Are you a Rhinoceros?
As I was eating dinner in front of the TV, (because the kitchen table is covered with dirty dishes, trash and other random crap), I started browsing for the proper channel to fit my mood. My mood was chicken sandwich, so that meant a sports game of some kind or a comedy/musical/farce movie. Lo and behold, whom should I come across but the one Gene Wilder! Knowing comedy was about to ensue I casually watched as I munched away at dinner. I had caught the middle of something and didn't quite know what was going on, but since I was in a chicken sandwich mood and because it was Gene Wilder, I didn’t care and stayed to let my curiosity have its way.
I soon picked up that this movie had been adapted from a play; most movies that have most of its action take place on one claustrophobic set are usually adapted from plays with the same constraint. These types of movies are usually entertaining, and much like The Seven Year Itch, wonderfully explore the comical aspects of neurotic individuals. These types of characters are bounded by their buildings and we are allowed to watch them as they fester up and delve deeper into a state of hysteria.
Needless to say, I was enjoying myself as I continued to eat. Finally, after a commercial break the station told me what I was watching. I was watching the 1974 movie Rhinoceros. It’s a rather unusual story, adapted from Eugène Ionesco’s play of the same name, where people give into the peer pressure of becoming a rhinoceros. That’s right, you cave in and become a rhinoceros! It’ll really makes you think next time you go to the zoo. The purpose is supposed to teach the lesson of non-conformity within society, by having Gene Wilder become the only remaining human left after the rest of society turns into rhinos. I like a man who can incorporate a moral into a story of rhino-transformation. It has sort of an extreme stance, but it definitely gets its message across; however Gene Wilder did look a little psychotic at the end when he decided to fight against the rhinos.
I finished my dinner, had something to drink and enjoyed the rest of the movie. Definitely look into it if you’re interested, as it was a good match for my evening mood. I really should do this more often. There really isn’t anything better than a chicken sandwich mood….. except perhaps a burrito mood, but that’s open to debate.
I soon picked up that this movie had been adapted from a play; most movies that have most of its action take place on one claustrophobic set are usually adapted from plays with the same constraint. These types of movies are usually entertaining, and much like The Seven Year Itch, wonderfully explore the comical aspects of neurotic individuals. These types of characters are bounded by their buildings and we are allowed to watch them as they fester up and delve deeper into a state of hysteria.
Needless to say, I was enjoying myself as I continued to eat. Finally, after a commercial break the station told me what I was watching. I was watching the 1974 movie Rhinoceros. It’s a rather unusual story, adapted from Eugène Ionesco’s play of the same name, where people give into the peer pressure of becoming a rhinoceros. That’s right, you cave in and become a rhinoceros! It’ll really makes you think next time you go to the zoo. The purpose is supposed to teach the lesson of non-conformity within society, by having Gene Wilder become the only remaining human left after the rest of society turns into rhinos. I like a man who can incorporate a moral into a story of rhino-transformation. It has sort of an extreme stance, but it definitely gets its message across; however Gene Wilder did look a little psychotic at the end when he decided to fight against the rhinos.
I finished my dinner, had something to drink and enjoyed the rest of the movie. Definitely look into it if you’re interested, as it was a good match for my evening mood. I really should do this more often. There really isn’t anything better than a chicken sandwich mood….. except perhaps a burrito mood, but that’s open to debate.
posted by Chris Burzlaff @ 2/28/2004
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