Yesterday I watched the movie Hated, a documentary about GG Allin and the Murder Junkies. I was showing it to A as another in my series of "weird movies I love I think you would like but probably haven't seen or heard of." Hated is a great movie, full of unintentional humor and a lot of fuck you moments I find even funnier. It's great for the shock value and the total disregard which GG lived his life. A lot of people imagine living a life completely uninhibited, as if they had a spare life they could use to do whatever the hell they wanted. GG did that with his only one. I'd seen the movie many times so it didn't register as much as it did the previous times I'd seen it but I wanted to get A's take on it.
Tonight, I'm looking for old GG clips and found his interview on the Jerry Springer Show. This was a few years before the show turned into the freaks, junkies and whores that it is known for. Then, in the late eighties, it was similar to the Today show; a lot of people saying positive cliches and condemning the obvious evil, surrounded by pastel colors. GG was that evil. He was the daily scapegoat but that time, when he spoke clearly and wasn't distracted by drugs, alcohol or wounds, he made a lot of sense.



He attacks people at his shows, sexually assaults women, throws blood and shit at the crowd because it's a war. He wants to toughen his crowd, make them his followers, so when someone attacks them on the street they will be ready. His philosophy does nothing but incite the crowd who give the usual talk show responses; bringing up religion, who takes care of the kids? and challenging him to a fight.
Then I look at CNN and the top story is the Anna Nicole Smith trial. The second story, in the largest nation in the world and currently fighting two wars, is Britney Spears and her problems. My roommate watched today's coverage of the trial, blasting the volume and watching the screen open mouthed.
GG Allin died in 1993. He overdosed on heroin after a brutal show cancelled for violence. I can't help but think how we need someone like him these days. He really did very little and was nothing more than an instigator, like Lenny Bruce and Abbie Hoffman, all people that died fighting unwinnable battles. GG's life was a war but he was nothing more than a showman, a centerpiece for people to blame the failings of society on but the fact is this society has gotten lazy, stupid, obnoxious and dishonest. He may have been a lot of things but GG believed in what he did and toughened all those around him. He upset most people he came into contact with and that was his purpose, to stop people from being complacent and realize the world isn't easy and you have to be strong to get through it.
Goddamn, we need something. I have been approached by different people that asked me seriously about the Anna Nicole Smith trial and what will happen. It's shocking how easily people are told what to think about.
Here's a tip, if the news is full of vapid celebrity stories, something serious is being covered up. People have become so unaware, so mentally corpulent, we need something to stir them. Humans have become so useless. Adults with the minds of children running the world. Movies suited for 12 year olds win awards while we watch people squabble on tv over who killed a junkie everyone laughed at when she was alive.
We need a plague, famine, something. Every day I'm astonished at what interests some people. Middle aged men watching cartoons and collecting toys, grown women playing dress up and pretending to be princesses. How did we get this far?