Bad Monkey…Bad Monkey…Bad, Bad Monkey
27 Jul 2010 Leave a Comment
Me with the bad monkeys
I think you’d all agree with me that the 1995 movie Congo was awful. Basically, it’s my go to standard for rating terrible movies. That being said, I immediately stole the catch phrase the lamo sign language speaking monkey used in the most pitiful scene in the film. Why? Because it’s excellent. It means so much while saying so little. This little phrase can be used daily in place of the maniacal cursing you’d like to unleash or instead of the brilliantly snide remark you think of seconds after the chance to use it. Let’s say you run upon an asshole checkout clerk…”bad monkey…bad, bad monkey.” An idiot cuts you off in traffic, the gyno is a bit ”attitudinal” during your exam, the waiter spills food on your new D&G ensemble, the pedicurist takes off a little too much cuticle, your kid wedges a tuna sandwich in the sofa that you find days later…”bad monkey…bad monkey…bad, bad monkey.” See what I mean. But for the full effect, you must use the hand gesture that goes along with it. If you don’t know what I’m talking about or have never seen the movie, I don’t know whether to congratulate you or pity you. The movie really stinks…but, the little gesture is magic.
I’m bringing this up because I’m realizing just how much of what we watch sinks into the psyche. It’s scary, really. Granted, not all of it is bad for us. Channels like The Science Channel, National Geographic, History Channel, Food Network (for the recipes…not the stupid kitchen competitions!), etc provide useful, educational daily morsels. Plus, movies like The Godfather, E.T., anything by Ang Lee, the Monty Python collection, etc bring either a wit, wisdom, or new vision that can only benefit and entertain the viewer. But, when I think of how many episodes of Gilligan’s Island or The Land of the Lost I sat through as a kid, I can almost hear the brain cells snap, crackle, poppin’ at an alarming rate. It’s worse now days. The level of crap on television has slipped to an incredibly new low. I actually found myself staring at the Kardashians’ show one day, but thankfully, my husband ran in and saved me. Television is like a tranquilizer! Has it always been this way, or have I been hypnotised too?? I don’t watch as much as I used to…thank goodness. But, doesn’t the majority of the content scream of stupidity? Reminds me of the movie Idiocracy (not the TBS or Comedy Channel version…I’m talking about the uncut, filthy one). This movie is dumb too but has great parallels and metaphors. It’s possibly where we’re headed in 500 yrs. Scary…quite scary. Rent it and let me know what you think. Why don’t you rent Congo too, while you’re at it? Maybe you can benefit from the silly ”bad monkey” nature of things in our day-to-day grind. Good luck…
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