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Oh, Harley Drivers.
Hey friends! How are you? I am doing all right. My sleep pattern that was disturbed because of DST was okay for one day (meaning I woke up at 7 am), and then ruined by my period. So I’ve been up since like 6 am. A bit before. Screw you, period. Let’s do a History of the Diary, like OMG! 5 November! I was very happy to get a chance to break pattern and talk to Alex on YIM for up to a couple of minutes before South Park last night. That was fun. I had been pining to have a nice good semi-long chat with her for a while and I got it. Yay. I didn’t turn off my computer until probably 2 minutes before the episode started. But I had the tv on the entire time. Here is Wikipedia page to The F Word. Now onto gabbing about this episode! I had major cramps preceding and maybe even during the episode, but South Park works better than any Midol or pain-killer of any sort. It does. So, I’ve been semi-wondering… what IS The F Word, that this episode title is about? And I found out last night. It was the word fag. I’ve been known to refer to that word as The F Word myself. Now, if you think their viewpoint on the word is something new, check your South Parks! Matt and Trey make it clear what they mean about the word fag in the commentary for Mr. Garrison’s Fancy New Vagina. But, yeah, good times. For the rest of this review, I will use the word fag liberally, now if that offends you, you do not have to read that. The episode began with this beautiful scene where the four boys are enjoying the weather and nature and just at a pond, and I died of cute. Kenny is reading, Kyle and Stan are fishing (Stan’s on a rock, Kyle is at the shore), and Cartman is hatless on a rock, too. And they have a coolers or what looks to be tackle boxes. Lawl. A cooler. What could they have in there? Cola and cookies? And amazing music. To be ruined by Harley motorcycle drivers. And parent Broflovski and parent Marsh have their little lunch ruined as well. They were at Café Monet which was seen in I believe Tsst and maybe Guitar Queer-o. And so does a wedding. And Harley Drivers thinks their so cool and hot. And they’re not. And they want attention. I’m curious about the main Motocycle driver guy who’s like this guy with grey hair and is kinda brown. I say kinda, because I have family that has brown skin due to tanning in the sun. He could be white with tanned skin, Hispanic, or even American Indian. It doesn’t matter, but I’m curious. He talks white in the episode, so I will say he’s really tan. About two and a half minutes in, Cartman comes up to the Harley guys and calls them fags for being douches and rude. Cartman’s best line is this: “Everyone realizes that people who are so needy for attention they need to dress up and be as loud as possible are you guys and sixteen year old girls.” I laughed hard. Because it’s true. Oh, teenage girls. And then he leaves. And the guys are like, oh, well, no one else is going to say this to our faces, so whatever. Continue being annoying. And then people all call them fags. Including Ike. And they made whatever 3 year old is in the studio say the word fag. Oh, little Sebastian Yu. And they spend like a bit just moping and trying to figure it out. And they think to be louder because of kids’ loud stuff. Cue scene five minutes in with the four boys playing basketball together. They are in a park that I can recall seeing as far back as Make Love, Not Warcraft and Manbearpig/ This would be unworthy of note except for the fact that the boys (excluding Kenny) are sans jackets. YES, their jackets are on the concrete ground near the basketball hoop! Cartman is wearing a shirt he wore in Breast Cancer Show Ever, Kyle has a yellow shirt that’s probably been seen before, and Stan is in a white shirt. That’s more realistic, because who do you know that plays basketball in winter coats that doesn’t live in Alaska? This is ruined by the Harley guys (who I shall simply call them that for brevity’s sake). This leads the main four boys plus Token, Butters, Clyde, and Jimmy to Stan’s house for a meeting. If you notice, if anybody hangs out with the four boys, it’s usually those four. They’re like… the secondary four boys. Maybe. Butters usually can be the fourth if Kenny’s not there. But yeah, those four are probably the most liked. I like those four. Anyways. I like that the four boys are on the couch, with Stan and Kyle in the middle just like it should be. Yes. At one point, they hear the motorcycles, and Kyle for the brief period you hear them, taps his fingers (no sound) on his clipboard. I love that. Such a nice detail. After kicking Butters out for liking Harleys, They decide to do the following to get rid of the Harley guys: The next scene involves seeing the effect of this. Including billboards for Harley stores and on buildings spray painted to say “Fags get out.” Unfortunately, the Harley guys were not the only people to see this. So did Big Gay Al and Mr. Slave, holding hands. Oh, sweet! They’re still a couple! *melt* But, you know… they thought it was directed towards them which made my heart just break. Cue…. THE MAYOR, YES, THE MAYOR at the school with an assembly to ask who did all the spray painting stuff. Witnesses apparently saw “children with spray paint.” And the boys just go ahead and out themselves. The adults think they mean, fags as in gay people, and so they’re upset with the kids. Mackey says, “Just what the heck is going on here? This is not what we have taught you. Kyle and Stan, you’ve always been tolerant of gay people.” I love the way he spoke in this scene. It’s true of SK, they’ve always been so. This has been mentioned in Death Camp of Tolerance before this and maybe even further than that. Their reputations precede them. I