Word: pelikula
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...While Dr. Okkenborgen of the Swedish Film and Massage Institute has argued in his seminal work, Love Them Movies!, that the !Pelikula tribesmen are the ideal moviegoing public because they 'like all of the same movies I do, (Okkenborgen 786) it seems that he opens himself up to the serious critique that he is an idiot. There are other reason for the tribesmen's importance...
...While the !Pelikula speak no English, their pidgin native tongue can occasionally be deciphered with some hard work. For example, after long hours of trying to communicate, I discovered that 'eereslookinatchakid means 'so long,' as does hasdavisdababee. Other phrases, such as Idongivadam, I could not figure...
...Pelikula can be offended at the mere mention of an actor they consider to be inferior. Mention of these actors is tantamount to violating a sacred taboo. When I mentioned Jim Carrey's name in one conversation, for example, the shaman of the tribe spit three times and walked away. It took many gifts of Alfred Hitchcock video-tapes and props from old Hepburn-Tracy movies to appease him. I was forced to flee the community for good when I inadvertently mentioned the films of Jerry Lewis...
...Pelikula are in trouble. Ironically, as the number of films being made explodes, they watch fewer and fewer films. This is the result of their hopelessly backward and primitive native status. They feel that movies with plenty of senseless violence are dehumanizing and refuse to watch them. They claim to want to see romance, not sex. They persist in their demands for story and character, rather than just seeing the big stars...
...Moviegoer may be going to visit the !Pelikula again--permanently...