Afternoon
All…
So, to be a
successful crip, one has to have a sense of humor: to be able to laugh at
other’s ignorance, because, let’s face it, there will be LOTS…and, from people
you thought knew you the most, we’ve found.
The other, and more importantly, laugh at yourself. I’d be rich if I had a penny for all the
crips I’ve come across that take themselves and their cripness too
serious…SERIOUSLY!
Now, I’ve
got a dark sense of humor. I’m the crip
that’ll see something happen to another crip and giggle…because, I’ve been
there, and probably did whatever with the same results as the poor sap I’m
laughing at. Yeah, I’m that guy, who’ll
be rolling when others are feeling sorry for the crip that has whatever befall
(normally) him in movies. I don’t know
it’s always a him crip…there should be equal opportunities here, right?
Anyhoo, take
for instance, Friday the 13th
Part 2 when Mark’s killed and bounces down the steps, I roll every time I
watch that sequence for the absurdity of the whole sequence. There’s NO WAY he could go down those stairs
backwards WITHOUT flipping over and out of the chair, which would’ve made the
sequence that much more hilarious. First
off, Dude, you were considering sex in a horror movie? Yeah, you had to go, wheelchair be damned.
Another
sequence that shouldn’t be funny’s in the “heartwarming” Forrest Gump when Lt. Dan meets Forrest outside the studio in
NY. It’s icy, and he’s on a ramp. Yeah, you see where I’m going with this. We don’t see the crash but hear it. We see the set up of him sliding and losing
control. Been there, done that…hilarious
stuff.
Of course,
there’s Joe in Family Guy, who’s
always getting ribbed for being a crip, “You’re like a half empty tube of
toothpaste.” There’s another sequence
where Peter needs to use Joe’s bathroom.
There’s two commodes with various trapeze devices. Peter asks Joe how he uses them, and what the
second’s for. Joe answers, “Blood.” That’s farfetched, but funny as hell. Yeah, sometimes we bleed, but not enough to
need a separate commode.
Along the
lines of Family Guy is Adam Sandler’s
Little Nicky. There’s a sequence where the cat’s out of the
back that Nicky’s the son of Satan, and everybody chases him, including a group
of wheelchair dudes (again with the dudes) playing basketball. While they’re chasing him, a bus pulls out in
from of them, and the whole group T bones the bus, landing in a bunch of bodies
and chairs…haven’t done that one, but that they went there, is hilarious.
Those’re the
ones that come to mind right off. The
point being, don’t take yourself or the situation you’re in too seriously, crip
or not.
Be good to
each other.
PS. Then, there's Franklin from A Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Dude's such a douche, you can't wait for Leatherface to get to him!
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