think that’s wonderful that they have such a tolerant reputation. When the children realise what the adults think they meant by fag, Kyle says, “That’s not very nice, Mayor. Just because a person is gay doesn’t mean he’s a fag.” And then, for some reason, and to my delight (yes, shut up, I was just into it), the Mayor yells at them to go to her office NOW. Commercial break. Then see South Park Public Library with Harleys in front. Yes, Harley guys are looking up the dictionary definition of the word fag. Cue, long reading of dictionary that includes original meaning of the word, some of which based on a cursory Wikipedia check sounds correct. Harley riders are shushed several times, lol. I’m thinking of All That and the early skit of the loud librarian who’s basically like: THIS IS A LIBRARY, SHUT UP. Next scene is the boys at a meeting of sorts in like a court room or council room. The boys are sitting at a table in the order of C, Stan, Kyle, Kenny. Cartman and Kenny look bored and tired and Stan and Kyle in the middle who are probably doing all the speaking. It has to be a council or court room because a lot of townspeople are in the background behind the boys. Mackey, all of their parents, Principle V, Garrison, Butters parents, Jimbo and Ned. Hi, JAN! There’s also five people who are asking the boys questions. The people seem really minority rich. Gay man, black man, two women, and then a glasses wearing guy. I missed thee! It’s been a while! The boys spend like a minute or so. Then they finally understand. And there’s another meeting with a bunch of gay men who are rejoicing. They’re also against Harley drivers. News beat where they illustrate that fags are not gay people but Harley guys. Mayor signs an ordinance. Slave and Big Gay Al are there next to her as well as the gay council guy (I think), and the Aide of Mayor that didn’t die in Night of the Living Homeless. And there’s lots of photography flashes. And then, she’s in front of City Hall on a platform with her Aide and the boys in front of them. Stan and Kyle AND Cartman and Kenny are holding hands in a celebratory way. SHUT UP, IT WORKS. YES, STYLE. Plus a news reporter annoying Harley guys, yes! Also, then a few scenes where the boys and others are enjoying their day including repeating of basketball scene with no coats. Until… ANGRY MAYOR YELLS AT BOYS TO GO TO HER OFFICE NOW. And then, we watch a woman who is unnamed but is representative of the nation as a whole, who finds the publicity negative, and then Stan decides they need to convince the Dictionary people to change the definition. Even the Harley Guys call each other fag at some point. They’re annoyed by each other!! Harley guys decide to go to South Park to kick ass. BTW, some of the time Harley guys are in desert-y mountain region near a highway thing, like it’s their lair. Commercial break! CELEBRATION THING. Dictionary Officiates are coming, the boys are in their suits (the classic ones, mind you.) With even an orchestra that for some reason is playing Pomp and Circumstance. ARE WE GRADUATING? I’M STILL SIX MONTHS AWAY, LEAVE ME ALONE. The boys are all dressed up and looking so cool. I LOVE IT. The head editor of the dictionary and the keepers of the current dictionary come. The editor? Emmanuel Lewis. I didn’t know who that was. I had to ask my grandmother who gave me enough hints to realise later. EL played on a show called Webster. And Webster’s a dictionary. I’ve only ever heard of this show. From Scrubs, mostly. Yet the 9 year olds who are played by 38-40 year old men totally get it. It’s ruined by Harley guys who just terrorise the place. Wikipedia calls it a riot so I will go with that, as I saw a Molotov Cocktail. I spend the time watching this wanting Kenny to die. The boys are trapped in the Alley by the Harley guys even! And Butters apparently is with the Harley guys dressed as a Motorcycle dude, but he’s merely Bike-Curious. LOL. I love that lingo. Butters is all about freedom and resilience and why he is into that whole culture. Here’s the thing. Violent scenes with Emmanual Lewis being dragged by a Harley guy, guns, and other weapons… not a single person dies. Sure there’s a lot of fire and shit. Harley guys finally embrace the word fag and ride off or something. YAY! AND! Emmanual Lewis is all for changing the definition. Cue hugging. Slave/Big Gay Al, Stan/Kyle, Cartman/Kenny. And then Stan walks closer to the screen and says, “Today, we’ve made history.” The episode ends with a black screen with the following in white print: Overall, this episode was great. It got rid of my cramps for the time being, it made me laugh, squee, and just generally love the series. Like, seriously, this kinda stuff is why I love this show. 9/10. Last night on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, Al Gore was on BOTH. He was! He got what I want Trey Parker and Matt Stone to have. Interview with Jon Stewart that’s long and boring and Al Gore on Formidable Opponent with Colbert. But also, this:
I made a mistake in my entry yesterday. My essay for the current novel in World Lit is due like two weeks from now. That's one thing off my mind. Yay! Physio. Note about sex and gender. That was cool. European Women's History. More Holocaust notes and discussion. Oh, depressing. I want this part of the class to be over now. I also need to start my paper today. Like, now. Women's Lit. We talked about the book and some other stuff. Also, the proposals came back. Yaay. Fun. Other than that, I don't have much to say. I'm lazy and cranky from cramps. And stuff. Thought/Quote of the day: "Sam's getting on a plane?" Word of the day: tyrant Hakuna Matata. Countdown to thirteenth episode of Season 13 of South Park: 6 days, 6 hours, 12 minutes! |
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