Morning in America
by Alex
Remember that scene in Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom where the ridiculously othered and exoticized evil south asian priest puts the mojo on Indy and turns him into a bad guy and then Short Round realizes that fire will break the spell and grabs a torch and stabs Indie in the heart with it and he wakes up and is a good guy again and is like “omg we’ve got to get out of here and save the world!”? I woke up this morning realizing that Indiana Jones is our country, Short Round is our 349 electoral votes, and the torch is Barack Obama.
Does that make W. the Exotic Other?
You are still my hero.
And this is why I read your site. So much of it flies so far over my head that it doesn’t even tussle my hair, but stuff like this that leaves me snorting and chortling is fantastic.
Thank you sir! And all my best to Hawaii and Kate.
ANDREW!!! CINNAMON!!! So good to hear from you — say hello to Cumin for me the next time you see her! :D
Catching up on my blog reading — had to say this was HYSTERICAL.