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Elmo and Kevin Clash 69th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel New York, NY \/ Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Not just for kids: Missing Nemo, Elmo\u2019s question, and calling 311<\/h1>\n I\u2019m not going to sugarcoat the obvious, I watched Finding Nemo.\u00a0 I\u2019m guilty as most others, I\u2019ve given more than my adulthood share of attention to Elmo.\u00a0 To round out this sobering confession, I too have had my moments of head-banging to tracks from the band 311.\u00a0 Combined, does this make me any less of an apologetic punk deconstructionist?\u00a0 Hardly.\u00a0 It is because of this unlikely trio that my mind started to ruminate over past times and their colliding intersection with the current times.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s all settle back into the decade from the mid 1990s through the early 21st<\/sup> century, as we embark on an apologetic punk deconstruction voyage.\u00a0 Accompanied with our haze memory and a rag-tag motley crew, we strive to see what Finding Nemo, Elmo, and the band 311 contribute to our growing faith\/belief system.<\/p>\n

Nemo, open your eyes, you\u2019re not lost<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n Nemo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n The word Nemo<\/a> slipped into pop culture by way of a childish clownfish in May 2003<\/a>.\u00a0 This seemingly innocent child\u2019s film from the Disney\/Pixar<\/a> film industry drew high audience attention being released in over 6,000 nationwide<\/a>.<\/p>\n The overarching plot<\/a> of this animated comedy was to see how an innocent fish, Nemo, finds self-value, worth, and the need to seek help from his companions.\u00a0 What was not expected was the complicated and revealing etymology of the name Nemo.\u00a0 A deconstruction of the name highlights that there is more to find \u2013 and rhetorically lose \u2013 in this otherwise simple pop culture iconic name.<\/p>\n First, Nemo comes from the Latin term for \u201cnobody\u201d or \u201cno one.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0 The name Nemo also came into literature from use in Homer\u2019s Odyssey<\/a>.\u00a0 Point Nemo<\/a> is the oceanic pole of inaccessibility, the further point on the map from any known land.\u00a0 Nemo is also used as the tag line coined by the depression-era wandering poet Everett Ruess<\/a>, who mysteriously disappeared in 1934. The name Nemo takes on a modification in Alexander Supertramp<\/a>\u2019s book Into the Wild<\/a><\/em>, where Nemo means the creative power of the crew (collective body of people working together \u2013 for a common purpose).\u00a0 The collective progression.\u00a0 No one person runs the show, we all do (together, collective, unified for a common purpose).<\/p>\n These collected points regarding the etymology of the word, Nemo, point to a cultural balancing act.\u00a0 Nemo can be read as an identity signifier.\u00a0 The thread connecting this embedded use of the name\/term Nemo represent it as a syntactical signifier.\u00a0 Following this analysis, Nemo is wedged between the concept of \u2018no one,\u2019 and the connective fabric for community.\u00a0 A cultural assumption that Nemo is simply essentialized to meaning \u2018nobody\u2019 or \u2018no one,\u2019 neglects the imbedded strength of the name as illustrated by Alexander Supertramp (aka Chris McCandless).<\/p>\n A common purpose. The necessity to rely upon others. The faith\/belief to endure for the good of the community comes as a shocking realization when the name\/term Nemo is placed as a cultural signifier.\u00a0 The absence of self to align with a faith\/belief system external from the individual conscious situates Nemo in an apologetic signifying light.<\/p>\n Matthew 20:16<\/a> states, \u201c[s]o the last shall be first, and the first [shall be the] last\u2026for may [are] called, [but] few [are] chosen.\u201d\u00a0 Using this text when applied with an apologetic signifying reading, the term\/name Nemo positions the internal strength of the community when founded upon faith\/belief.\u00a0 The external condition navigates toward the calling for someone.\u00a0 The internal faith\/belief is what secures the action-meaning of the presented context.\u00a0 To remain spiritually disciplined is to metaphorically walk away from self-distress and into a collected community centered on the purpose of faith\/belief.\u00a0 Nemo signifies that through faith\/belief, not work, one can be resolved (Ephesians 2:8-9<\/a>).\u00a0 Acting in accordance and sharing this apologetic principle with the community, therefore, shares strength from one into the community.