Brevity by Dan Thompson for March 27, 2013
March 26, 2013
March 28, 2013
Transcript:
Ghost filibusters You'll see the whole parade of what mans carved out for himself. After centuries of fighting. Fighting for something better than just jungle law, fighting sos he can stand on his own two feet free and descent, like he was created no matter what his race, color, or creed thats what you'd see! bring back Murray!
Wow…I guess it’s more obscure than I thought….
And I guess I’m old… cos this joke was more familiar to me than the usual Brevity takes on modern sci fi…
And it’s straight-up wordplay!
The speech is no seance whatsoever, and has nothing to do with ghostsl!It’s verbatim, from Jimmy Stewart’s famous (or so I thought) filibuster monologue in “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”…
With a ghost substituted for freshman senator Jefferson Smith (Stewart) , it becomes a Ghost Filibuster.Who ya gonna call?Bill Murray I guess.
(Late last night, I didn’t notice the ghost was female….probably the librarian..In any case, she’s reading the speech to children at the library… though the film wasn’t based on a book.
But it’s considered inspirational so maybe it’s used that way.)
But anyway… I was feeling guilty for giving it away…LOL.