Friday 29 May 2009

YMCA


I just love this picture. Technically it's all over the place, obviously, but just look at what's going on here! The focal point is obviously Stewart's mum, bless her, putting everything she's got into the Y of that timeless Village People classic while nervously looking around her to make sure she's doing it properly. No such reservations from our friend the air hostess in the left foreground, oh no. She's quietly confident as she runs through the motions with no unnecessary drama, but with just a little bit of a flourish. You know, because she can. Stewart has clearly turned into a man twice his real age, strutting around in tiny circles, pointlessly pointing to somewhere in the middle distance, and smiling benignly as he quietly recites the words to himself with his eyes closed. Meanwhile, around the edges of the dancefloor, the ladies look on kindly, smiling that "you're making a complete arse of yourself but it's okay, we still love you" smile, and inwardly congratulating themselves for having resisted Stewart's pleas to join him on the dancefloor. It's a quintessential English wedding reception scene.

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