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Ammo Grrrll discovers MOVIE CLICHES COME DIRECT TO LIFE. She writes:
Horror movies are not something I enjoy. I have only seen a handful of horror movies that have given me nightmares for weeks. Others have been so ridiculous and unrealistic that they have put me to sleep. But I also have a visceral reaction when people, especially women, behave stupidly. This is a major feature in horror films. (That’s also why I don’t watch The View.
Horror films have a haunted house that plays scary music at all hours of day and night. The lights go out when there is a creaking sound. There are two options available to the terrified occupant. One: Run out the front door of your vehicle, lock it and drive away as fast you can. It is best to not flood your car when you start it. If possible, keep one weapon in your console and one in an appendix pouch. You know, the eight bullets per round that our completely unimpaired President was referring to. As I said, Option One.
Option 2: Go into the basement (or attic, if you’re in Arizona …)), all by yourself with one flickering candle. It is preferable to wear a long, clingy nightgown that makes fighting or running difficult.
How does this relate in real life? The recent election revealed that a man I admire, President Donald J. Trump, chose to vote for Metaphorical Option B in an awful election.
Option A: He is a smart, intelligent man. He could create ads that would appeal to any Republican candidate. They would talk about America’s energy dominance a few years ago, with low gas prices, and America’s love for America. Opposition to child mutilation. Closing of the southern border. Inflation. Support for the police Against crime. He could sell ad space for a few million pesos from his vast War Chest.
OR, Option B. Three days before the tough election, he could make disparaging remarks about potential running mates and primary rivals, taking childish shots against the man who turned Florida red and even threatening “to tell stuff about him that even [his wife] doesn’t know.” After the disappointing election, he dissented several other people in a lengthy, rambling Ted Kaczynski-style, single-spaced screed on Truth Social.
Ooooookay, he chose Option B. Despite the fact that my Dad didn’t drink, and defending Trump for 6 year, I feel a bit like the adult child of an alcoholic, who has spent a lifetime making excuses for Dad. I still have great admiration for the man and will vote for him if nominated. Particularly against Biden, whose highlight reel should be a feature movie by then, roughly the same length as Dancing With Wolves and Gone With the Wind. But, man! I fear that President Trump may have caused irreparable damage to himself. It is sad, because it was so unnecessary. I will repeat it again, lest I misunderstand: DJT is exponentially more superior than most Republicans and any Democrat. I will vote accordingly.
Horror films are not the only ones that feature actors making bizarre and unorthodox decisions. These plotlines are also common in “thriller” or “suspense movies. These bad decisions often involve women. Let’s suppose there are terrorists with AK47s out front. The husband, a good-looking CIA agent but a rogue, whispers, “We must RUN out of the back door, across our patio, and into the car that I cleverly stored on the next street for such an emergency.” Follow me and be quiet.
The woman, who may be a strong girlfriend, but is usually the annoying wife, chooses to speak up. Susan, the annoyed viewer, shouts at the TV, “No! You need to run!” If you survive, then you can discuss whether or not your relationship needs to be ‘worked on’. You need to improve your sprinting skills for now.
The most absurd of these situations was in the series 24 About Jack Bauer. Our dearest conservative friends were passionate about this series and held regular social events to watch it with them. Joe and I only watched a portion of one season, but we weren’t fans.
Jack Bauer’s daughter was a certifiable idiot. She called him on his cellphone on important covert missions to tell he the equivalent of buying a quart milk on his return from torture. One plotline was that a serial killer was IN THE HOUSE and the daughter barely escaped from him. But then, she ran back to her hair dryer, which can be bought for less than $10 at any Walmart. This was the last episode that I watched before I felt compelled to root for the terrorists.
For reasons I don’t understand and which hurt my feelings, the “Failure To Immediately Obey The Husband in Case of Danger” is a major concern of Max Cossack, a famous novelist to whom I have been married for 392 year in dog years. He believes that if there is an existential emergency, I will not listen to him. I will argue, debate, and possibly discuss the reasons he doesn’t make his bed carefully so that it doesn’t hang below the sheetspread like the slip is showing.
Because he asked me not to make eye contact with other riders when I was young and riding the El, I smiled and chatted up some of them and invited them home for dinner. I didn’t feel it was appropriate to follow a group scamming street yutes down a blind alley in New Orleans, just because. What was this urban man to do with a small town naif who is friendly to all?
Another movie cliché — Max Cossack hates it the most. Actor is shocked by events and says “WHAT THE …?”” He never gets to finish with “heck” and any other stronger words because either an alien has entered his stomach, or the girl he thought was his friend turned out be a Russian hit lady and has just inserted a fake umbrella into him.
Max may hate “What the …?””, but it’s often all that we can think of when we look at the evening news. These cultural assaults are constant and shocking. This is a drag show that is “family-friendly” for kids, which includes a dildo toss competition. This raises the obvious question: “Unless you’re talking about the Manson Family what would it take to make something ‘family friendly?
Here, a father is taken from a School Board Meeting to be removed by local gendarmes after he raised concerns about his daughter being attacked by a man in a dress. TikTok is told by a kindergarten teacher that every child in her class wants a transition to a different gender. The charmer, who is obese and blue-haired, claims that there are more genders available than Obama’s 57 US states.
In nearly every horror film, the victim of a woman-killing plot realizes that the Evil is not far away. It’s actually COMING FROM INSIDE YOUR HOUSE! !
I will be the first to admit that there is a lot of Evil in the country today, and it’s not just coming from the House but also from the Senate. I have been reading many articles written by prominent “Republicans” in the last few days that want me and my ilk to be expelled from the Party. We could be spoiling their grift. Men, remember the Whigs. You think you could win another election with us MAGAs? It becomes clear that many of them don’t care about winning! They are happy with things as they are.
What is the …??
