The Flying None

There is nothing more foreign and antithetical to Hollywood than Nuns. That's why they dress the women up in totally dated penguin suits that no one has worn for forty years. It highlights the supposed absurdity of the whole idea of, uh, Nunnery, Nunhood? Whatever.

What is truly bizarre to Hollywood is that a young woman would want to cover her physical self in obeisance to the life of the spirit. You're throwing it all away! They say, in ways that are painfully obvious. The only life a young woman should have should revolve around her physical attractiveness. To do otherwise is truly weird, almost like joining Jim Jones in Guyana.

So Southern California is open and receptive. To all who obey the law of the land, which is Hedonism. Kicks, baby, get them while you can. It's only later that faded starlets realize that the code is a trap. After they get beyond a certain age, it's out with the old, in with the new. As some rock band said, "They will never forget you 'til somebody new comes along." (I think the name of the song was "Shooting Star.")

Al-Queda criticized the US for spreading this kind of amoral philosophy around the world through movies, TV, and radio. This may be the one thing they had right: there is something deeply sickening about American culture.

Superficiality is a moral good, stupidity about the public interest is the wisdom of the masses, and being an uncomplaining smiling birdbrain is valued above all (especially if you do it in front of cameras: look, I'm famous!)

This is why Hollywood still makes movies about nuns in penguin suits. Can't you see the absurdity of it all? Mellow out, put on a bikini, and soak up the rays. Life is good, and when it's not, get plastic surgery.