Wednesday 25 May 2011

A for Alex my ass!

I was watching Weird Al's "Smells Like Nirvana" video when the Anarchy symbol on the cheerleaders reminded me of a scene from Wizards of Waverly Place. You don't even have to watch the clip to see what I mean.



The older dude in the scene makes a big deal like he doesn't know what it means. What person older than 20 doesn't recognize the Anarchy symbol? Selena's character claims its her initial inside a circle, "A for Alex."


Not much later on in the episode she designs a mural she calls "New York Above and Below".  She describes as "Above will be the pretty, happy New York that makes me want to barf, and Below will be the gritty, grimy New York filled with barf."


Toward the end of the episode, New York Above and Below is revealed. Above NY isn't overly interesting. Below NY features cut-off writing with the word TIMES visible, two shadow figures burning something between them under a street-light (the light casts a triangle over them), a skull, and, of course, the "A for Alex" right above the street-light.


In the theme song for the show, a spell book with nothing but a star on the cover flies toward the viewer as Selena and company sing "Everything is not what it seems..."


In other episodes, Alex dates a fellow by the name of Mason.

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