Essay About Mr. Blonde And Mr. White

Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty
Essay title: Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty
Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty were a duo known as Stealers Wheel when
they recorded a Dylanesque pop hit, “Stuck in the Middle With You”, in
April of 1974. The single reached number five on the charts – little
did they know that eighteen years later it would become a cult favorite.
In 1992 Quentin Tarantino, a little known writer/director, took the
Cannes film festival and the world by surprise with his motion picture
Reservoir Dogs. The movie is about the difficulties that occur when
five “master” criminals are hired by a crime king pin named Joe to pull
off the biggest diamond heist of the century.
Stuck right in the middle of the movie, the Egan/Rafferty hit is
played as a introduction to one of the best or worst torture seens ever
in the history of movies. It depends on how you look at it.
Ill set-up the scene in the movie where it is being played, try and
follow me The five criminals hired go by color-coded names . During
the heist the cops show and things got out of control. Two of the
robbers were shot and killed after Mr. Blonde, the “on the edge”
gangster started shooting up the place when an employee triggered the
alarm. Mr. White and Mr. Orange (an undercover cop) escaped the scene
and headed for the hideout where all the men were supposed to meet. On
the way to the hideout Mr. Orange was shot, he was bleeding severely but
the injury was not life threatening. Shortly after their arrival, Mr.
Pink met with them and they all anxiousley waited for Mr. Blonde.
Mr. Blonde, acting cool and unaffected by the mornings events, made his
entrance. After being questioned by Mr. White about why he went psycho
in the store, Mr. Blonde called them out to see a “surprise” he had in
his trunk. Mr. Blonde in an effort to find out how the police heard
about the robbery in advance had kidnapped a police officer. They
carried the man into the warehouse and after tying him to a chair Mr.
White and Mr. Pink commenced beating the hell out of him. They Asked
him to tell how the police knew of the heist, he said he knew nothing
and after beating on him some more, Nice Guy Eddie came in. He was
Joes son and told Mr. White and Mr. Pink that they would have to come
with him to ditch the cars. Mr. Blonde was told to stay and keep an eye
on the cop and the injured Mr. Orange.
My idea is that the following scene was written by Director Tarantino
choreographed to the song by Stealers Wheel. Rather than the norm where
a scene is written and the music is picked thereafter. As I describe
the scene I will give the lyrics to the song and show how they
correspond to the characters actions in the scene.
Mr. Blonde starts talking to the cop, who still insists he knows
nothing. The lyrics to the song begin; keep in mind that I am
suggesting that the words are what the cop is thinking.
Well I dont know why I came here tonight.
I got the feeling that something aint right.
Im so scared in case I fall off my chair,
and Im wondering how Ill get down the stairs.
Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right…
Here I am stuck in the middle with you.