There is so much to love about this episode, starring not one but two former residents of the Mona Lisa room. Flea (Mel Lanham) speaks out about the sorry state of the world in the Pit, and gets repeatedly reprimanded by her older sister who's in a sorority. Cain (Clint Curtis) keeps a flock of co-eds in rapture listening to his poetry, which irritates a bunch of frat stars to the point of pulling some Brady Bunch-style shenanigans on him, pretending to the "higher power" Cain has been attempting to contact. While chilling at Lenoir, Cain asks the timeless question, "What is the center of all energy?" And chews through the scenery in one avant-garde shot after another, any one of which would have made Kenneth Anger proud.
Meanwhile, Flea has the best line in the show when she asks her sister how she's supposed to express her views if she can't preach in the Pit..."by holding a chug-a-lug contest to raise money for abused children who probably got that way from alcoholic parents in the first place?"
Then attracts Cain's attention when he points her out to his dateless, Woody Allen-esque pal Aubery (Jim Rash) as "The one they call...Flea." Next, Cain and Flea have a super intense scene together, reflecting on how hard it is to be different!
Too freaking much. And then a lot more shit happens that left me in stitches. Including the outbreak of a SEX SCENE that doubles as a MUSIC VIDEO featuring original soundtrack and on-camera performance (both uncredited) by yet anotha Pink House head, Jasme Kelly! The WTF quotient keeps exponentially escalating here.
But there's more. The show ends with an official video by DADA VEDA for one of their most memorable tracks, "Chaos Has Its Own Order," co-directed by Clint, with scenes of the band performing, where else...in the Pink House living room.
General College provided early exposure for UNC undergrads like Billy Crudup and Haley Koch who would go on to bigger and/or more infamous starring roles. But this episode shows Mel and Clint had enough talent to outshine them all.
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