Bosso ke mang?
I was recently running through a of list Jean Claude van Damme's movies, some of the favourates for Gen-y action buffs, which got me thinking of the origin of the 'Boss' terminology.
The term was used by Gen-y movie watchers (who's English was not particularly engaging) to refer to the bad guy or the antagonist in the movies. Needless to say, the reason was that his minions in the movies always called the bad guy 'Boss.' Since then every bad guy, whether or not he had minions, was called the boss. To be completely honest most kids thought that 'Boss' was the bad guys' real name.
Most memorable from van Damme's movies were BOLO, DOLF, and TOMPO. The classic bad guy had a bad temper and generally bad manners, and in van Damme's movies as with most movies they were as tough as humanly possible.
The movies would always introduce the bad guy by showing him do a bad thing; like kill the hero's mom, brother, or just kicking the hero's ass. In showbiz they call it 'establishing the character,' it is at this point in the movie that the viewer understands just how bad the 'bad guy' is.
Obviously, through out the whole movie the bad guy perpetually gets to be called BOSS, and also gets to kill off some of his cronies.
Like i said the boss is usually as tough as a human can be, when you put Kung-Fu or Karate into the mix there will be some far-out bosses. Tompo, practiced by kicking a wall; Bolo could cool a red-hot rock with his bare hand, and Dolf collected human ears.
So to answer the question: Bosso ke bad guy in a Jean Claude van Damme movie!
Monday, 9 July 2012
Monday, 7 May 2012
Genesis
Wat it is?! The phrase could be both a question and a statement, at any one time or at diferent times of use. I came across the phrase while watching a hip-hop culture film, when one of the characters would often greet by pronouncing "what it is!" or asking "what it is, my peeps?" Needless to say the phrase cought on with me.
However, in the process of writing this blog - which no one will read - i tried to google the phrase. The most accurate result was an Urban Dictionary meaning of "it is what it is." The urban disctionary went on to explain the phrase as meaning either a dispairing 'fuck it' or pointing out the obvious: as in 'the situation is the way the situation is.' I then decided that my rendition of the phrase "wat it is" (without the h, mind you), which could be both statement and question, means either 'what is the situation?' or 'that is the situation!'
Now that we've got that out of the way, onto more serious business.
Firstly, i will not tolerate being told that blogs 'are sooo 8 years ago.' If anyone tells me that i'll kick them in the balls, male or female (what? im not afraid to hit an old lady).
Second, this blog is my personal space to pronounce my opinions raw and unplugged, so if anyone reports my posts... they have 10 seconds before their balls get kicked, where ever they are in the world.
Third and finally, this blog seeks to reflect all the cool things that my generation has enjoyed, created, or distroyed. To that end, the blog is themed 'Generation Y' (Wikipedia says: The most common range reflects those born from 1980-1999... One segment of this age-group is often called the “eighties babies” generation, in reference to the fact that they were born between January 1, 1980 and December 31, 1989).
If you are out there, and you read this blog, and you are part of Gen-Y, i say to you - Wat it is!
However, in the process of writing this blog - which no one will read - i tried to google the phrase. The most accurate result was an Urban Dictionary meaning of "it is what it is." The urban disctionary went on to explain the phrase as meaning either a dispairing 'fuck it' or pointing out the obvious: as in 'the situation is the way the situation is.' I then decided that my rendition of the phrase "wat it is" (without the h, mind you), which could be both statement and question, means either 'what is the situation?' or 'that is the situation!'
Now that we've got that out of the way, onto more serious business.
Firstly, i will not tolerate being told that blogs 'are sooo 8 years ago.' If anyone tells me that i'll kick them in the balls, male or female (what? im not afraid to hit an old lady).
Second, this blog is my personal space to pronounce my opinions raw and unplugged, so if anyone reports my posts... they have 10 seconds before their balls get kicked, where ever they are in the world.
Third and finally, this blog seeks to reflect all the cool things that my generation has enjoyed, created, or distroyed. To that end, the blog is themed 'Generation Y' (Wikipedia says: The most common range reflects those born from 1980-1999... One segment of this age-group is often called the “eighties babies” generation, in reference to the fact that they were born between January 1, 1980 and December 31, 1989).
If you are out there, and you read this blog, and you are part of Gen-Y, i say to you - Wat it is!
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