Internet, its time we talked about Straight Up. I don't care what PSA's you've seen, Straight Up fucking owns them. I know you thought the videos you saw in middle school were hilarious (so did I) but you were wrong. You were wrong because, unless you went to middle school in southern california in 1989, you haven't seen Chad Allen's ultimate masterpiece.
The short version is that Chad Allen plays a kid who, for all intents and purposes, should be popular but is constantly being one upped by a little rat-faced kid in pre-ripped acid wash jeans. The multiethnic collection of young drug enthusiasts that constitute the 'popular kids' shun Chaddy for refusing to do drugs.
Simple shit, right? Wrong. Now, I'm going to finish this summary by throwing out a series of words and phrases that are explicitly related to this FEATURE LENGTH FILM: magic, hip-hop medallion, sunglasses, dungeon of ignorance, chainsaw attack, pit of snakes, rainbow headband, cowboys, gymnastics, spaceships, video store, Lou Gosset Jr and (last but not least) faith elevator. Combine that with rampant homoeroticism and singing and you have an idea of what I mean.
I leave you with a video from Fuck! Don Flamenco which accurately sums it all up. Kinda.
Check out F!DF for more music.
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