Of everything that happened in the last episode of Treme (“At The Foot Of Canal Street”), two things in particular were wowzah yowzah. And both came courtesy of two characters who have decided to take their cases to the masses.
I was already humming the tune “I’m A Girl Watcher” and replacing “girl watcher” with “ass talker” in reference to woe-is-me asshat Davis McAlary. At one point, he’s trying to pick up on Annie the street violinist, gets burned by “sometimes girlfriend” Janette Desautel for his efforts and suddenly **BAM-O … !!!** he gets the bright idea to run for office.
He can do it better. He’s got the chops and he’s got what it takes. He can run circles ’round anyone else who is currently in office. And, in the event he cannot, he can let his mouth do the running for him. That’ll work.
Outstanding.
This is just the turn of events I’ve been looking for where McAlary is concerned. Because he was starting to get on my nerves. Oh … the whining and big-talk from him is all still fine and dandy, but enough already. Shmooze where it’s going to get you somewhere, right? And sure enough, politics is where it’s at. The perfect vehicle for this mouthy dweeb who believes all his bull shitake. More power to you, Davis. I’m champing at the bit to see what happens next week.
The other jaw dropping moment? Creighton Bernette’s fascination with YouTube. His realization it can be used to project his own vitriol which boils over at each and every turn when falsifications by politicians and newscasters come to light concerning his beloved New Orleans … and the result is magic. Creighton tapes a segment on YouTube that is a thing of beauty to behold. I unsuccessfully hunted for a video segment of the rant. It was terrifical. And it bears repeating here, if nothing more than as quotation (with some of the expletives creatively altered for your sensitive types):
Am I right? Good stuff, huh? Believe you me: It’s better in video.
This Treme Show? It just keeps gettin’ better and better.
The original rant recording was simply an audio recording of the FYYFF post. I think it’s still on the original blog somewhere.
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Thanks, saintseester …..