Mike's Delayed Reaction Review, 1-4 "Cafe Disaffecto"

Mike's Delayed Reaction Review- "Cafe Disaffecto"

MDRR 1-4

Mocking the Cyber-Public- Daria takes a swing at the cyber-public(i.e. us) while she talked about the destruction of the cyber cafe. A lot of what she said could be true in extreme cases(which are plentiful) but I would hope this isn't directed at us:)

Kevin, Kevin, Kevin- What are we going to do with this boy? This episode was his turn to be the dufus("The Invitation" was Brittany's). He asked Daria if she is a 'chick.' He had an unholy obsession with that skull. He thought he was being accused(more like confused) of breaking into the cyber cafe. How did this guy make it to high school? I know, he's a good football player.

Blackmail- Maybe blackmail is too strong a word, coercion is more like it. Helen coerces Daria to into joining an activity with the threat of music camp. Daria coerced Jane into going fund raising with the promise of being to look inside people's houses. Jane sort of got her back when Daria was convinced to read one of her writings(which turned out to be the perfect elixir). And finally, Daria really did a job on the football team. What did she say to her father at the end? We need to be vigilant against people who would force us into actions we would never take on our own. She understands that too well.

The Ethics of Fund Raising- Miss Li doesn't exactly have her priorities in order, in other words she's a bit money-grubbing. At least Daria and Jane understand you can't harm your customers even if they want it(they're not drug dealers, for god's sake). It was a catch-22 for the 'girls,' if they don't sell the chocolate, they get in trouble; if they do the fat woman probably dies. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

This was a great episode. Very funny and it does point out some of the hypocrisy of high school fund raising at all costs. I didn't mention it above, but the fund raising attempt of Kevin and Brittany was very amusing. Jane does what a lot of people do("We should do something")- take a picture. A-

Note to my friends here reading this group: according to the Dejanews author profile, this is my 100th official post to this newsgroup and I would like to thank everyone who has been here and made all 100 of them worthwhile. I hope I can stick around for 1000 posts :) (and not become hopelessly pathetic)

In article , [email] wrote:

Good review! I must add that this episode had some of the funniest lines in the series to date: "Well, once I gave Quinn the heimlich..." "Did it work?" "She wasn't choking." And Quinn's sales job with the phone card: Absolutely my favorite scene with Quinn ever. When she puts her mind to it, she's *very* good.

Well, congratulations! Hope to be here for that 1000th post!

Chris Majors

[email] wrote:

I know I'm 36 years old, but I think high school is still kind of mandatory. :) However, the football player comment will be the answer to "How did he make it to college?"

There seems to be a lot of this coercion in this series--for example, in "This Year's Model" (just on today) where Helen negotiated with Daria to go to the modeling class to keep an eye on Quinn.

I enjoyed Quinn's phone card sale even more than Kevin & Brittany's sales pitch.

Congratulations...but what we REALLY want to know is: how many posts have you made to alt.binaries.nude.supermodels? :-)

Jeg7777 wrote:

While I'll grant you that Quinn's pitch is pretty darn funny, Kevin & Brittany's pitch reminded me more of the kind of fund-raising I was "encouraged" to do in HS (mostly for the band--hey we were going to Daytona Beach--I wasn't going to stand in the way of *that*!) We sold everything: pizza kits (that tasted terrible), tacky scented candles, oranges/grapefruit in *bulk* (?), m&m's (the only thing I could sell!), coupon books for stores no one ever used, you name it. We also got to do "fun" things like wash cars and perform at tacky events.

On the plus side, we raised enough $$ to spend 4 days in Daytona Beach (which were awesome days), and I discovered that I never wanted anything to do with sales in my life. <g>

rich.

Mr. O'Neill: Let's pledge to make Daria's dream a reality!

Daria: You mean the one where people walking down the street burst into flames?

Mr. O'Neill: The coffeehouse!

In article , [email] wrote:

I only had to deal with fund-raising in Junior HS band. I changed schools in 8th grade, and my new HS band had wrangled control of the football concessions, which the band parents ran. The band members never had to touch candy bars, light bulbs, various citrus products, or any other such crud. Our director wouldn't have any of it: Our job was to march and play, not sell crap. We also always got a pretty good bit of support from the school's administration. (We believed that our director had embarassing pictures of the principal, because he hated us. Football was much more important. But we always got whatever we wanted...) So what with the $$ we made from selling overpriced Coke at the football games and the $$ we got from the school, we were able to go to Florida for a week at the end of the year every year.

Favorite story: On the way home from our trip to Orlando my senior year, our bus driver (Greyhound charter buses)got pulled over and given a speeding ticket. He said that it would come out of his paycheck. The bus population took up a collection and presented him with the $ for the ticket. Hey, he was a cool driver, and he deserved it.

Chris Majors

[email] wrote:

This just goes to prove that you are soft on crime, and therefore unfit to serve in public office. So I wouldn't advise a career in politics. :)

[email] wrote:

Lucky you. You have no idea how bad it got at our HS...we were the largest in the state (1,000 sophs in my class, 675 graduated), yet we had one of the worst FB teams, and therefore the marching band was just slightly ahead of the FFA in terms of budget $$. Band participation had dwindled from 150 down to 75 by my Sr. year (who wants to see a bad FB game?). It was ugly. But, we still managed to have fun. (And that's the point, right?) We also managed to go through a couple of directors, too. But, I'll save that story for another time...

rich

Jake: I love camping! I love it! ... Has anybody seen my pants?

[email] wrote:

(snip to signature, which is the point of my post, actually)

I think if you remove the 2nd O'Neill line and end your signature at Daria's comment, it sounds funnier. Daria's line is the laugh line there; Mr. O'Neill's "The coffeehouse" just moves things along to the next joke or the next scene.

Jeg7777 wrote:

While I appreciate the thought you put into your reply, I must respectfully disagree. (That's what NGs are all about, right?) <g> I just think it's funnier with the second O'Neill line-- I love the look of shock & horror on his face as Daria reads "Where the Future Takes Us," and his second line in the sig sort of reminds me of that. Besides, I hate to leave questions unanswered. <g>

rich.

Jane: Uh-oh, someone just put us in a position of responsibility.

Daria: The day has suddenly turned sinister.

In article , [email] wrote:

thousands upon thousands, too many to count:)

You didn't know that ;)