James Dean
I fully believe Jimmy would have flat ironed his hair, and you know he already had the eyeliner and black nail polish in a drawer.
Patrick Swayze.
What?
Swayze is a hybrid - he's a Square-jaw/Wounded. I was too old to think he was hot in "Dirty Dancing," where he played a pre-Emo - an emotionally damaged, Jordan Catalano, if Jordan Catalano was all jazz hands and 15 years of hard drinking made him look at least 39 in full sunlight.
But I got it. In both "Dirty Dancing" and "Ghost," he was cast right. He wasn't a great (or very good) actor, but he had a vulnerability that read clearly on screen.
And then he showed that he did have a thing, and that thing was more complicated than a flipped up collar and peg jeans; that thing kicked ass in "Donnie Darko."
What?
Swayze is a hybrid - he's a Square-jaw/Wounded. I was too old to think he was hot in "Dirty Dancing," where he played a pre-Emo - an emotionally damaged, Jordan Catalano, if Jordan Catalano was all jazz hands and 15 years of hard drinking made him look at least 39 in full sunlight.
But I got it. In both "Dirty Dancing" and "Ghost," he was cast right. He wasn't a great (or very good) actor, but he had a vulnerability that read clearly on screen.
And then he showed that he did have a thing, and that thing was more complicated than a flipped up collar and peg jeans; that thing kicked ass in "Donnie Darko."
Jared Leto
I was way too old to be attracted to Jared Leto when he showed up in "My So-Called Life." And yet, omgsqeee! I was all 14 again. He was so good-looking, and so, so emotionally unavailable. That combination, we know, crosses all cultural divides.
Too bad he's actually an ass.
Johnny Depp
If only he wasn't only two-thirds size.
Who rides in the Emo Float for 2008? Your votes, please.
5 comments:
Snuffy. Totally.
FYI, when MSCL was on, we were 27 and Jared Leto was actually 23, so we weren't TOO old. I remember thinking that he was about the most beautiful man I'd ever seen. Perfect face. Now? Yeah, I hear he's kind of an ass. I have a crush on his brother Shannon. He's less assy, and bangs on the drums quite well!
Johnny Depp 2/3 size? He's perfect for me. I like 'em about 5'8".
By the way, if by some chance we can include David Cook as emo, I would pick him. To quote Kevin from The Office, "I am TOTALLY gonna bang" him!!
I confess I don't know what emo is but I agree that emotionally unavailable = hot , as unfortunate as it is...
If I were Angela, I would have chosen Brian. He was way more sincere and did not sleep with her best friend. And if the show hadn't been cancelled, maybe she would have. Anyway, if EMO means what I think it means, what about Bono?
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