| Sunday, September 19, 2004 |
 | On the way home from shopping, on the way over to Duckie, I and my ravening horde passed a sign, left in a dusbin but still displaying its message to the good folk of Charing Cross Road. That message was:
Bring Back Clause 28: The "Protect Little Boys" Law
I may have unconsciously improved the grammar. I always thought protecting little boys was covered by a fair few laws, not to mention a lot of mores. Still, it's a valid point, which is why I and the horde had great pleasure in snapping the placard in two and dumping it upside down in the same bin. Rarely are acts so easily accomplished and so unambiguously enjoyable.
Duckie was lovely, although an early departure for the joys of pipe and slippers followed. Earlier than some, at least, who have filed back into consciousness today nursing various hangovers, missing limbs and unexpected prostheses. Rosie Lugosi turned in a quality performance. Why did my careers officer never suggest that I might want to appear at a gay nightclub and sing songs about zombies to the tune of I Love you Baby?
You're just too good to be true,
Can't take my eyes back off you...
Incidentally, is it me or has it been intrusion week? Open House, which I ended up not exploiting due to exhaustion, started a bit early for Parliament and Buckingham Palace. And wasn't it refreshing to see riot police beating the crap out of right-wingers for a change?
On Buck House - in general I'd be in favour of shooting anyone who comes near to Buckingham Palace. This is not from any virulent strain of royalism - in fact, were an intruder to burst in while I was receiving my knighthood, I suspect I would probably use the nearest claimant to divine right as a shield. However, on the balance of probabilities, anyone trying to break into Buck House is likely to be either a terrorist or just a bit of a tool - Michael Fagan being the honourable exception.
Meanwhile, barring the terrible crime of an Adam West Batman going into action with a Joel Schumacher Robin, I have to ask - how did they decide the costumes? Robin was older than Batman and, having no hair, more in need of a cowl. Clearly Hatch's skill as a protestor outweighed the respect demanded by age. Then again, perhaps they were the only ones in the shop that fit. Why fathers seeking justice are so prone to dressing as superheroes I am unsure, especially as they tend to have dubious pedigrees as parents. Given the whole Wertham thing, Batman and Robin seem an unusual and potentially placard-inspiring choice.
Speaking of heroes, take a look at this image.
Batman, Superman, Spider-Man... all pretty obvious. But who the arse is the fellow on the right. Is that a really awful Robin? The colour scheme seems to be redolent of Dr.Mid-Nite. A connoisseur's choice, certainly, but I would suggest that having even an inkling of Dr. Mid-Nite's identity must count againt one's suitability as a father. To make a Dr. Mid-Nite costume, since I am prepared to bet my family that such a thing is not available in any fancy dress shop less perfectly equipped than that patronised by Mr. Benn, must be seen as a further black mark. To remain fixed in the decision to persevere with the Mid-Nite look, no doubt in the face of strenuous protests from associates advancing the claims of more well-known superheroes, that is pretty well everyone except possibly the Crimson Fox (precisely), once again raises questions. Having gone through all that and emerged triumphantly caparisoned, but without the goggles that were the good doctor's only real distinguishing feature as a superhero... that's just shit.
4 Comments:
Agreed. Shit costume.
Agreed. I did have a wee shimmer of enjoyment watching the polis laying waste to those lovely right-wing peoples. I MAY have cheered. I MAY have encouraged.
If they are going to use obscure superheroes why not try Mr Terrific? The costume seems appropriate, anyway... :)
Fair play... for fathers!
Although I feel the modern-day Mr Terrific would be better. Kept from his kids for no other reason that he had a "T" on his face.
Batman's scant black... thong thing is just... "no!"
Elton
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