miércoles, 10 de julio de 2013

The Lone Ranger and Jack Sparrow (for English speaking people)


My left arm. I had willingly offered to be The Lone Ranger. A black mask, bone-handled pistols and bullets of a silver mine, hidden and mysterious. In fact it was like his bank in a world where there were bad guys, corrupts, thieves but no tacky megalomaniacs and Beagle Boys. That was his job to take them to jail. As Felipe,  Mafalda silent friend, would like to do.
I must confess that I did not pay too much attention on Tonto, the faithful Indian. Now, Mr. Johnnny Deep is playing Tonto and the director confuses the West, with the Caribbean islands of Jack Sparrow, with a lack of originality and thinking life is a bowl full of cherries.
I do not know what would have become of those politicians who make the "old news", name used by my grandmother, with judges behind them. They have no style. Long time ago(up to my grandmother age) Jardiel, the writer, said "politicians are like neighborhood theaters, make you go and then you are in they change the program." It must be that at that time there were already these kind of bugs. Grief is not to follow, but there are neither Lone Rangers nor neighborhood theaters anymore.
Among the Lone Ranger or a pirate / buccaneer /corsair I would have chosen the pirate They do not  have silver mines; only a Tortuga island where stretching their legs or leg. They stole, docked, and cut heads, under a code. Some were put at her majesty service, a queen very good for her country who took advantage of the stupidity of the other countries. They had some eye patches and wooden legs not go unnoticed at airports or High Speed train terminals. I ignore if they would grant interviews. Well if the journalist was a beautiful, captivating and a natural redhead woman, maybe they will kidnap her.
Spain was never declared to be a nation of freebooters, who later were appointed Lord or Sir, in the Anglo-Saxon version. It seems to me that when the Spanish media are quoting a human being, or  Sir, it mentions somebody from another galaxy. Sir Alex Ferguson , Sir David Beckham and Sir Bobby Charlton, of course the best of the three, among others, and the three of M. United. In Spain, who would be appointed sir? Will be the Prince of Asturias Award? or not ?.
Truth is that the word "señor" is deprecated, although I've met someone in a village in La Mancha whose name I remember well (not the one you think).
We had Sirs, a lot, when these Atlantic islands did not know if they were Normans or Saxons.
Do not faint, in spite of the heat.


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