Wednesday, February 16, 2005
The Scopes-Liger Trial (The People vs. N.Dynamite)
Hola! I saw a great episode of the TV show King of Queens the other day. The sub-plot was about how the live-in father-in-law (Arthur) had just read his first Peanuts comic strip, and he was outraged... because he thought that Charles Shultz stole his life and used it as the basis of Charlie Brown. The weird conspiracy theory that he develops was just too funny...
... funny except for the fact that it made me realize that Napoleon Dynamite was stolen from my life. Yeah right, me and every other odd-ball teen. Below is the summary of evidence for and against a killer conspiracy. Idiots...
Pro - I used to waste entire days sketching fantasy animals and such
Con - Napoleon managed to get a date to the school dance
Pro - I was fascinated with things like bo staffs and sai
Con - Napoleon learned how to dance
Pro - I owned a crappy 10-speed bicycle that I used to get around town
Con - Napoleon rode the bus
Pro - I once gave an embarassing dungeon & dragons based speech to my class
Con - Napoleon knew sign language
Pro - I lived in a dirt-ball town
Con - Napoleon was a FFA member
Pro - I was also addicted to nachos as a teen
Con - Napoleon had an older brother
Pro - I wore hopelessly tacky and ugly clothes
Con - Napoleon had a creepy uncle that lived with him
Pro - I was (and still am) a hopeless clutz
Con - Napoleon likes to fish
Pro - I have a creepy uncle that makes a living off of crazy sales scams
Con - Napoleon had a pet llama
Pro - I got bullied a lot in Jr. High and early High School
Con - Napoleon had "fish mouth"
Pro - I used to scam extra food off people in the cafeteria
Con - Napoleon smuggled food into class
Pro - I spent a lot of time obsessing over "skills" (I was a big role playing game nerd)
Con - Napoloen was a little too into unicorns
Pro - I had chronic bad hair (from" greasy part" look to the classic "CB mullet")
Con - Napoleon had a perm
Pro - I had a quirky, "outsider" friend... actually a bunch of them
Con - Napoleon's friend was Hispanic
Pro - I spent a lot of time in my room
Con - Napoleon had an actual room. My room was a clearing in the basement
Pro - I was angry at the world too
Con - Napoleon was not obsessed with heavy metal
Well, as you can see, the jury is out. Is Carl the basis for Napoleon Dynamite? Or, is he just a giant nerd whose every trait holds true to the nerd archetype? Don't answer that.
Horn's up.
... funny except for the fact that it made me realize that Napoleon Dynamite was stolen from my life. Yeah right, me and every other odd-ball teen. Below is the summary of evidence for and against a killer conspiracy. Idiots...
Pro - I used to waste entire days sketching fantasy animals and such
Con - Napoleon managed to get a date to the school dance
Pro - I was fascinated with things like bo staffs and sai
Con - Napoleon learned how to dance
Pro - I owned a crappy 10-speed bicycle that I used to get around town
Con - Napoleon rode the bus
Pro - I once gave an embarassing dungeon & dragons based speech to my class
Con - Napoleon knew sign language
Pro - I lived in a dirt-ball town
Con - Napoleon was a FFA member
Pro - I was also addicted to nachos as a teen
Con - Napoleon had an older brother
Pro - I wore hopelessly tacky and ugly clothes
Con - Napoleon had a creepy uncle that lived with him
Pro - I was (and still am) a hopeless clutz
Con - Napoleon likes to fish
Pro - I have a creepy uncle that makes a living off of crazy sales scams
Con - Napoleon had a pet llama
Pro - I got bullied a lot in Jr. High and early High School
Con - Napoleon had "fish mouth"
Pro - I used to scam extra food off people in the cafeteria
Con - Napoleon smuggled food into class
Pro - I spent a lot of time obsessing over "skills" (I was a big role playing game nerd)
Con - Napoloen was a little too into unicorns
Pro - I had chronic bad hair (from" greasy part" look to the classic "CB mullet")
Con - Napoleon had a perm
Pro - I had a quirky, "outsider" friend... actually a bunch of them
Con - Napoleon's friend was Hispanic
Pro - I spent a lot of time in my room
Con - Napoleon had an actual room. My room was a clearing in the basement
Pro - I was angry at the world too
Con - Napoleon was not obsessed with heavy metal
Well, as you can see, the jury is out. Is Carl the basis for Napoleon Dynamite? Or, is he just a giant nerd whose every trait holds true to the nerd archetype? Don't answer that.
Horn's up.
Comments:
Interesting post! There are some definite similarities. :)
I just watched Napoleon Dynamite for the first time last weekend. It was amusing, but the more I think about it, the more I laugh. I'm going to flippin' watch it again. Dang!
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I just watched Napoleon Dynamite for the first time last weekend. It was amusing, but the more I think about it, the more I laugh. I'm going to flippin' watch it again. Dang!