Captain America Murder Walk
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owlectomyToday I read this tumblr post (cn: does contain animated gif) advising that if you want people to get out of your way as you're walking, you should "wear comfortable shoes, square your shoulders, and walk like you’ve been sent to murder Captain America."
Later this same day, I went to Times Square to see Mad Mad: Fury Road.
Which I liked SO MUCH, wow. I thought it was doing some very smart things thematically, plus the visual imagination, plus the compellingness of the performances, plus FURIOSA OMG.
But, you know, LITTLE BIT of a migraine trigger there.
Now, I couldn't tell you why I went to Times Square. It was a combination of the show times and not being in 3D and wanting to stop in at Kinokuniya beforehand, I guess. Because New Yorkers do not go to Times Square if they can avoid it. Times Square is stuffed full of tourists walking in very slow packs, and people who want to tell you about Jesus or their free comedy show, and people in cartoon character costumes trying to get tips for photo ops (as you may recall from Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt).
So, feeling migrainey and claustrophobic and a teensy bit panicky, out on the hot street with enormous crowds milling about, I squared my shoulders, I put myself in the correct frame of mind, and I started walking like I'd been sent to murder Captain America.
I may need more practice, but this doesn't seem to work on the people walking very slowly in front of me.
But I kept it up as best I could, thinking murder walk, murder walk, Captain America murder walk, until -- directly in front of me on the sidewalk -- my eyes locked with Captain America's.
Okay, a guy dressed as Captain America to get tips for photo ops.
My "walk like I'd been sent to murder THAT GUY" strategy suddenly failed.
I'm not sure if he noticed my "MURDERGLARE - wait never mind better not murder you after all" face.
Later this same day, I went to Times Square to see Mad Mad: Fury Road.
Which I liked SO MUCH, wow. I thought it was doing some very smart things thematically, plus the visual imagination, plus the compellingness of the performances, plus FURIOSA OMG.
But, you know, LITTLE BIT of a migraine trigger there.
Now, I couldn't tell you why I went to Times Square. It was a combination of the show times and not being in 3D and wanting to stop in at Kinokuniya beforehand, I guess. Because New Yorkers do not go to Times Square if they can avoid it. Times Square is stuffed full of tourists walking in very slow packs, and people who want to tell you about Jesus or their free comedy show, and people in cartoon character costumes trying to get tips for photo ops (as you may recall from Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt).
So, feeling migrainey and claustrophobic and a teensy bit panicky, out on the hot street with enormous crowds milling about, I squared my shoulders, I put myself in the correct frame of mind, and I started walking like I'd been sent to murder Captain America.
I may need more practice, but this doesn't seem to work on the people walking very slowly in front of me.
But I kept it up as best I could, thinking murder walk, murder walk, Captain America murder walk, until -- directly in front of me on the sidewalk -- my eyes locked with Captain America's.
Okay, a guy dressed as Captain America to get tips for photo ops.
My "walk like I'd been sent to murder THAT GUY" strategy suddenly failed.
I'm not sure if he noticed my "MURDERGLARE - wait never mind better not murder you after all" face.
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7/6/15 07:47 (UTC)