School shootings are always scary. It's now being reported that one of the students has died.
Overwhelming? How much more than whelming would that be exactly?
Anya ,'Touched'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
ChiKat - Feb 27, 2012 7:21:10 am PST #23976 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
DavidS - Feb 27, 2012 7:29:29 am PST #23977 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Did Billy Crystal really perform in blackface?
He did blackface as Sammy Davis Jr., in his opening clip segment pre-filmed thingie.
Polter-Cow - Feb 27, 2012 8:04:12 am PST #23978 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I was wondering who the hell that was and if I was supposed to recognize him (the actor, not Sammy).
Nora Deirdre - Feb 27, 2012 8:25:50 am PST #23979 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
He did blackface as Sammy Davis Jr., in his opening clip segment pre-filmed thingie.
Uh, no. FAIL.
Did not watch the Oscars and now I'm super glad I didn't! Watched Warehouse 13 on Netflix On Demand instead.
Gudanov - Feb 27, 2012 8:38:02 am PST #23980 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
He did blackface as Sammy Davis Jr., in his opening clip segment pre-filmed thingie.
Really? WTF?
I didn't even know it was Oscar time. I may have been getting BIND to work on a virtual server at the time or doing taxes (much better refund that I was thinking it would be, I double checked and tripled checked it and it looked right, not that I was really expecting TurboTax to make a mistake)
§ ita § - Feb 27, 2012 8:38:07 am PST #23981 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There was no reason that sketch needed Sammy Davis Jr, or why a white guy had to play him if he was actually intrinsic (Billy was already in the scene), and the makeup didn't make him look more like SDJ, just less like Billy.
He's not a good enough comedian/actor to get past the baggage, so why take it on?
I don't have a zero tolerance policy on blackface, but I do think it should be carefully considered first. Because it will continue to have baggage for years, and there's nothing any individual can do to take that away. So you have to be able to shoulder it.
Jesse - Feb 27, 2012 8:41:06 am PST #23982 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, I saw some jokes ahead of time about how bad it would be if he were in blackface for something about The Help... but no, they just decided to throw in some unrelated blackface! That's OK, then.
Jessica - Feb 27, 2012 8:45:32 am PST #23983 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The whole thing was so weird and random. By the time I'd figured out that yes, that WAS Billy Crystal in blackface, I was almost too confused to be offended. I just have no idea what any of it added to the scene, or what the joke was supposed to be. (Like, was Justin Bieber originally supposed to be played by Eddie Murphy or something? I DON'T GET IT.)
I thought the "Our next movie is Gone With The Wind" / "Will there be monkeys in it?" exchange was much worse, in light of coming about three seconds after The Help won an Oscar.
On the whole, not a great night for avoiding racism on tv.
Jessica - Feb 27, 2012 8:48:47 am PST #23984 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
In totally unrelated news, I just ate some really spicy Thai noodles for lunch and this is the first time all day I haven't been freezing to my bones. Maybe I can get my doctor to write me a prescription.
Calli - Feb 27, 2012 8:49:53 am PST #23985 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I saw reports about the school shooting earlier. The Guardian, a UK paper, had an article up about it an hour before any of the US papers I follow (NY Times, etc.). I'm sorry your parents are so close to it, Kat.
I was hit by the insomnia fairy last night. Today is full of vital people being elsewhere and things not working. And I have a grease spot on my sweater than I didn't notice before leaving the office. All your minor Monday hassles are belong to us. Well, ok, some of them. Enough of them to be going on with.