Monday 19 September 2011

Beneath the Suburbs 2

And even in my digital entertainment fantasy world I see nothing but strife and violence. Mondo wrestling, a bitch fight taking place in a room not dissimilar to my suburban bedroom. Like a music video, like one a those oh so ironic postmodern movies that reference 70's trash culture. All the reference points are tediously in place.
This is the stuff of mass media now, the stuff that weary America dreams of when it slumbers. A blonde and a Chinese chick Lucy Liu-like are really laying into each other. The blonde is in a split satin skirt, she gets the Chinese girl in a hold from behind and gets her hand bitten, the Chinese girl emitting an angry high-pitched shriek loud enough to alert the neighbours to call the cops.
Like a fightscene in one a those old Batman episodes. Full of blam and kapowie. Now their exertions are trashing the room, brushing ornaments off shelves. That big-legged and booted blonde, savagely intent, wrenches back China girl's head but she wriggles free and delivers a telling blow to her midriff...
Where to present this scene? Bitchfight in the bedroom. Pre-Superbowl Show. Before the music awards, before the video awards. Guest-starring. Stick in the canned laughter later. 

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