Monday, October 27, 2008

Sarah Heath? -OR- Heather Duke?

If you're getting an odd sense of deja vu' from Sarah Palin's evolution from Hockey Mom to Pit Bull, you may be a victim of selective defensive forgetting.
Think back to 1989 with a fresh degree, a new hubby and little Trog on the way, Sarah Heath(er) Palin needed a night out. It's late March in Alaska, so they fire up the snow machines and head off to the Wasila Mall's cineplex for the opening of "Heathers".
The movie left a definite impression. Especially Heather Duke – (from Wiki)She starts off as the quiet Heather. She is the least-appreciated of the clique, and allows herself to be kicked around by Heather Chandler. However, after Heather Chandler is killed, Heather Duke becomes the new Number One and begins behaving as badly as her predecessor.

Fast forward to the present and plug it in.
J.D.: [shows Heather pictures]
Heather Duke: Me and Martha Dumptruck? Where did you get this?
J.D.: I just had the nicest little chat with Ms. Dumptruck. Got along famously. It's kind of scary that everyone's got a little story to tell. You wanna see the canoeing shots?
Heather Duke: What is this? Blackmail?
Heather Duke: [pause]
Heather Duke: I'll give you a week's lunch money clothing allowance.
J.D.: I don't want your money. I want your strength. Westerburg does not need mushy togetherness. It needs a strong leader. Heather Chandler John McCain was that leader but...
Heather Duke: But she couldn't handle it.
J.D.: I think you can. Moby Dick is dunked. The white whale drank some bad plankton and splashed through a coffee table and now it's your turn to take the helm.
Heather Duke: What about the photographs?
J.D.: Oh, don't worry. I'll ask you to do me a favor. That will be one you'll enjoy. Then you'll get the negatives and everything back then. But in the meantime... strength. Here's a little gift. From Heather to Heather.

-or-

Heather Duke: Some people need different kinds of convincing than others. (wink)

-or-

Heather Duke: Hi, everybody. Door was open. Veronica, did you hear? We were doing Chinese at the food fair, when it comes over the radio that Martha Dumptruck tried to buy the farm. She belly-flopped in front of a car wearing a suicide note.
Veronica Sawyer: Is she dead?
Heather Duke: No... that's the punchline. She's alive, and in stable condition. Just another case of a geek trying to imitate the popular people and failing miserably.

Sarah Heather Palin a real throwback character.

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