![]() (Or not: In 1955, some parents surely recoiled in distaste from James Dean’s “You’re tearing me apart!” in “Rebel Without a Cause,” just as their own children would do around 30 years later when Mookie threw the garbage can through Sal’s window in “Do the Right Thing,” just as their children would do around 30 years later when Michelle Yeoh fights off butt-plugging time travelers in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” Kids these days!) These are movies that don’t just capture the zeitgeist but, in today’s parlance, make people feel seen - and in so doing serve as crucial vehicles to explain one generation to another. But, unlike “The Godfather,” “Star Wars” and “Titanic,” which were box-office benchmarks, “Get Out,” “Lady Bird,” “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and now “Barbie” are all movies that work on two levels simultaneously, appealing to general viewers but serving as urtexts for their specific audiences: speaking their vernacular, normalizing their evolving morés, embracing their taste in music and fashion, winking at the same meta-humor. Granted, those filmmakers have all made big hits. We did.īut you can't hold an entire fraternity responsible for the actions of a few sick, perverted individuals.But, just when film critics were ready to pronounce generational touchstones relics of a vanished age, Gen-Z has found its voice in filmmakers like Gerwig, Jordan Peele and the Daniels. The issue here is not that we broke a few rules, or took a few liberties with our female party guests. ![]() What's the difference? Ladies and gentlemen, I'll be brief. Hey, will someone tell those assholes to shut up?ĭon't screw this up, they're serious this time. I was told I would have a chance to speak?īut I was told I would have a chance to speak! The Delta House has a long-standing tradition of existence to its members and to the community at large. I don't think you can fully judge a fraternity without looking at the positive qualities of the people in it. ![]() Robert Hoover will speak on behalf of Delta House. For if you do, then shouldn't we blame the whole fraternity system? And if the whole fraternity system is guilty, then isn't this an indictment of our educational institutions in general? I put it to you, Greg - isn't this an indictment of our entire American society? Well, you can do whatever you want to us, but we're not going to sit here and listen to you badmouth the United States of America. The issue here is not whether we broke a few rules, or took a few liberties with our female party guests - we did.īut you can't hold a whole fraternity responsible for the behavior of a few, sick twisted individuals. I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part!ĭon't screw around, they're serious this time! Now we could do it with conventional weapons, but that could take years and cost millions of lives. Wormer, he's a dead man! Marmalard, dead! Niedermeyer.ĭead! Bluto's right. "Ooh, we're afraid to go with you Bluto, we might get in trouble." Well just kiss my ass from now on! Not me! I'm not gonna take this. What the fuck happened to the Delta I used to know? Where's the spirit? Where's the guts, huh? This could be the greatest night of our lives, but you're gonna let it be the worst. The tough get goin'! Who's with me? Let's go! What? Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!Īnd it ain't over now. What the hell are we supposed to do, ya moron?
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