tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569200156065234506.post4909674117089107090..comments2023-06-02T01:26:26.500-07:00Comments on The Note: CriticalAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04217263100811863552noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569200156065234506.post-89025822987544070562009-06-18T12:36:37.223-07:002009-06-18T12:36:37.223-07:00May I interject a comment here?
Rae has a definite...May I interject a comment here?<br />Rae has a definite ax to grind.<br />Before Sidney Poitier, to my memory, all we had was Al Jolson, Little Rascals, and Butterfly McQueen!<br />Paul Winfield---but who's heard of him today???<br /><br />In the '50's(maybe before)black culture became hip to the beat generation. Everybody wanted to score weed, bop to the tunes, and generally live with freedom of expression that was taboo in Whiteland. I hate to keep harping on the Christian right-wing, but I will until everybody gets it. They control this country, and are surely the most racist, bigoted, nay-sayers. They are anti-spiritual to the Nth degree.<br />Their minds are made up, by rules that were supposedly laid down over 2000 years ago! And the money boys in charge do the interpreting! It's disgusting! <br /><br />But I'm off point a tad. Maybe not. Suffice it to say that they are bigoted for a reason...stupidity!!!<br /><br />And their influence runs deep into our psyche...yours, mine , Rae's,<br />et al. <br /><br />Thanks guys, I feel better.glthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09965186176012175875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569200156065234506.post-78741527925921155862009-06-18T10:20:55.461-07:002009-06-18T10:20:55.461-07:00"The Little Rascals"...I am a bit of an ..."The Little Rascals"...I am a bit of an authority. LOL !<br /><br />Buckwheat? ---> Alfalfa, Spanky, Porky<br /><br />Stymie? ----> Chubby Chaney, Wheezer, Brisbane<br /><br />Personally, I think the Rascals did it the right way...they were all street urchins...and Buckwheat and Stymie (from two different eras) were equals in the "gang" and truly beloved and trusted members of the group. <br /><br />I interviewed Spanky McFarland shortly before he died, and he said the saddest part of those memories is that when the cameras stopped rolling, Matthew Beard (Stymie) and Billy Thomas (Buckwheat) went back to be treated "black" and not as one of the team. It was quite touching...<br /><br />Back to your current point...is Tyler Perry any better or worse for his "race" than Larry the Cable Guy is for his? <br /><br />Isn't this country (and your industry) thrilled with...pleased with...impressed with...and CLAMORING FOR the future works of Denzel Washington, Hallie Barry, Jamie Foxx, Will Smith...etc etc etc...<br /><br />Personally...I am waiting for "When We Were Pirates" to come out...<br /><br />ARAustin Rhodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539844249377271026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569200156065234506.post-83474060484156084172009-06-18T09:35:37.821-07:002009-06-18T09:35:37.821-07:00Unfortunately clowns of color historically is all ...Unfortunately clowns of color historically is all we have ever had until the last 40 years or so.<br /><br /> The Little rascals on up.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04217263100811863552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569200156065234506.post-75875147011337914902009-06-18T09:33:33.045-07:002009-06-18T09:33:33.045-07:00They/YOU/ I should bristle at Cheech and Chong'...They/YOU/ I should bristle at Cheech and Chong's humor and within my family it is a HUGE "issue" we are not in agreement most of the time. NO me and my father have a vast chasm regarding his taste if you had the luxury or anti luxury of seeing C&C in concert my Fathers wife was extremely inappropriate. I am sad to say but it's their business not mine. Am I guilty because I am related? I hope not. YES we can complain about low or lowest brow comedy and by the way as far as the shows you mention the vast majority of media protraying "whites" isn't that LOW BROW number of shows protraying the White Majority is well represented, in fact beautifully. For the minority the same can not be said.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04217263100811863552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569200156065234506.post-18936783438536853192009-06-18T09:08:37.280-07:002009-06-18T09:08:37.280-07:00I appreciate your concerns about Tyler Perry's...I appreciate your concerns about Tyler Perry's material...but I do need to ask...should whites feel offended at the comedic portrayals of the Beverly Hillbillies? Or the pair from Dumb and Dumber...or, even a little closer to home for you...should hispanics and asian americans bristle at Cheech and Chong?<br /><br />Don't clowns come in all colors?<br /><br />ARAustin Rhodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539844249377271026noreply@blogger.com