<\/p>\n Nemo was not lost.\u00a0 Nemo was an illustration of how-to live-in faith\/belief; deny the self and live in faith\/belief (Matthew 16:24 \u2013 25,<\/a> Romans 8:12 \u2013 13<\/a>). \u00a0That is the locus provided by the signifying syntax of Nemo. \u00a0Just a kid\u2019s movie?\u00a0 Hardly.<\/p>\n Did you hear Elmo\u2019s question?<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n Elmo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n7:46am, January 29, 2024. 206.1 million views.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n***** ** *****\u201cElmo is just checking in!\u00a0 How is everybody doing?\u201d<\/p>\n On X (formerly Twitter), Elmo<\/a> posted, \u201cElmo is just checking in!\u00a0 How is everybody doing<\/a>?\u201d\u00a0 This is what sparked the plethora of responses.\u00a0 Dark, humorous, worrisome, bleak, and every other emotional response that could be projected.\u00a0 In a CNN article<\/a>, AJ Willingham notes, \u201c[t]he responses to Elmo\u2019s innocuous question should be etched into stone so future generations can know exactly how we [read: global society] gelt in 2024.\u201d (2024)\u00a0 Was the reaction to this question so openly reviled because the interlocutor is a fuzzy puppet from a children\u2019s programming channel<\/a>?\u00a0 Is the projection and direct honest nature of these responses done in consideration of innocence?<\/p>\n This question is presented in nearly everyday situations, \u201cHow are you doing?\u201d \u00a0In return, social norms frame a formalized general response and replace honesty.\u00a0 The script of cultural acceptance has become institutionalized to the point that it has codified. \u00a0Our coded instincts react, respond, and reference in a context without consideration.<\/p>\n Elmo was introduced in the mid 1980s to Sesame Street<\/a> and has been a staple since.\u00a0 What is striking about the character is the maintained three attributes central to comprehending the realities of life and identity.\u00a0 NPR pop culture writer Bill Chappell<\/a> cites the psychologist Carl Rodger<\/a> who notes that \u201ccongruence, meaning authenticity and genuineness \u2013 being real,\u201d along with \u201cunconditional positive regard, and empathy that comes from understanding another person.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0Elmo captured these elements with a simple question.\u00a0 That\u2019s the surface understanding.<\/p>\n To expand, Elmo is witnessed as a furry, innocent, harmless character.\u00a0 Elmo is a signifying symbol of childhood, a projected image of better, simpler, yet historic times.\u00a0 Combined with the ongoing disturbances of contemporary global society, speaking honestly to a fictional character possibly arrived at a boiling point of civil distress.\u00a0 Elmo may have expressed a simple question borrowed from a therapy template.\u00a0 But it was the returned response that triggered the unexpected. \u00a0Those statements that would otherwise be shared behind closed confidential doors were broadcast in the light of day.\u00a0 There was no hiding from the collected discourse.\u00a0 The irony is that a socially scripted na\u00efve phrase drew energetic responses to an otherwise banal point.<\/p>\n The takeaway from this epicenter of honesty may be that in turbulent times, don\u2019t overlook the obvious.\u00a0 The rhetorical take away is why did it take a noisy furry puppet to ask a question before the masses started to chime in?\u00a0 That\u2019s one to consider, and not repeat.<\/p>\n Call 311, \u2018cause we\u2019re All Mixed Up<\/u><\/strong><\/h4>\n 311<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n******* ** *******During all that\u2019s been going on it would not be a stretch of the imagination if some felt a bit mixed up.\u00a0 To say that these are confusing times is more than an understatement.\u00a0 From one day to the next the socio-political climate changes faster than a champion triathlete.\u00a0 Thankfully, there was a band in the mid 1990s that prophetically provided an anthem for our decade old 2000s.<\/p>\n The reggae pop punk band 311<\/a> released a track, \u201cAll Mixed UP<\/a>\u201d (311, 1995<\/a><\/em>) with lyrics<\/a> that contribute in unusual ways to this analysis.<\/p>\n The track starts,<\/p>\n You\u2019ve got to trust your instinct******* \nAnd let go of regret<\/em> *******\nThis already points to the need to release the self from a position of knowledge.\u00a0 To rely upon one\u2019s own \u201cinstinct\u201d is to abandon the foundation of faith\/belief.\u00a0 Proverbs 3:5-6<\/a> notes that it is best not to lean on self-reference or personal understanding.<\/p>\n The second line of the song compliments the directive to release the anchors in one\u2019s life.