LOL

LOL

If you have listened to the See You Next Wednesday podcast, you could hear my opinion on this very unique picture. For those who haven’t, you might want to sit down for this, its going to get pretty strange. This is not an objective review, and my primary intent is not to construct a narrative around the movie’s plot, rather I will focus on some select details and scenes which I think should be watch to understand why this is one of the creepiest, and downright weirdest movie that has ever been made for children.

‘Tearing Off a Band Aid’ is a film released in 2012 that can be considered a remake of a French film of the same name which was released in the year 2008. Both movies, which are equally rubbish, were directed by Lisa Azuelos and written by Azuelos along with Nans Delgado.

The beginning part of the film is rather benign and not worrying at all. The scenery of front of a high school is shown as the viewers are introduced to the characters through the words of the narrator and star of the film built around her being Lola, played by the utterly shallow Miley Cyrus. Initially, we are introduced to two of Lola’s friends: Janice, who will soon be ignored and whose very existence in this movie is totally unneeded and Emily who is a blonde and that seems to be her only defining feature.

Next, we are introduced to Chad, who plays the role of Lola’s roommate and ex-boyfriend. Chad is shown to be a musician with unmistakably and unusually feminine features, perfectly styled hair and lifeless eyes. Chad and Emma had been together until the summer at camp when Chad admitted to Emma that he had had sexual relations with an unknown female. Emma is heartbroken, as expected. OMG.

She rushes to Kyle who is her closest friend. Kyle is also a musician within the same ‘indie’ group, like Chad. The band goes by No Shampoo. I guess this is a tongue in cheek view on the dirty indie musicians and it’s incredibly funny.

The last participant in this festival of shit is Wen. He is the cliché oversexed nerd who is always trying to get laid but can’t because he has glasses like Dwayne Wayne and has the voice of a crazy person. Also, he has on a Flipper t shirt because, as Miley Cyrus friends, I’m sure they love Flipper as well. There’s also a whore who is called ‘The post it note’ everyone claims it is because ‘she sticks to everyone’. You know, like a post-it note.

Lola is also particularly close to her mom (Demi Moore) as the mother has the same kind of bizarre charm and youthful energy as her daughter (albeit in a more pathetic, melodramatic manner). Together, they get to sing Rolling Stones’ songs, shower, try to check each other’s bikini lines such as, it’s fun.

Kyle, on the other hand, is not at all well. His father is a one flash man who is overly rude and does not approve of his child’s academic achievements. If this does not change, Kyle will be barred from attending the Battle of the Bands that is on schedule.

One more family with plenty of familial chaos is that of Emily the Blonde Girl’s Family. Her mother Nora Dunn unless you think she is more than that, is more than covering for Kyle’s fathers lack of dimension is looking to find chicken that they are considering for the main course that evening. Where the hell is it? Well, here’s a fun fact considering yeah, Emily has it and it is in her room, of course! So what the hell is she up to?

Well, this is where things get, um, funny. A stranger with whom she chats through chat Roulette or the lower grade version (if there is one) of that, is Wen, the school’s outcast is senior. She was quite literally shoving her webcam inside and then out of the chicken, and the duck also. As a makeshift vagina. For the fantasy of a stranger whom she does not even know. Is this the new trend? Or only amongst those ‘kids’ from France? I for one will not be further existing.

Some other events take place too, like when Lola invites friends over, Demi starts dating Jay Hernandez, or Lola decides to be Kyle’ girlfriend. At one point, Demi’s having an informal dinner with some friends who include Fisher Fucking Stevens and Gina Gershon, a couple of fictional husband and wife interacting on screen. They are discussing the ephemeral quality of human connections.

In any event, the kids all look forward to the trip to Paris town throughout the movie. Upon their arrival, they are introduced to their host families who prepare the most exotic of meals, heads and rotting snails, to show how dirty France is. Another boy, whom I rather imagine to be David, is assigned to parents with an active daughter the active daughter falling in love with him at once and having Down’s syndrome. He appears somewhat shocked and disgusted right away with the anonymous girl. And rest assured, this has all been intended to be funny.

One night, the kids decide to reverse the sleeping arrangements in order to put Lola and Kyle together to finally do it. David is now apparently in a room with the Down syndrome girl. This girl is getting very aggressive, and he is trying to hold back. Eventually she tentatively extends her hand, very slowly… David extends his hand, they clasp hands and their faces are.

One will leave wondering if David really abused a Down syndrome girl. It is never possible to be certain, but within the context of this film, not only is it likely, it is absolutely likely.

They reach America and all ends in a battle of the bands which obviously No Shampoo wins. Kyle’s father comes through the curtain and now he sees that yes sometimes education is overrated and one can sell fake pop music.

At the conclusion everyone has acquired some wisdom which they won’t forget in ages. Some learnt the beauty of love, some created scars and shattered hearts, some even had the heads of chicken nests plowed into them and some maybe did, maybe did not breach the disabled.

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