24 Dreambook Pt. III & Other Odds & Ends
Dream: Once again I am running from something. Just as I'm about to be caught, Jack Bauer, in the form of an angel, swoops in and saves me. I feel spiritually redeemed.
I have some variation on the "being pursued" nightmare almost every night. Has Jack Bauer become my dream saviour? Have my recently posted memories about "Jesus Christ Superstar" dredged up my childhood fascination with Jesus? What is Jack Bauer if not the Jesus of the USA. Think about it, he (He?) looked just like Jesus when he was returned from the Chinese prison in the first episode of this season's "24." Also, he's come back from the dead--resurrected!--a couple of times.
Other "24" observations. The late Curtis had to have been the longest-lived minority CTU field agent. He was walking around with a target on his back for several years. It took Jack to kill him.
Also, I don't dig Wayne Palmer as the president. Too callow; too tormented and well-meaning. But maybe that's the point! He's clearly the Teddy Kennedy (circa 1969) of the Palmer family. Tim Goodman from the SF Chronicle has compared him to Barack Obama, but President Palmer II doesn't have the voice. Maybe it's because he doesn't smoke like Obama does. Today, Slate magazine has an interesting essay about Obama's supposedly "occasional" smoking habit and how it ironically makes him sound more presidential (while slowly killing him). I should learn how to put links on this blog, shouldn't I?
You know who has a good smoker's voice? Jack Bauer!!! The series should end with Jack as President of the USA!
Currently listening to Iggy Pop's "The Idiot" and David Bowie's "Low."
I have some variation on the "being pursued" nightmare almost every night. Has Jack Bauer become my dream saviour? Have my recently posted memories about "Jesus Christ Superstar" dredged up my childhood fascination with Jesus? What is Jack Bauer if not the Jesus of the USA. Think about it, he (He?) looked just like Jesus when he was returned from the Chinese prison in the first episode of this season's "24." Also, he's come back from the dead--resurrected!--a couple of times.
Other "24" observations. The late Curtis had to have been the longest-lived minority CTU field agent. He was walking around with a target on his back for several years. It took Jack to kill him.
Also, I don't dig Wayne Palmer as the president. Too callow; too tormented and well-meaning. But maybe that's the point! He's clearly the Teddy Kennedy (circa 1969) of the Palmer family. Tim Goodman from the SF Chronicle has compared him to Barack Obama, but President Palmer II doesn't have the voice. Maybe it's because he doesn't smoke like Obama does. Today, Slate magazine has an interesting essay about Obama's supposedly "occasional" smoking habit and how it ironically makes him sound more presidential (while slowly killing him). I should learn how to put links on this blog, shouldn't I?
You know who has a good smoker's voice? Jack Bauer!!! The series should end with Jack as President of the USA!
Currently listening to Iggy Pop's "The Idiot" and David Bowie's "Low."
posted by ken at 1:32 PM
<< Home