Bill Hicks~Revelations
Not all drugs are good, some of them are great, so besede Bill Hicksa, enega največjih stand up komikov, ki je humor uporabil kot sredstvo ozaveščanja družbenih problemov. Bil je govornik resnice. Pa vendar sta ga gnev in bolečina, ki ju je nosil v sebi, razžrli. Leta 1994 je v 32 letu starosti umrl. Njegova zgodba je povzeta v dokumentarcu American: The Bill Hicks Story, kjer preko animacij fotografij in pričevanj njegovih bližnjih razkrijejo zgodbo iz njegovih najstniških let pa vse do smrti oz do točke, kjer se mu karierna pot sestavi.
Bill Hicks je v svojih nastopih povedal mnogo zanimivih izjav, jih osvetlil z drugega kota ter pokazal ogledalo družbe. Njegove izjave so še vedno ‘popularne’, ena od teh je tudi slednja: “The world is like a ride in an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it you think it’s real because that’s how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills and it’s very brightly coloured and it’s very loud and it’s fun, for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time and they begin to question: “Is this real, or is this just a ride?” And other people have remembered, and they come back to us, they say, “Hey, don’t worry, don’t be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride.” And what do we do? We kill those people.”
~American: The Bill Hicks Story~
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Almira Ćatović 