Thursday, December 16, 2010

Rudolph the red nosed reindeer was actually filled with assholes.

Everyone has seen the ancient stop motion Christmas special "Rudolph the red nose Reindeer." 'Its a nice story about a special little flying reindeer that went on an adventure and saved Christmas. Good old fasioned family fun, right?
Not so much. Watching this movie as an adult, I have realized just how messed right up this story is.
Point the first.
After he is born and his super awesome lazer nose is seen for the first time, Donner, (who is Rudolph's father in this epic) gets super pissed and smacks him in the nose with some soot to cover up his fatherly shame. Not exactly father of the year.
I mean, getting hysterical over a personal oddity of a newborn child and blaming it is pretty ignorant and fucked up.
Great start, movie.

Meanwhile, Hermy the elf gets bitched at because he does aspires to be a dentist. For some reason the elves dont have health care. Considering the amount of candy all over the north pole, I am pretty sure the elves could have used some decent dental care.
Those elves are going to have some brittish ass teeth going on over there.
On a related note, the elves work in a little shanty while Santa Clause lives in a giant castle, working his elves like slaves.
When Rudolph shows up at flying practice he totally kicks ass. When his weird nose thing gets knocked off and his glowey red nose goes all WHUM WHUM WHUM. like a freaking lighsaber. The instructor freaks his shit and tells all the deer to exclude Rudolph from any of their reindeer related activities. Call me crazy, but I want my people in charge a little more objective, you know? Outright telling everyone to shun someone based on some nose glow is pretty mean. Santa himself shows his true dickish colors and tells Donner that he should be ashamed of himself. Your damn alien sperm, Donner. Giving everyone a weird red glow. Santa does not approve.
Rudolph runs away, and when his parents go to find him, Donner tells his wife "no...this is mans work."
Diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick move.
Later when they do find him and that prospector guy kicks the bucket the narrator gets pretty sexist.
"They all agreed the best thing to do was get the women home."
It seems the women are able to locate rudolph but not anything else. Its true. Women reindeer are fragile creatures, its common knowledge. They really should get home to make pie and babies. If they dont, who will?
Then Santa shows up again, this time to convince Rudolph to lead the sleigh in a deadly Christmas eve gift giving spree. Only for his light.
He may hate you for your ungodly Satan nose, but doesnt mind using you in a near death winter expedition.
Winder wonderland creatures are assholes. Lesson learned.
yay Christmas!

3 comments:

  1. Sooooo true Curtis. That movie is terrible. My family and I literally watch it just to be in awe of the extreme prejudice and sexism going down. Wtf.

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  2. life is full of assholes even at Christmas, you just gotta keep on glowin'

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  3. isn't the point of the Rudolph story that people are assholes? "All of the other reindeer (reindeer) used to laugh and call him names! They never let poor Rudolph (rudolph) join in any reindeer games!" Why were you surprised at all the "holy fuck his nose is RED! he must be SATAN!!" stuff? That's what the song/movie is all about.
    Also, I always found that movie creepy...

    The only Christmas movie I watch at Christmas time is How The Grinch Stole Christmas (the old animated one, not the pile of crap live-action one). It always makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. :)

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