A blog that studies The Law of Bicycles in Popular Culture.
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Little Children (2006)
Jackie Earle Haley plays Ronnie J. McGorvey, a convicted child molester, in this film of suburban ennui. Ronnie, a pervert and loser, travels by bicycle, except for one scene in which he is the masturbating passenger of his blind date's car.
As a person who thinks that the bicycle is the best way to travel, I have an interest in how bicyclists are represented in popular culture. Careful observation has led me to formulate this law:
The Law of Bicycles in Popular Culture
All adult characters shown riding a bicycle for utilitarian purposes in a creative work will be depicted as either perverts, losers, or both.
Clause A: This law applies only to works set in the years from 1970 onwards.
Clause B: This law applies consistently only to American works, though foreign examples may occur.
This blog will catalog examples of The Law's validity.
If you have an example to share, email me at: popularbicyclist at gmail.com
2 comments:
How does Jackie Earle Haley's appearance as a motorcycle-riding miscreant in The Bad News Bears work into this?
I'm not sure, but I think a closer connection would be Haley's role in bike-racing class drama Breaking Away
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