Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Jar-Jar Binks: Drunken Master?

I am fascinated by this essay.  While the plot connections are interpretive, the move-by-move comparisons of Jar-Jar to a Drunken Master, and to various Jedi Masters, are exquisitely precise.  Whether you agree with it or not, this hypothesis should make the movies a lot more entertaining to watch.  Especially under the influence of copious caffeine.
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  • 2 comments
johnpalmer

johnpalmer

November 3 2015, 20:11:08 UTC 5 years ago

Well, I think it's a fascinating observation, but I must brag that I came up with that conjecture shortly after the first movie. I even suggested that Qi-gon might threaten the Jedi council with "Let me train Anakin, or I will have to find him another trainer - like Jar Jar."

Mind you, I'm also a firm member of the "Jar Jar Should Not Have Been, Ep 1 didn't need stupid comic relief" - I'm the charter, and only member, most other members having joined the far more popular "Jar Jar Must Die" organizations. But in a world with The Force, you can't pass off clumsy stupidity being so fruitful without having to consider the hypothetical that it's not just clumsy stupidity.
ysabetwordsmith

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ysabetwordsmith

November 3 2015, 20:15:05 UTC 5 years ago

You are very astute. :D