It's Time for the Mexican Phetasy Weather Report
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On Tuesday, Bridget got the news that she would officially become a Mexican weather lady. She had been promising this for months, “Help us reach our lofty goal of a hundred thousand subscribers on YouTube, and when we do, I will do my best Mexican weather report.”
She congratulated us as a team, in usual Bridget fashion, eager to share the credit for a dream she materialized into a Silver Play Button award.
August 26th will mark the sixth anniversary of Dumpster Fire. In that same timeframe, she has launched new shows and projects. It’s wild to rewatch early episodes, backdropped by the alien, the blowup doll, and the American flag. Everything feels so charmingly Lo-Fi.
This trajectory proves that the concept of Phetasy is always evolving, deepening, and expanding. Bridget’s coinage originally denoted something confusing and impersonal, a life of warped mirrors, where satire becomes reality, but different, deeper than the one it replaced, ad infinitum. Bridget broke through this paradox to reveal a tremendous and thoughtful humanity at the core of her idea.
The whole thing is itself the perfect example of Phetasy. “The Mexican weather lady” segment came from reality: tight-dressed Latinas who don’t need to know much about the weather. Then the segment became a staple of Dumpster Fire . People loved it. So much so that the humor became secondary. Next, she will once again launch reality beyond parody, toward something better. This time, as an award-winning meteorologist.
Since Bridget and Maggie are on a well-deserved break, here are my three favorite things from this week:
Mr. Mackey - If you haven’t seen the latest episode of South Park, do it now. Our favorite mischievous, heroic anti-heroes have done it again. Even now, 27 seasons in, they’re able to add nuance to the giant-headed “M’kay.”
The White House Roof - Did you see the way Trump strolled across the roof of the White House, balking at the reporters below? It was a shocking scene. Imagine Caesar doing that— JFK or Ronald Reagan, for the matter. But maybe that was the point.
Sabrina (1954) - Audrey Hepburn plays the daughter of a chauffeur, stranded on the estate of Long Island royalty, with the everyman touch from Humphrey Bogart’s gruff portrayal of a work-addicted NYC executive. It’s a strange, charming, rambunctious little masterpiece.
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THE SPECTATOR
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Phetaxican Weather Report? Today's info: widely scattered hilarity midday, with increasing volcanic activity by sunset, followed overnight by white-hot, city-sized asteroids plunging from the upper atmosphere, pulverizing and incinerating all life on earth within minutes. Not even bacteria or viruses survive. All oceans blasted into earth orbit, all water molecules dissipating into space. "Poor and minorities hardest hit," say NPR and the New York Times.
Congrats! Can’t wait to see the forecast.