Posted by Isis at d4132.dialup.cornell.edu on June 13, 2000 at 16:44:41:
In Reply to: Maybe "welfare" is a loaded word, but Chiusano... posted by Darth Dobbin on June 13, 2000 at 14:39:05:
...with a bit of ickiness.
Fuck "Pretty in Pink". That movie...when prom time comes, Molly has the nerve to dump Duckie, the loyal guy who stuck by her side through fat & slim, while whiny rich boy wavers about his status in society. Then, she SUCCUMBS to the pressures of adolescent conformity and attends her prom in a nasty pink dress, kicks Duck to the curb and runs off with Andrew McCarthy. It's a subliminal message to teenage girls to subvert their individualism and quietly seek mates of high economic station.
I'm not saying I didn't laugh at his post either, but come on, welfare recipients? What kind of an insult is that? You are poor thus stupid? It's the equivalent of kneeling down to punch a weak opponent square in the groin, and as Mr. Miyagi & Daniel-san taught us all long long ago, those who fight without honor always lose.
Ah, cheesy '80s teen flicks...there's a moral for everyone.
Meanwhile, the jackass who published his Ebert-esque review earlier is enjoying the hell out of himself. It's like classic Greek drama here, Hector vs. Achilles and shit. Who am I to interfere? Play on, Chiusano, but don't get your hands too dirty for no reason.
-- Isis
: ..and his post were chock full of funny. I agree on a fundimental, theoretical level with you- In the universe of PRETTY IN PINK, it is the James Spader who is the asshole, and not the John Cryer, but there has got to be some malliability in the correctness guidlines for funsters like Chiusano to work his love-filled magic...
: "so he fills his films with what you would call "words an' such". "
: Maybe I'm a tard, but that set me to giggling.
: -Dobbin
: Next we won't be able make fun of the retarded.