Tuesday, September 25, 2007

The Next Generation

I can't tell if they think what they do is normal or not. These Trekkies, zipping into their uniforms, gluing on their Latex, painting on their makeup, practicing their Klingon.

The video is, predictably, horrifying. I never needed to know about the Star Trek-themed dentistry clinic, but the video takes me there with a pointed finger. This is a study of sociology, a trip to the zoo.

A man's face fills the screen. A dark shock of fake curls explodes from his scalp, and his magenta-smeared lips frame yellowed teeth forsaken by orthrodonture. He explains his costume: he is dressed not as the astronaut that appeared briefly in a single episode, but that astronaut's wife.

Studying his fat features, I realize he looks vaguely like the man who was playing Dr. Frank-N-Furter the last time I went to the Rocky Horror Picture Show. I tell myself I really shouldn't be surprised.

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