Bill Clinton should shoulder most of the blame. "Pulp Fiction" was released in 1994, smack dab in the middle of slick Willie's first term as President of the United States of America. That gave him six years during which time he could have worked to get passed a law prohibiting the use of John Travolta and Uma Thurman in a theatrical dancing scene. The law never saw the light of day and now we're going to suffer the unholy consequences.
During yesterday's Super Bowl, I saw an advertisement for "Be Cool", a sequel to "Get Shorty". Part of this teaser trailer for "Be Cool" is a scene in which John Travolta and Uma Thurman are dancing, much like their characters danced at Jack Rabbit Slim's in "Pulp Fiction". This, my friends, is sacrilege. "Be Cool" is trying to steal a trace of the "three little Fonzies" coolness "Pulp Fiction" was drenched in. It had better not detract one iota from that 1994 gem of a flick.
It's unethical, it's amoral and there should have been a law to prevent it. I blame Clinton.
