[ Tuesday, December 16, 2003 ]
What's been going on in my life?
First of all I want to point out that the post below is prime example of the typical ways of a North American Beck Beck: become wrapped up in something for a few days then let it wither & die. That being said, this blog altogether would be a good example. It's been two months since I've even thought about this thing.
Today I became wrapped up in the hype that is THE STAR WARS KID. For anyone who doesn't know (as I didn't before today's airing of Celebrity Justice) this 15 year old boy from Canada video taped himself at school battling it out with an invisible assailant--a broomstick? being his light saber. His friends got the video tape put it on KaZaa & now about 15 million people, including this little backwoods girl, have downloaded & viewed the 2 minute video. Now the kid's filed lawsuit & apparently pulled a stint in a psychiatric facility due to the humiliation.
Truthfully, I laughed my ass off! This kid's antics reminded me of Chris Farley's Matt Foley. If only he'd had a broomstick/light saber with him in his van down by the river. Humiliation? Nah. Rock on my Jedi brother! Who hasn't staged a fight / worn a mohawk / pretended to be a shirt Ninja for hours on end / vacuumed their hair / dressed as an ape / bought bananas from the local grocery store dressed as said ape?
Drop the lawsuit. Revel & Celebrate your new status. Embrace your inner dork. Don't fear him. Don't ever ever fear him.
Shortly after Lisa saw the clip after listening to ( or rather reading my) 'YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THIS,' she said "He gave it hell didn't he?" Yes, he gave it absolute hell. Not some half-assed attempt at assaulting an invisible opponent! If nothing else The Star Wars Kid ought to be proud of that--of delivering such a stellar performance.
Enough about that.
I'm still pissed that Adam Mesh, NBC's Average Joe didn't get the girl. More than that I'm pissed that NBC pulled such a scam after watching Tareq on Miss Match last night. Both Tareq & Dennis Luciani, whom most of the Average Joe audience fell in love with are ACTORS. We loved Dennis because we were supposed to love Dennis. NBC wanted us to love Dennis so that we'd tune in beyond the first few episodes to see what happened to this poor goofy soul.
Shame on you NBC.
How about giving The Star Wars Kid his own half hour show to make up for it? A basement--various props--the most memorable scenes in movie history recreated by a 15 year old who isn't afraid to grab his inner dork by the shoulders & yell triumphantly "I LOVE YOU MAN"!
Consider it.
And consider giving me my Plain Jane. I don't see me anywhere on reality TV.
~ Rebecca 11:05 PM [+] (0) comments
