Tuesday 8 November 2011

Let The Farce Be With You

A line of smart, well presented people stand proud in slightly purple shirts. Vapour swirls around brightly lit by a light we cannot see, but cutting through the otherwise dark night. The wet, black ground shines and glistens in the glare.

The camera shot changes to now show a view, from outside; the comforting glow from a shop, PC World/Curry's it says. A voice is heard, 'serve you, I will'. The camera moves slightly from side to side, then down, revealing just in front of the serried ranks of staff, Yoda. 'Oh hi' says the store manager.

'News of the dark forces, there is' says our green friend. 'Yes', replies the manager walking with the Jedi into the store, 'shutting all their stores apparently'.

'Good prices a buyer will not make', continues the small guru, 'but friend he be, that is served well'. Indeed.

Anyway, you get the drift. Yoda had to be a better choice than Darth Vader. Undoubtedly there is something cool about Darth Vader, but for heavens sake, so is there about the Sheriff of Nottingham when Alan Rickman plays him, but it is still wrong.

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