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Yesterday I didn't have any Netflix so I watched movies I own, namely Chicago and Boondock Saints.
I was reflecting on how Chicago is famous for gangsters and yet we still elected a guy from Chicago to be president. (Shall I call him POTUS? Funny acronym.) Then as I got into the zen of sewing my costume I reflected that the characters in Chicago are constantly spending other people's money with no intention of paying it back. Margaret Thatcher said that the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money. So, I began comparing Chicago the musical to Obama's presidency.
I don't think I paid money for Chicago. I think I got it from somebody who decided they didn't like it. Anyway, the entire show is made up of avoiding a just punishment for a crime the heroine is in denial about. Cellblock Tango (He had it coming) is my favorite song. Those are like all the little secret wars the CIA has done over the years. Likewise, Obama's presidency is about trying to avoid the repercussions of previous presidents - and I DON'T just mean Bush Jr and Sr! It is also about borrowing money the administration has no intention of paying back. Borrowing money to such an extent that the money itself ceases to have meaning. You don't think Roxie Hart would actually pay attention to such things as accounting while she is working on her jazz career? It's also money borrowed and spent as a very emotional thing. Roxie wants to spend money to make herself feel safe but also because she wants to be admired for having money to spend.
Velma Kelly clearly represents England with her more urbane sensibilities and her foresight. She is also more of a "sinner" than Roxie. Velma probably could not have gotten acquitted by playing the innocent amnesiac, which is what Britain does with its commonwealth making nice with its former colonies. Including America.
Not sure who Flynn would be. Maybe the United Nations? All he cares about is love! And $5k. And he's followed around by thousands of chorus girls that clearly represent Non-government Organizations (NGOs. NGO mah Eggo!) Pretty. Kinda scary. You're sort of glad their around but it's hard to watch them all at once and many of them are doing the same thing. Yeah.
The media was, of course, the media. Has the U.S. ever just said the words the U.N. wanted to hear though? Well, maybe we have...usually not though, I would say. The Europeans sure wish we'd just be a mouthpiece for the U.N., but usually I think it's the other way around.
Onto Boondock Saints. Rocco is clearly Jesus. The Duke is clearly God. So if you want to be a saint you have to start out following that goofy kook Jesus but in your heart always be loyal to God. Um, I think the Yev-whotcha mafia don actually represents the papacy, but that might be the protestant in me talking. So are those two chicks with the cat supposed to be Mary Magdalene and the Virgin Mary? Poor kitty, what was it supposed to be?
Then that redhead at the end, when they're in the court house executing the mafia don, and the Duke goes up to this redhead and tells her she must watch...Since she was a redhead I was thinking Whore of Babylon (you'd capitalize that, wouldn't you? sure you would!), but in the credits she's listed as Virginal Girl. Heh. Maybe I better leave apocrypha out of it. She's not the Virgin Mary though. I mean, she's a witness to terrors, to divine justice.
And who is Willem Dafoe?! Eh...biblical scholar? The three Boston police are probably the 3 wise men. Except that they bring Dafoe stuff, and not Rocco. Hm. Funny how Chicago was so much easier to wrap up. Maybe I just don't WANT to get a symbolic message from Boondock Saints. It was better so I can justify watching it for itself, and not have to make up silly symbolic stuff. I mean, Chicago is a pretty bad movie, even for a musical.
The boys came in to chat about the next Boondock Saints movie. Burt also got a sequel to the Crow called Wicked Prayer. I got to laugh about how hilariously bad that movie is. I'd even nominate it for MST3K on Halloween except for one badly done rape scene.
I was reflecting on how Chicago is famous for gangsters and yet we still elected a guy from Chicago to be president. (Shall I call him POTUS? Funny acronym.) Then as I got into the zen of sewing my costume I reflected that the characters in Chicago are constantly spending other people's money with no intention of paying it back. Margaret Thatcher said that the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money. So, I began comparing Chicago the musical to Obama's presidency.
I don't think I paid money for Chicago. I think I got it from somebody who decided they didn't like it. Anyway, the entire show is made up of avoiding a just punishment for a crime the heroine is in denial about. Cellblock Tango (He had it coming) is my favorite song. Those are like all the little secret wars the CIA has done over the years. Likewise, Obama's presidency is about trying to avoid the repercussions of previous presidents - and I DON'T just mean Bush Jr and Sr! It is also about borrowing money the administration has no intention of paying back. Borrowing money to such an extent that the money itself ceases to have meaning. You don't think Roxie Hart would actually pay attention to such things as accounting while she is working on her jazz career? It's also money borrowed and spent as a very emotional thing. Roxie wants to spend money to make herself feel safe but also because she wants to be admired for having money to spend.
Velma Kelly clearly represents England with her more urbane sensibilities and her foresight. She is also more of a "sinner" than Roxie. Velma probably could not have gotten acquitted by playing the innocent amnesiac, which is what Britain does with its commonwealth making nice with its former colonies. Including America.
Not sure who Flynn would be. Maybe the United Nations? All he cares about is love! And $5k. And he's followed around by thousands of chorus girls that clearly represent Non-government Organizations (NGOs. NGO mah Eggo!) Pretty. Kinda scary. You're sort of glad their around but it's hard to watch them all at once and many of them are doing the same thing. Yeah.
The media was, of course, the media. Has the U.S. ever just said the words the U.N. wanted to hear though? Well, maybe we have...usually not though, I would say. The Europeans sure wish we'd just be a mouthpiece for the U.N., but usually I think it's the other way around.
Onto Boondock Saints. Rocco is clearly Jesus. The Duke is clearly God. So if you want to be a saint you have to start out following that goofy kook Jesus but in your heart always be loyal to God. Um, I think the Yev-whotcha mafia don actually represents the papacy, but that might be the protestant in me talking. So are those two chicks with the cat supposed to be Mary Magdalene and the Virgin Mary? Poor kitty, what was it supposed to be?
Then that redhead at the end, when they're in the court house executing the mafia don, and the Duke goes up to this redhead and tells her she must watch...Since she was a redhead I was thinking Whore of Babylon (you'd capitalize that, wouldn't you? sure you would!), but in the credits she's listed as Virginal Girl. Heh. Maybe I better leave apocrypha out of it. She's not the Virgin Mary though. I mean, she's a witness to terrors, to divine justice.
And who is Willem Dafoe?! Eh...biblical scholar? The three Boston police are probably the 3 wise men. Except that they bring Dafoe stuff, and not Rocco. Hm. Funny how Chicago was so much easier to wrap up. Maybe I just don't WANT to get a symbolic message from Boondock Saints. It was better so I can justify watching it for itself, and not have to make up silly symbolic stuff. I mean, Chicago is a pretty bad movie, even for a musical.
The boys came in to chat about the next Boondock Saints movie. Burt also got a sequel to the Crow called Wicked Prayer. I got to laugh about how hilariously bad that movie is. I'd even nominate it for MST3K on Halloween except for one badly done rape scene.