Dad has just finished reading POE's 'The Raven' to Jenny and now it's time for her to go to sleep. SHEEN plays dad, JANE CURTIN plays mom and GILDA RADNER expertly portrays their excitable daughter Jenny. I decided I should find the episode on Netflix Streaming and so I did and appropriately enough the often unnervingly intense MARTIN SHEEN was the host.įast-forwarding through the episode to find the musical portion, I spotted a skit that I had completely forgotten about but recognized at once and it's so kindertraumatic in theme that I have to share it here. He was shamelessly strange and my little brain couldn't comprehend. I think I was sadly raised with a rather concrete understanding of what was normal and what wasn't and it was truly alarming for me to witness someone acting so wildly bizarre. In a few short years I'd be a huge fan, my first stadium concert experience would be seeing his 'Serious Moonlight' tour but that SNL performance did nothing but freak me out. I think it's good for watching once.DAVID BOWIE had a birthday a bunch of days ago and that made me remember the first time I was made aware of him, as a youngin' staying up late watching SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. Because of so many issues it centres, like a boy growing up facing them, what he becomes was revealed in its message. I feel it should be watched, but not as a must see. Though one can consider it an awareness film. Only on the reality side, it worked, but not as an inspiration. It was like, seemed nobody's fault, but out of the guilt and frustration, emotion bursts out and things happen which is what this film focused on. That is the moment I could not decide whom I'm rooting for. It was unfortunate how the father character was turned out at the end. So parenting fail too was highlighted in here. The parents as well influence their kids to grow up in a better path. Even if it all begins with a small mistake or playful thing, in that small age, it all looks very serious, especially a character like in this film.ĭespite it was a cinematic, that might be true in real life.

Also very neatly points out how a person develops his character by the influence of his surroundings. So this is a coming-of-age and to discover sexuality theme.

Well, it was not entirely on that theme, but comes there after so many turns in the tale. It was a bit surprise film, because I did not get the film plot in the beginning. Influential of surroundings on one's character development.

Monster in the closet play characters