06-05-2005, 01:22 AM
I was thinking about it, after watching Episode III a while back, and after thinking about it for some time, I realised, some of the Wookies in that movie had dreadlocks.
And it blew my mind. The idea of a knappy Wookie that rejects his own society's shackles of vanities with combs and products of conformity just totally blew my mind.
And I wondered. Do the straight hair Wookies treat the knappy ones as inferior? Do they too, get spit on and hassled by the "beautiful" ones in Wookie society? Do the knappy ones get hassled by "The Man?" Er, wait... Get hassled by "The Wookie?"
This movie, the giant steaming turd that it was, has been redeemed for this one simple reason. The Wookies had dreadlocks. In any society that hairy you bound to have some knappy angry pissed off non conformist people. Er, Wookies.
And to clarify, knappy doesn't mean kinky... It just means knappy. It's not dirty. It's not bad. It's just what happens to ANY sub species or race of human being when they don't comb their hair. In time, it's gonna lock up and look scary as hell. Any and ALL hair types can be knappy. Just trying to keep the ignorance and the myths in their place. Any and all hair types will lock up when they reach the knappy stage. Some people are knappier than others... And get that way faster. Some hair is more prone to tangle up, but ALL hair will do it in time.
And Wookies, being the large hairy brutes that they are, I can only imagine the glorious states of knappiness they can achieve.
I can only wonder if having dreadlocks are a political statement for Wookies, or, being an alien society, use them to mark rank and file structure. Oh the questions I have that will never be answered.
Bah humbug.
And it blew my mind. The idea of a knappy Wookie that rejects his own society's shackles of vanities with combs and products of conformity just totally blew my mind.
And I wondered. Do the straight hair Wookies treat the knappy ones as inferior? Do they too, get spit on and hassled by the "beautiful" ones in Wookie society? Do the knappy ones get hassled by "The Man?" Er, wait... Get hassled by "The Wookie?"
This movie, the giant steaming turd that it was, has been redeemed for this one simple reason. The Wookies had dreadlocks. In any society that hairy you bound to have some knappy angry pissed off non conformist people. Er, Wookies.
And to clarify, knappy doesn't mean kinky... It just means knappy. It's not dirty. It's not bad. It's just what happens to ANY sub species or race of human being when they don't comb their hair. In time, it's gonna lock up and look scary as hell. Any and ALL hair types can be knappy. Just trying to keep the ignorance and the myths in their place. Any and all hair types will lock up when they reach the knappy stage. Some people are knappier than others... And get that way faster. Some hair is more prone to tangle up, but ALL hair will do it in time.
And Wookies, being the large hairy brutes that they are, I can only imagine the glorious states of knappiness they can achieve.
I can only wonder if having dreadlocks are a political statement for Wookies, or, being an alien society, use them to mark rank and file structure. Oh the questions I have that will never be answered.
Bah humbug.
All alone, or in twos,
The ones who really love you
Walk up and down outside the wall.
Some hand in hand
And some gathered together in bands.
The bleeding hearts and artists
Make their stand.
And when they've given you their all
Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy
Banging your heart against some mad buggers wall.
"Isn't this where...."
The ones who really love you
Walk up and down outside the wall.
Some hand in hand
And some gathered together in bands.
The bleeding hearts and artists
Make their stand.
And when they've given you their all
Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy
Banging your heart against some mad buggers wall.
"Isn't this where...."