Without meaning to be political on this Memorial Day, “Mission Accomplished” was the first thing I thought to use as a headline for Uber Ego’s Scaring Michiko, starring the appropriately scared Michiko Minx and the unnecessarily-named Scary.
My sympathies lie with Michiko in this movie. One reason is because she is refreshingly free of stereotypes. Not only is she an Asian and not wearing geisha makeup and a schoolgirl outfit, but she also does not once address Scary as “Joe”, even as he works her over with some zappy thing.
My problem is with Scary. He does everything right, but it’s the outfit and name with which I take issue. Wasn’t the Gimp mask made obsolete with Pulp Fiction (1994)? And isn’t naming yourself Scary an easy target? I felt the same way about Scary Spice. He should just call himself Dave; that way no one can say “Well, he wasn’t that Dave.” Here Scary does to Michiko what my dog does to me.
What truly terrifies Michiko, as you can see, are the vinyl sheets. It’s these that finally force her into submission. She and Scary drive to Bed, Bath & BDSM after the movie and pick out something with a thread count that doesn’t require a safe word.
Previously: Counting floggers on the wall: Mr. S Leather
See also: Uber Ego
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