Shawshank Redemption and Karate Kid were on HBO this week and I consider myself a masochist for watching Karate Kid twice. The movie was full of subliminal messages; a black kid getting beaten up by a Chinese kid makes you think if it's a preview of things to come i.e. the Chinese taking over the world. The black kid making out with a Chinese girl could only mean the world is truly mixing and we're going to have more biracial hotties like Tyson Beckford and Chanel Iman.
Cut to Shawshank.
After watching Shawshank again last night, I started to wonder about the trivial things movie directors purposely leave out in the movie. For example, before going to prison, do you get the chance to pick your final outfit as a free man or do they just haul you straight to jail? Do the feds schedule a pickup like "Mr. Dufresne, we will pick you up at 14:00 hours and drop you off at Shawshank at 14:30. Enjoy the rest of your life in prison." And if you do get to choose what to wear, what's the appropriate clothing for prison? In the case of Andy Dufresne, he opted for a suit. Well, that might have been appropriate considering it's almost like walking into your funeral...alive. I also thought what will happen to his house, his assets, his bank account? That will give the convicted felon something to think about every night while stuck in his cell for the next 20 years.
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