Wednesday, April 20, 2005
i'm watching the movie, "the patriot" for the umpteenth time. sure it's historically inaccurate, but if it was accurate, it just wouldn't make for great movie making.
take Star Wars for instance.
any whats it. i'm watchin the battle scenes and about every time you see a drummer boy he's wearing a bloody bandage around his head.
now i know, the drummer boy had to be the crappiest job in any army back then.
did he get caught telling a bad joke or mouthing off to the general or something?
did he lose a bet, draw the shortest straw or check the wrong box on his application?
and for the opposing army, maybe it was more points if you were able to hit the little drummer boy first. did they time it out, and yell pa rum pa pum PUM (BANG!)?
or maybe, just maybe, he was shot or bludgeoned by his own side. maybe they were annoyed by hearing the rat-a-tat-tat of drums as they were about to die.
or maybe, just maybe, the drummer boy wasn't even supposed to bring his drums. maybe he was that kid who just can't go anywhere without his headphones blaring so that everybody in the vicinity can hear his crappy taste in music.
i won't list any crappy music right here because heaven knows i listen to some pretty crappy music myself sometimes, but that's neither here nor there.
maybe he was supposed to have a gun, but he just thought people would like him better if he played his drums loudly and persistently, even at social gatherings where people might enjoy talking to each other as opposed to yelling over the noise.
lotta maybes there.
anyway, i hope you see my point.
drummer boys had it coming.
pa rum pa pum BANG!
take Star Wars for instance.
any whats it. i'm watchin the battle scenes and about every time you see a drummer boy he's wearing a bloody bandage around his head.
now i know, the drummer boy had to be the crappiest job in any army back then.
did he get caught telling a bad joke or mouthing off to the general or something?
did he lose a bet, draw the shortest straw or check the wrong box on his application?
and for the opposing army, maybe it was more points if you were able to hit the little drummer boy first. did they time it out, and yell pa rum pa pum PUM (BANG!)?
or maybe, just maybe, he was shot or bludgeoned by his own side. maybe they were annoyed by hearing the rat-a-tat-tat of drums as they were about to die.
or maybe, just maybe, the drummer boy wasn't even supposed to bring his drums. maybe he was that kid who just can't go anywhere without his headphones blaring so that everybody in the vicinity can hear his crappy taste in music.
i won't list any crappy music right here because heaven knows i listen to some pretty crappy music myself sometimes, but that's neither here nor there.
maybe he was supposed to have a gun, but he just thought people would like him better if he played his drums loudly and persistently, even at social gatherings where people might enjoy talking to each other as opposed to yelling over the noise.
lotta maybes there.
anyway, i hope you see my point.
drummer boys had it coming.
pa rum pa pum BANG!
