I love authority. I believe the establishment of legitimate authority is the single greatest accomplishment in the history of the universe and I am not being sarcastic in any way. The part that sucks for me being such an authority-loving-auto-bot, is that is authority is never portrayed in a good light. Ever. I can't think of one movie in which authority is portrayed as an inherintly good thing that is NOT
a) Top Gun, Top Gun II, or any other such movie involving the US military in the 1980's.
b) Anything with Louis Gosset Jr, who is probably the authority in question and is awesome.
When it comes to film, audiences have, are currently, and always will hear something to the effect of: "He was just one man, who played by his own rules...." or "He was just one man, making up the rules as went..." or even "He was just one man, with no rules but one: There are no rules.".
I hereby declare my intention to write, producer, dreamweave , and star in a truly revolutionary movie film about two police officers. One is a new rookie who got kicked out of military training at West Point for doing drugs and sleeping with the sargent's daughter. The other is a straight laced middle aged constable who, by playing by the rules, is only 1 week away from retirement. And when the it comes time to hand out assigments, guess whom gets paired with whom when the chief assigns officers to the drug trafficking unit! Long story short the rookie, who by using his charm, long hair, and various types of arm and neck holds that are anything but by the book, tries to get away with bending the rules but gets murdered 3 days later (and 15 minutes into the movie). The square however uses his many years of experience and time tested investigatory techniques. He follows the the reasonable orders given by his superior to finally crack the case and is our hero. That part takes 4 hours.
Instead we are at every turn encouraged to f*ck, dis*stablish, and subv*rt authority using as many words as we can to make us sound like we are saying something new. It is also rumored that among us mortals walk men who, due to their ability to think more independently than the rest of us, will go so far as to proclaim that in all situations and circumstances we must question authority. Oooooo. I've lived in places with no authority and it sucks. Really bad and for everyone involved.
So I tip my hat to you, the authority. May you stand close to me where'er I be. Can I get an Amen?
