There was an interesting article a while back in the NY Times about the way drunkenness is a lot more influenced by culture than people think--drunk behavior varies based on cultural expectations. And our culture sends a lot of mixed messages that are hard to ignore--that you're somehow supposed to do tons of drunken binges in college (especially on spring break) and that's allowed, because then you get it out of the way. There is an implication that something's wrong with you or that you're uptight or repressed if you don't.
Batman-watching is even more fun with my sister. We were systematically going through TAS before she left, and we tend to do commentaries as we watch--there is a whole body of inside jokes while attached to it now (how Batman believes in justice but not fairies, how many people actually die even though technically no one is supposed to in cartoons, how one of his lamest villains is Worst Ninja Ever Man, and, of course, Operation Garbage Barge: The Great Epic Batman/Everyone Ship. Thanks to one line in the show we have decided to find as much innuendo as we can ...).
Actually, this is true of pretty much everything we watch now. We would make great MST3kers.
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Batman-watching is even more fun with my sister. We were systematically going through TAS before she left, and we tend to do commentaries as we watch--there is a whole body of inside jokes while attached to it now (how Batman believes in justice but not fairies, how many people actually die even though technically no one is supposed to in cartoons, how one of his lamest villains is Worst Ninja Ever Man, and, of course, Operation Garbage Barge: The Great Epic Batman/Everyone Ship. Thanks to one line in the show we have decided to find as much innuendo as we can ...).
Actually, this is true of pretty much everything we watch now. We would make great MST3kers.