What Illegal Drug Should Replace Stoner Comedies?
With the release of Pineapple Express, which looks FINE but not EXCEPTIONAL, I'm reminded of my general distaste for stoner comedies and stoner culture in general. To recap: marijuana enthusiasts are far too self-satisfied with their mind-numbing indulgence. There's nothing particularly fascinating about using a substance to ease tension, or party, or whatever. The entire stoner ethos implies that for some reason there's something endlessly compelling about someone being kind of giggly and hungry. There is not.
Not to mention the HIPPIE ASPECT. Even if this generation's subscribers to Pot Aficionado magazine are more interested in listening to My Morning Jacket and talking about classic Nintendo games, they can't quite shake the association with the unwashed devil stick novice chilling in the park with his friends, having a drum circle and enjoying some organic aloe juice from the local food co-op. It reeks of failed promise and outmoded naivete. We need a new drug comedy culture, one that reflects the world in which we actually live, not the world in which our parents kind of went to college but don't remember much of it.
So, what illegal drug should form the basis of this era's drug comedy?
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Posted by Gabe at 1:30 PM in Poll
Tags: Harold And Kumar | Pineapple Express
