C’mon… now who didn’t see all that coming?
I’m not just referring to Ryuko and Satsuki’s (pun intended)
blood ties. Pretty much everybody watching was convinced by the fourth episode
that these two would-be rivals were eventually going to team up.
The real surprise here, of course, is that Satsuki has actually been
using her entire private school as a facade to stage a rebellion against her mom.
Turns out that all this battling with a Ryuko was just a means of testing her
half-sister’s mettle to see if she had what I took to fight in this insurrection...
This surprise is probably going to make less sense if we ever go back over the
various flashbacks and try to reconcile the secret origins of the school council
with this added infomration. I also question the logic of all these kids being so
adamantly against clothing and life fibers and whatnot when they’re still using
their Goku uniforms to fight the real bad guys.
Taking a step back from that questioning, I realize I’m trying to
evaluate KILL LA KILL in terms of logic when the show so clearly wears its
amusement at any of that stuff on its sleeve. I’ve already made my point about
this in previous write-ups, but I’ll still contend that one of the show’s
biggest failings is its unsuccessful attempt to walk a line between comedy and drama.
All the philosophizing about clothing is mumbo jumbo we’re intended
to laugh at - - yet it’s still occupying as much screenplay as it were a serious
dissertation. It’s especially hard not to roll your eyes during Satsuki’s monologues
on the subject. Characters can die, they can be brought back, they can face
bloody setbacks, and none of it matters because the show stresses that it’s all ridiculous. There’s no point in speculating about what comes next because none of
it carries any weight.
Evil Strawberry Shortcake’s pithy one-liners continue to be quite
sharp, though. I want to see more of her every time she’s on screen. She’s
great heel in the wrong show, maybe.
Watch, “Into the Night” and decide for yourself, then
read my comments about the previous episode.
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 | Tom Pinchuk’s a writer and personality with a large number of comics, videos and features like this to his credit. Visit his website - - tompinchuk.com - - and follow his Twitter: @tompinchuk |
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