BWW Recap: Get Your 'Intro to Recycled Cinema' with COMMUNITY

In this episode of COMMUNITY, Chang becomes a star for his role as the "Haaaaaam, gurl!!" guy in a commercial. He is interviewed on "Celebrity Blast" and the interviewer talks about how he is a star now, and even mentions that he is going to be in a Spielberg movie. In the interview, Chang says he was a loner in Community College, which upsets the study group.

Abed points out that he isn't sure what to do with the footage he has from a movie he was shooting with Chang before he left. Frankie asks Abed if he had Chang sign a release-which he did. This means the schools owns a movie starring the "Ham Girl" guy. Frankie enlists her friend who is a director to distribute their movie, as long as it is exactly 81 minutes.

Abed only has three minutes of film with Chang, though, and doesn't want to make the movie because he doesn't even know what the movie is. The group-wanting the $500,000 they can get for having a film with Chang in it-convinces Abed to do it, but they have to have it finished in 3 days.

The result of the 3 days of filming is a movie called "Chief Starr and the Raiders of the Galaxy" with Chang as Chief Starr. The film is so bad and I'd explain the premise of it, but honestly that's the least important part of the episode. The director loved the film, though, and all they have to do is cut seven minutes so that it's 81 minutes long and then they can premiere it.

This leads to the group's decision to cut Jeff's character's death scene, but this upsets Jeff and he steals the computer. As Jeff tries to edit the film himself, Abed comes in and talks to Jeff. Jeff admits to him that he's upset that he's going to be the last one left at Greendale. Abed comforts Jeff by telling him that life, like the movie, is dumb, pointless and is often upsetting but there are those moments where "Annie reaches down her shirt," aka the moments that are spontaneous and good. Jeff is thankful for Abed's talk, and agrees to cut his scene out of the film.

The episode ends in typical COMMUNITY fashion: with the director having a troubling call with the distributer, Chang having a scandal that involves "James Franco's balls" and then gets fired from his Spielberg movie, and Chang returning to Greendale and everything going back to normal.

What an episode! It's the return of Abed's filmmaking! Except, this time, Abed had to let go of his filming style, and allow the film to be crap so that it can be finished in time, which was not pleasant for him. However, the film is finished and everyone is happy-even Garrett who really took to his character, wearing a shirt that says #WhoIsGlipGlop. However, it was Chang's rise to fame and this film that made Jeff realize that he is going to be the last one at Greendale, since everyone is going to leave, just like Troy, Pierce, and Shirley did. A somber moment between Jeff and Abed, but a sweet moment, too, as Abed does his best to comfort Jeff, even if it is through movie metaphors. I can relate to Jeff's sentiment, because moving on is scary, and the idea that everyone you care about might leave is terrifying. I only hope Jeff can keep it together and handle the changing dynamic of the group.

Some of my other favorite parts of the episode:

-Chang being cast as "the color blue" in a Spielberg movie about Play-Doh!

-Frankie playing the steel drums dressed up a la Star Wars.

-The Frisbee call back and Abed popping out of them yelling "Bazinga!"

-Jeff's obsession with Chris Pratt and how he believes they added his muscles into Guardians of the Galaxy, "I watched Parks and Rec!"

-Magnitude coming back! Although, he didn't say "pop pop!" sadly

-Britta and Annie fighting about Annie hurting Feminism and Britta not paying the rent

-Elroy's rant about the billiards ball he found in his home.

I loved this episode, but I still only have one complaint: why hasn't the Dean dressed up/made any puns?! Dan Harmon, don't leave me hanging.

Also: I read some articles about how COMMUNITY has almost "disappeared" in conversations and that no one is really paying attention to it, which I don't think is true at all. I think the fans are still here and are still enjoying the show, I know I am. I really love this season and the changes that have occurred. The writing is still stronger than most comedies on television, and they continue to produce episodes that make me laugh and think. COMMUNITY isn't dead, and anyone who thinks that just isn't watching.

Okay, rant over.

Favorite Quotes from the Episode:

-The Dean: "Well it's been three weeks, I'm having his car towed!"

-Abed: "Real life former cops aren't great with dialogue."

-Elroy: "There's no green 3 in billiards, now there's a green 6 and a green 14, but never a green 3, so what sport is this from, and why is it in my RV?"

-Jeff: "You'll need a Chris Pratt type, ill do it if I have to, I can slouch."

-Jeff: "Its sci-fi, it doesn't matter." -Abed: "Please don't say that, I know you don't mean that."

-Abed: "Bazinga!"

-Jeff: "Every single one of you is going to leave here except for me"

-Abed: "And we stop thinking about Chris Pratt so much because it is not healthy."

-Director: "What's chapter 12? What's youtbue? What's broadband? What's digital?"

-Chang: "Tell Steven Spielberg to lick my butt."

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