THOR
THE BARBARIAN
Sure,
he seems like something out of Weird Al Yankovic's "UHF."
Sure, his sidekicks are a
well-endowed B-movie queen and a
guy who thinks he's a wizard. But beginning September
16, Thor the Barbarian will be riding rough-shod over your public
access station. Already something of an underground hit in the
Big Apple, Thor has been sounding his yawp over the rooftops of
Manhattan since late 2000. Now, with his exploits about to be
carried to 300 cities nationwide, he seems poised to become a
geek phenomenon along the lines of "Mystery Science Theater
3000."
"I've
always resonated with the archetype of barbarian hero, always
saw myself as such internally," Thor says. "When I made
the decision to 'go for it' without compromising my vision or
desire, an episodic TV show seemed the perfect vehicle."
And
what a TV show it is. "Thor the Barbarian" has to be
seen to believed—a bi-weekly bonanza of bizarre behavior,
bare breasts, and, well, barbarism. One episode, Thor will be
romping merrily down Fifth Avenue, frightening the falafel vendors,
in the next, he'll be beating the crap out of someone with a foam
sword or cramming some hapless chick into a belly dancer's outfit.
Intercut with the madness are promos for Troma Films, skits, and
random bits of drunken idiocy. Indeed, alcohol seems to play a
large part in the production process, which tends to make the
viewing experience even more amusing than such public-access faves
as "Roboshithead"
and "Inebriated
Kitchen."
So, who is this large, hairy guy who thinks that sword is an essential
fashion accessory? A Human Services professional, Thor's day job
is to, as he puts it, "fight monstrous social ills and bureaucratic
tyrannies." In other words, he takes burnouts and welfare
mothers, asks them what they, realistically, want to do with their
lives, and helps them come up with a step-by-step guide for doing
it. Thor's "figure out what you want to do, then do it,"
philosophy has proven remarkably effective in this, though it
does run somewhat contrary to the "sit on your ass and whine
until someone gives you a handout" method that has been so
fashionable recently. At least, if his bosses disapprove of the
way he does his job, they're too frightened of Thor to make hims
wear suits.
Thor
brings the same attitude to his TV show that he does to his everyday
life. He's wanted to be a barbarian since he was a little kid,
and so he became one. Now his mission in life is to inspire the
rest of us to do the same.
He's
big. He's bad. he's bold. He wears leather and doesn't take shit
from the Man and does what he wants to do—and he encourages
us to do the same. And that, my friends, makes him a Corporate
Motherfucker.
Check
out your city's viewing guide for the Thor the Barbarian Show.
For more information, click
here.
Past
Employees of the Month:
Sam
Bea
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