The focus here is on the pig and our perception of it, with equal attention invested in aesthetic values and social-political themes.

So, like, they have four legs, two butts, two sets of genitalia, etc.

Rai, the noblest of all vampires, wakes up from 820-years long sleep and starts his new life as a student in a school founded by his loyal servant, Frankenstein. But his peaceful days with other students are interrupted by mysterious attackers known as the “Unions”…

Some choice lines from the Southland Tales recap:

Zelda Rubinstein returns holding a glowing blue orb, muttering some nonsense about shadows and light, and tells him to get out while he still can.

Cut to the Baron on his cell phone in a high-speed train, where he calls himself “The Wizard” and demands that they “remove the paladin from Utopia Three.” If you’re wondering what any of that actually means, don’t worry, they’ll explain it later, but you’ll be too doped up from the numerous plot twists and the upcoming musical number (yes, a musical number) to even remember it.

It seems that Prime Minister Takahashi is willing to let the Baron cut off one of his fingers in exchange for franchise rights to Fluid Karma. Wait, that’s what the Baron wants? His finger? Not, you know, money or anything?

The kid is escorted to a counter, where he puts a Ziploc bag of something in front of Abilene. We never clearly see what’s in the bag; it could be anything from marijuana to a gun, from what I can tell. Luckily, the dialogue helps us out: “Is it God?” asks Abilene.

“It’s… it’s medicinal,” says the kid. Well, that clears that up.

Starla then goes into full-RPG mode: “You must board the MegaZeppelin! The secret you are looking for is hidden in the Baron’s private chamber!" 

In the ladies room, Krysta enters a stall that has a poster of Karl Marx behind the toilet. Someone’s colored his right eye with a drippy red marker, and where his mouth should be is a dark, box-like opening. Above his head are the words "FEED THE HOLE”, while below his mouth are the words “DON’T TOUCH ME”.

Somebody called DaftJacques drops that classic, classic par of merely posting a clip from Nathan Barley, a sitcom that aired for a month in 2005, essentially making his own opinion on contemporary culture redundant in a banal, misjudged kamikaze attack.

“Some of the worst music made in my lifetime,” said one. “Fake twinkcore,” said another.

But his past work does not entitle Seinfeld to our eternal adoration or unconditional support.

He also takes off his trucker hat, revealing Klingon-like skull ridges.

Charisma is neutral, you can be Jesus Christ or Hitler and still have thousands of people willing to be with you and even work for your cause.

Then everyone in the factory filed by and each worker drank a spoonful of the water in which the sacred mango had been boiled.