Monday, April 28, 2025

Andor - Mon Mothma's Wedding Dance

According to the creator of the Disney/Star Wars series "Andor."  Mon Mothma is dancing (with such abandon,) to keep from screaming.  Spoiler alerts to follow.

Mon Mothma was a minor, as far as screen time goes, character from the last of the original trilogy.  At that point in time she is one of  the highest leaders of the rebellion against the evil empire and emperor.  She pops back in the franchise in the film "Rogue One."  But she is one of the three most important characters in the "Andor" series.

The setting.  We are at least a year or so before the revolution takes out the death star.  She is having a very bad day, week, year.  A lot of shit is hitting her, between her daughter's wedding to a loveless union, blackmail from her oldest friend, and having to ok his assassination.  And not only struggling to keep the revolution going and remaining undetected, their top operative on a crucial mission, is way past his check-in.  So yeah.  She wants to scream, but abandons herself to trance dance instead.

This is the culture story of the week.   Among people like me, at least.  Sci-Fi fans who look to the politics and rebellion in the Star Wars galaxy as something too close to reality.  Many of us want to scream, over what the empire we have to deal with, has been up to.  And would love to be able to trance dance for a bit and really blow off some steam.

I am definitely on Team Mon Mothma!

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Thursday, October 13, 2011

This is Less of a Prediction, and More Hard, Brutal Analysis re the OWS Movement, and Saving the Nation. Shit.

Ok. I am going to say it out loud. (In text.) As much emotional support I have for the OWS movement, I can not see any major (necessary) changes happening unless we DEAL with GOP congresscritters, and deal with them severely. And I mean at least arresting a third of the GOPers in both chambers of Congress. And we need to do the same at the state level, and likewise at least arrest the GOP Governors. Now am I saying this WILL happen? No I do not expect it. But I am saying that's the minimum necessary to save the nation from the plutocrats and oligarchs. Ya know what they say? Reality Bites!

Now if I were POTUS? That shit might happen. But Obama is POTUS. Do not expect this shit to happen.

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