Post by MaxQuad on Jun 5, 2005 8:44:31 GMT -5
While in Stratford this weekend, I read Joe College by Tom Perrotta, a very funny book that I thoroughly enjoyed. While reading on the patio of Balzac's Coffee Shop, occasionally watching the small groups of high school students trying to look "theater-sophisticated" and the small groups of seasoned theater-goers trying to act like high school students, I was stunned to read not only one, but two Tull references in the book.
The first is in a passage that describes Danny, the protagonist, as he dances for the first time at a party. By the description provided, I assume Danny looked a bit the way Elaine appeared while dancing on Seinfeld.
"I felt so stupid just then, I could hardly bear it. 'Rock the Casbah' was playing, a totally respectable song, and no one was paying attention to me, no one except a ghost floating above the dancers, a long-haired kid with aviator glasses and a Jethro Tull t-shirt."
If that wasn't enough, he later relates a story of going to a local strip club with an old high school buddy.
"There were five girls trading off in a round robin, dancing for a song or two, then making way for the next. Each one had her own meager costume and matching style of music. Besides the Puerto Rican Cherokee and the black woman, who had a kind of Sheena thing going (her signature song was Jethro Tull's 'Bungle in the Jungle')..."
Joe College is a quick and fun read - and it has those small Tull references to spark even further interest.
MQ
The first is in a passage that describes Danny, the protagonist, as he dances for the first time at a party. By the description provided, I assume Danny looked a bit the way Elaine appeared while dancing on Seinfeld.
"I felt so stupid just then, I could hardly bear it. 'Rock the Casbah' was playing, a totally respectable song, and no one was paying attention to me, no one except a ghost floating above the dancers, a long-haired kid with aviator glasses and a Jethro Tull t-shirt."
If that wasn't enough, he later relates a story of going to a local strip club with an old high school buddy.
"There were five girls trading off in a round robin, dancing for a song or two, then making way for the next. Each one had her own meager costume and matching style of music. Besides the Puerto Rican Cherokee and the black woman, who had a kind of Sheena thing going (her signature song was Jethro Tull's 'Bungle in the Jungle')..."
Joe College is a quick and fun read - and it has those small Tull references to spark even further interest.
MQ