into the Wild

Gosh, it’s just so awful to have to grow up well-to-do and get a college education. I can see why that would make a guy want to shuck it all and go live in an abandoned bus in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness. I suppose if I were a 20-something white guy with a case of suburban wanderlust, this might strike me as interesting if not inspirational. As it is, however, I found it off-putting. I suppose it’s supposed to be ironic in the Alanis Morissette sense of the word that a young man this selfish should end up dying as a result of his own isolation. But honestly the only wonder I found in the whole production was that his sojourn in the wilderness didn’t kill him faster than it did. See if desperate