King of Kings, the Christian film the Washington movie theater plays instead of the advertised Gorilla, My Love, symbolizes betrayal. The film itself portrays betrayal due to its subject matter—King of Kings charts the life and death of Jesus Christ, who was famously betrayed by Judas, one of Jesus’s own followers. The film also represents betrayal because it wasn’t the one that Hazel and her siblings paid to see, and the manager of the theater further betrays them by refusing to give them a refund. Hazel is furious when she realizes the theater has cheated her out of her money, fuming, “when you fixed to watch a gorilla picture you don’t wanna get messed around with Sunday School stuff. So I am mad.” Hazel views the “raggedy old brown film” as a sign that adults “figure they can treat you just anyhow.”
King of Kings Quotes in Gorilla, My Love
Grownups figure they can treat you just anyhow. Which burns me up.
Cause I realize that just about anybody in my family is better than this god they always talkin about. My daddy wouldn’t stand for nobody treatin any of us that way. My mama specially.
And now I'm really furious cause I get so tired grownups messin over kids just cause they little and can’t take em to court.
My Daddy had the suspect it was me cause Big Brood got a big mouth. But I explained right quick what the whole thing was about and I figured it was even-steven. Cause if you say Gorilla, My Love, you suppose to mean it. […] I mean even gangsters in the movies say My word is my bond. So don’t nobody get away with nothin far as I’m concerned.
King of Kings Symbol Timeline in Gorilla, My Love