\u00a0 In this reference \u201cregret\u201d is the example.\u00a0 Any personal tie holding back the trajectory into solid faith\/belief could be substituted.\u00a0 It\u2019s the pointed call to \u201clet go,\u201d or release no only the penned \u201cregret,\u201d but also the inclination to self-reference life in absence of faith\/belief.<\/p>\n The next lines of the lyrics note the personal need to discard the burdens of life that often feel as weights that need to be dropped.<\/p>\n There\u2019s something I need to get off my chest******* \nAnd no matter what may come to shine *******\nThe dream will always be mine<\/em><\/p>\n The realization, \u201cno matter what may come to shine,\u201d can be read as the confidence to know that with burdens a release is possible. To release the self of temporal burdens, (\u201cget off my chest\u201d) change will manifest.\u00a0 This process is confirmed by a silent underscored tone of faith\/belief.\u00a0 The result is acknowledged by the metaphor \u201cdream.\u201d\u00a0 The \u201cdream,\u201d is the desired release burdens, come into the security of faith\/belief, \u201cshine,\u201d and know that the power of faith\/belief \u201cwill always be mine.\u201d<\/p>\n The chorus is structured to echo the opening lyrics.<\/p>\n All mixed up, you don\u2019t know what to do******* \nNext thing you turn around and find the person is you \nThought a freak might be the thing *******\nBut the first could be the last, so just get off of your a#*<\/em><\/p>\n In a powerful turn, we see that faith\/belief was not lost.\u00a0 We get confused.\u00a0 We get mixed up.\u00a0 We don\u2019t know what to do at some time in our lives.\u00a0 But, when we \u201cturn around and find the person is you,\u201d the confusion demands that we shift our dependance from self to faith\/belief.<\/p>\n The third line of this lyrical phrase highlights most of our inherent actions to confusion.\u00a0 At a point of desperation, it would not be uncommon to feel that the \u201cfreak might be the thing.\u201d\u00a0 This can be read as external vices to pacify pain.\u00a0 In addition, the \u201cfreak\u201d can be our lost sense of self.\u00a0 If we invest time, commerce, and identity on external pop cultural deficits the \u201cfreak\u201d (read: unhealthy values) becomes reality.\u00a0 Our fixation is on how to support those unhealthy habits, thinking, manners; our personal \u201cfreaks.\u201d\u00a0 We run the risk, then, of getting lost without even recognizing that we have become lost; lost to faith\/belief.<\/p>\n The phrase concludes that \u201cthe first could be the last,\u201d and that is where we may find ourselves.\u00a0 To deny humble realization we are the first to lose ourselves and the last to know that we are lost.\u00a0 The text from Matthew 20:16<\/a> has found its way to apologetically deconstruct pop cultural distractions. In Timothy 3: 1-5<\/a> the horrible nature of human existence is spelled out.<\/p>\n The closing lines of that verse charge that we are to have nothing to do with those who live, abide, or participate in such ill values.\u00a0 Likewise, the closing lines of the lyrics by 311 call us to \u201cget off you\u2019re a#*.\u201d\u00a0 Both equate a call to action for reconciliation founded upon the strength of faith\/belief.<\/p>\n What a mouthful from this motley crew<\/u><\/strong><\/h5>\n********* ** ** Nemo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n ** ** Elmo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n ** ** 311<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n ** A tour de force, Nemo shows us that we are not lost as long as we teether ourselves to faith\/belief.\u00a0 Elmo asks a social question that brought forth a mix of syrupy happiness and torturous pain.\u00a0 These companion views illustrate that the current global landscape is unsettled relying on artifacts or culture for identity affirmation.\u00a0 311 flips-the-script on pop culture using rhythmically placed signifiers as tools to satisfy the release of collected burdens.\u00a0 We learn that far too often we are the first to fall and the last to admit our failures.\u00a0 But, if we move, if we act toward change for our living dream it can be found through sound faith and belief.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ** *********Not just for kids: Missing Nemo, Elmo\u2019s question, and calling 311 I\u2019m not going to sugarcoat the obvious, I watched Finding Nemo.\u00a0 I\u2019m guilty as most others, I\u2019ve given more than my adulthood share of attention to Elmo.\u00a0 To round out this sobering confession, I too have had my moments of head-banging to tracks from 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