El Tango de Roxanne

"It is not for Geisha to want. It is not for geisha to feel. Geisha is an artist of the floating world. She dances, she sings. She entertains you, whatever you want. The rest is shadows, the rest is secret."

I have always been interested in the concept of Geisha's. Whether it is Japanese culture or the many other names women of art and pleasure go by in other areas of the world: courtesan, mistress, concubine, companion, paramour, courtier . Despite race or region they all seem to straddle the thin line between desired, entertaining women of the world and common, red light district prostitutes.

But regardless of how high or low a women is positioned on the scale they all seem to share a common, seemingly unattainable dream: Freedom to Love. This is a constant theme that runs through Arthur Goldon's Memoirs of a Geisha.

Chiyo becomes Sayuri to be a part of the Chairman's world. After having love taken from her Hatsumomo grows even more destructive and cold. Even Mameha has love pains from the past that affect her present. It must be so hard to function and live in the "world of love" but not actually be able to truly love.

So, I am not all that surprised by the cruel rumors or the constant need to take out your competition in the Geisha world. I truly believe that a woman deprived of her basics needs and wants becomes more dangerous then a man. Men will take by force what is denied them. But women on the other hand will destroy what they can't have and all who have or currently posses it. If you obliterate your desire then you won't have to worry about craving it or feeling jealous should someone else posses it.

These women are being forced to participate in a very beautiful but dangerous dance so to speak. And hardly ever end up with the partner they truly desire. Hence, El Tango de Roxanne: