Remember Napoleon Dynamite?
Today I had to attend an assembly that immediately had me laughing and called this movie to mind. There was an auditorium full of indifferent students, and ten people on the stage running for various school offices. As they all sat up there nervously I wondered what each one of them would be doing for their skit. As it turned out only one of them did a skit.
As the candidates took their turn at the podium I had to fight the urge to jump from the balcony and run out the door. These were the most boring speeches I had ever heard. The first candidate drowned on about why the student body should vote for them and how they were leaders, and unique. Then every candidate after exhibited how unique they were by repeating essentially the same speech.
Then “Pedro” stands up. This kid stick was that he was a nerd. His name was Jerry Bird the Nerd. He was dressed on suspenders, high water pants, and taped glasses. Then he brings out his alter-ego and this kid busted out a rap that Eminem would have envied (if Eminem could write a song without profanity.) When he is done the auditorium erupts in applause. I wonder if it is enough to get him elected.
I am going to go home tonight and re-watch Napoleon Dynamite.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
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