"You like DnD (Dungeons and Dragons), Audrey Hepburn, Fangoria, Harry Houdini, and croquet. You can't swim, you can't dance, and you don't know karate. Face it; you're never going to make it!" –Ray Toro
"I don't want to make it. I just want..." –Gerard Way
These words open to my favorite music video to date, My Chemical Romance’s “I’m Not Okay (I Promise).” Part of the reason I am drawn to this video is because I was never totally accepted at my old high school. In the video, the members of the band attend a preppy school and are portrayed as the dorky kids that are bullied by the jocks. I was never bullied; I just never really fit in with the rest of the crowd. I was never invited to parties or other social gatherings; I was just ignored for the most part. In the video, though, the band members are not going to take this bullying lying down. Throughout the video, the band members are exacting their revenge upon the bullies through humiliation tactics, like putting prescription pill containers in one boy’s locker to insinuate that he either uses many different steroids or that he has more problems that require prescription medicine than the people he bullies. I really wish I could have done something to change the situation at my old high school, but I never did. In a way, I am envious of these guys. Even though the setting is fictional, this video is an inspiration to dorks and other uncool people that they do not have to accept being bullied. However, a showdown with lacrosse sticks and croquet mallets is probably not an acceptable way to solve differences (no matter how cool that would be!). Basically, be yourself. That is the only thing that matters in life…and to hell with “cool” kids!
"I don't want to make it. I just want..." –Gerard Way
These words open to my favorite music video to date, My Chemical Romance’s “I’m Not Okay (I Promise).” Part of the reason I am drawn to this video is because I was never totally accepted at my old high school. In the video, the members of the band attend a preppy school and are portrayed as the dorky kids that are bullied by the jocks. I was never bullied; I just never really fit in with the rest of the crowd. I was never invited to parties or other social gatherings; I was just ignored for the most part. In the video, though, the band members are not going to take this bullying lying down. Throughout the video, the band members are exacting their revenge upon the bullies through humiliation tactics, like putting prescription pill containers in one boy’s locker to insinuate that he either uses many different steroids or that he has more problems that require prescription medicine than the people he bullies. I really wish I could have done something to change the situation at my old high school, but I never did. In a way, I am envious of these guys. Even though the setting is fictional, this video is an inspiration to dorks and other uncool people that they do not have to accept being bullied. However, a showdown with lacrosse sticks and croquet mallets is probably not an acceptable way to solve differences (no matter how cool that would be!). Basically, be yourself. That is the only thing that matters in life…and to hell with “cool” kids!
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