Unlike yesterday, there’s a lot to say today…so uh check out that weird backpack in the first panel, and um…Oh I can’t wait any more….Bald Brynna! Bald Brynna! Bald Brynna!
So logistically, what happened here? Did Brynna decide on her own to remove her wig shave her head? Were the other girls in on it or not? I can’t really tell. It’s probably best they didn’t all remove their wigs shave their heads, as then we’d have absolutely no way to tell anyone apart (well, except for that guy Paris). In any case, at least the whole thing is downright hilarious. To show her support for her Coach Thorp, who occasionally shows up to practice, hasn’t told anyone she has cancer (strangely enough, due to the fact she doesn’t have it), and sure as hell isn’t bald, Brynna has decided to reveal to us that she’s not the kind of alien with antennae, but really that bald chick from Star Trek 1:
This whole damn thing is so funny to me, I can’t even seem to make any other jokes about it…
Though I have an incling that once Britney Brynna finds out that she removed her wig shaved her head for no good reason, nobody better give her an umbrella…
“Take that, f#$@ing Thorp family SUV!”
Wait, it’s all clear now. This is Helen’s plan to get revenge on Brynna for having to write an essay on reporting ethics or whatever it was a few months ago.
Helen took a part time job at the Radiology Center and was on the other end of the phone call that Lisa overheard. (Actual conversation–Helen: Hi Coach Mimi, it’s Helen. I can’t make practice today because I have to work late. Mimi: Oh, that’s terrible news!)
Lisa thinks Mimi has cancer and blabs it to the team (remember Helen’s smirk?), inspiring Brynna to shave her head for no reason–the ultimate teenage embarrassment!
It’s brilliant! Revenge is so sweet.
oh, I so need a life…
Comment by Tim Goral — June 8, 2007 @ 11:03 am
May I say a faint word or two of praise for GT? The reveal of Brynna’s bald head was well set-up and well-executed. Not exactly surprising, but well done.
Also, I have to give Neal Rubin some props for identifying a couple of main storylines (Clambake and Thorpstock) and sticking to them. The spring season has been much easier to follow than others in the recent past. The storylines may or may not be Shakespearean, but at least there aren’t a half-dozen separate plots and two dozen characters vying for our scant attention.
You may now resume the Snarkfest.
Comment by johnw — June 8, 2007 @ 11:45 am
Quite possibly the best hair style (or lack thereof) ever on this comic strip.
Comment by Indexer — June 8, 2007 @ 11:48 am
Persis Khambatta in a sweaty old Peggy Wyche hoodie…oh, yeah!!
Comment by Ned Ryerson — June 8, 2007 @ 12:54 pm
Sorry, I wanted to include the pic linked from my name.
Comment by Ned Ryerson — June 8, 2007 @ 12:55 pm
when the team finds out that Mimi DOESN’T have cancer, will they then put together “Wigstock” for Brynna and the other girls on the team who have shaved their heads?
Comment by Mrs "Clambake" Yancey — June 8, 2007 @ 3:58 pm
I, for one, like her new “hair” style better than the modified Hop Sing she had before. Maybe she went out and got chemo-therapy before practice. That would be the ultimate in showing support for her coach wouldn’t it?
Comment by Badly Drawn Boy — June 9, 2007 @ 8:47 pm
Or!, and this is just a wild guess, Brynna is bat-shit crazy and in love with Coach Mimi.
Comment by Badly Drawn Boy — June 9, 2007 @ 8:51 pm
are you suggesting we turn Thorpstock into Lilith Fair?
Comment by Mrs "Clambake" Yancey — June 9, 2007 @ 9:50 pm
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