What exactly USO shows, U-Boats, World War II or the beach at Normandy have to do with My Chemical Romance is beyond me. However, director Marc Webb apparently has much more insight into (il)logical connections than a mere mortal like myself. Thus, we are treated to a complete and utter trainwreck of faux sepia-tone patriotism - mixed with dance numbers!
Apparently lead singer Gerard Way also had a hand in this mess. Webb describes it as such:
“Gerard had this idea for awhile. The main thrust is that it takes place in World War II, and there’s a USO dance and these combat sequences too,” Webb said. “The USO dance happens during the verses of the song, and the combat sequences happen during the chorus, because there’s a big dichotomy between those two parts of the song.” (via MTV.com)
My retinas just liquified from the brilliance.
In short, I’m watching MTV Hits. (Tagline: “We play anything but what our name implies!”)
P.S. Does anyone, anywhere, actually like U2?
Your mom!
*snicker*
I’m happy that you realized that “Hits” backwards is not “Shit.”
That is not, actually, what I meant. I can see why it would be misconstrued though. I was thinking of that game that I played as a kid where I would say what I didn’t mean…so by saying “MTV Hits,” I really meant “MTV Terrbile Videos.”