Last night, I stayed up "past my bedtime" to watch the Saturday Night Live season finale. I don't normally watch SNL, because I agree with my parents that the vast majority of the good skits were performed WAY before my time. However, I wanted to give it a chance because I've enjoyed watching Justin Timberlake host in the past and I was curious to see what Lady Gaga would do, despite the fact that I'm not a huge fan of hers.
It was a pretty good show. I was really surprised and laughed more than I thought I would. Justin was just as funny as I thought he would be, and I thought Lady Gaga stole the show. Yeah, her "outfits" (if you can call them that) were just as wild as ever. But I realized something when I was watching her, something that's been pointed out to me about her before but that I've never really thought about.
She is not afraid to be herself at all.
Sure, she's weird, strange, crazy, weird, different, atypical, weird, bizarre, and WEIRD, but she never tries to be anything less than she is. Her songs are addictive (I can't get them out of my head for hours, and I know I'm not the only one who has that problem), and she has amazing musical talent. She's got charisma--I don't know anyone else who would even try to be that out there when performing. It kind of reminds me of what my parents say Michael Jackson and Prince were like back in the day. So I guess I like/admire/respect her more than I thought I did.
Another very strange character I just had to watch this weekend goes by the name of CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow. :) Oh boy, do I love my Pirates. I've dressed up as a pirate for 3 of the last 4 Halloweens, have pictures of the cast up on my wall when I'm living away at college, love watching the movies every few months, and used to have a huge crush on Will Turner (or perhaps, more accurately, Orly). When I realized they were going to go ahead with a fourth movie, I was excited but a little nervous. With Will/Elizabeth out of the franchise, all I was left with was Cap'n Jack, who, although I enjoy watching, was not my favorite character at the time.
Cut to today, when I dressed up to go with my family to watch Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Mom kept saying she was going to sit far, far away from me if I did dress up, so all I did was wear my "pirate" shirt and kept the rest pretty low-key. It's not like I went to the midnight premier on Friday, after all. I was looking forward to this because it focused more on Captain Jack. I really wanted to see more of him. Why the change of heart toward Jack? Because he is a really, REALLY compelling character to watch. The more I watched the movies getting closer to this, the fourth one, the more I wanted to see what they were going to do with his character.
Needless to say, I was not disappointed. Everything the trailers promised was there. Zombies, mermaids, search for the fountain of youth, Blackbeard, Barbossa vs. Jack, insane and highly improbable escapes...it was pretty awesome. If you haven't seen it yet, stay through the credits, though if you're a big enough Pirates fan, you probably were already planning on that. I loved it. Every minute was an adventure.
So, in short, I've had a very strange but highly enjoyable weekend, with many pop culture references and a lot of fun. I hope the rest of my summer will be as fun and weird. What I'm having trouble deciding is who is crazier: Lady Gaga or Captain Jack?
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