Oscar Ortega
by JPLF
The latest self-proclaimed “Jesuz” reincarnation (dude who shot at the White House) made a video audition to get onto the Oprah show. It’s available for viewing on “u-shewb”:
Three thoughts made me think about three things. First, this guy got his view on “partying” from expert partier, Andrew W.K.:
(It’s best to play them both at the same time)
The second is how ultimate subjectivity fosters the illusion within the individual that he/she is the Jesus/God/deity of his/her own personal reality. How people play this out can be through normative or deviant behaviors. It’s easy to take deviant behavior for it’s face value and judge Oscar as a lunatic. It is difficult to see his actions and thoughts as a microcosm of messages within a larger social and cultural trend.
It’s even harder to see our own narcissism. Further, it is very difficult to integrate what we can learn from Oscar’s insanity and dysfunction into our lives. This would mean giving up the idea that everyone is “entitled to their own opinion” and “everyone’s opinion is equal.” This would also mean that elders have to be in touch with WISDOM, rather than claiming to be experts.
The third thought I had in regards to the “Pick Me Oprah, I’m Begging You” video came from the part where he talks about “the system.” I thought of Oscar as being the illegitimate, yet immaculately conceived son of Jorge of the Casualties, whose expertise in “streetpunkery” is derived from the length of his liberty spikes AND receding hairline:
(You know he’s credible)
Remember this guy from our adolescence? He gave us such powerful lyrics as: “I’ll never change my ways / Don’t tell me what to do / Don’t tell me what to wear / I’m gonna do it as I please / That’s the way we live”
Oscar must have learned the good word from Jorge, who wrote the “Streetpunk Psalms.” If Oscar is Jesuz, wouldn’t Jorge be God in this line of thinking? Do you think going on Oprah constitutes selling out for the son of God? Or is Oscar just another greasy poseur?
I’ll settle for having more questions than answers BECUZ I’M NO EXPERT.
