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Today I accidentally realized that the classic film "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" is nothing more than a metaphor for Male Puberty.
An adolescent boy who is ignored by "The Older Kids" discovers a little brown wrinkly guy that's about thigh-high with a big head, and every time it gets excited it's neck stretches. His sister walks in on him playing with it and she freaks out. He shows his older brother and the older brother says "Dude you have to hide that thing!" He tries to keep it secret but it keeps getting him in trouble, even going so far as making him do incredibly stupid things at school just so he can kiss a girl. Of course it all comes to a halt as soon as the adults find out, they analyze it and study it and try to explain it to him, taking all the FUN out of it and the poor kid thinks it's over and done, it's dead, it'll never work again...
But then it springs back to life against all odds! Hoo boy there ain't NO stopping it now! The kid now has only one thing on his mind - he HAS to get it *home*, if you know what I mean ;) He lies to adults, he enlists the aid of everyone he knows and, despite all the adults trying to stop him, he gets his wrinkly little friend with the extending neck *home*. We all have a good cry. The end.
I sometimes wonder if I'm the only one who *sees* stuff like this...
An adolescent boy who is ignored by "The Older Kids" discovers a little brown wrinkly guy that's about thigh-high with a big head, and every time it gets excited it's neck stretches. His sister walks in on him playing with it and she freaks out. He shows his older brother and the older brother says "Dude you have to hide that thing!" He tries to keep it secret but it keeps getting him in trouble, even going so far as making him do incredibly stupid things at school just so he can kiss a girl. Of course it all comes to a halt as soon as the adults find out, they analyze it and study it and try to explain it to him, taking all the FUN out of it and the poor kid thinks it's over and done, it's dead, it'll never work again...
But then it springs back to life against all odds! Hoo boy there ain't NO stopping it now! The kid now has only one thing on his mind - he HAS to get it *home*, if you know what I mean ;) He lies to adults, he enlists the aid of everyone he knows and, despite all the adults trying to stop him, he gets his wrinkly little friend with the extending neck *home*. We all have a good cry. The end.
I sometimes wonder if I'm the only one who *sees* stuff like this...
