doppelganglander 6/16/2020 5:14:43 PM

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lucius septimius 6/16/2020 5:15:04 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 1:

Indeed.

Kosh's Shadow 6/16/2020 6:19:43 PM

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Kosh's Shadow 6/16/2020 6:21:38 PM

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And Tucker Carlson calls the BLM movement the most powerful political party in the US.

That worries me. They hate Jews with an intersectional passion.

I figured Jews had another 10 years or so in the US, before the college students who minored in Jew-hatred (whether they knew it or not) started running things, but I'm not so sure now.

buzzsawmonkey 6/16/2020 6:26:25 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 4:

Kosh---did you see my comment atop the day thread regarding the old 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea film?

Kosh's Shadow 6/16/2020 6:41:51 PM

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In #5 buzzsawmonkey said: Kosh---did you see my comment atop the day thread regarding the old 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea film?

Yes, thanks. The only link I can find to the article requires New Yorker subscription.

But the entire movie is on youtube

and there are other IMDB and Wikipedia articles on the movie as well.

The book itself isn't in great shape. Don't get to used bookstores much now. 

doppelganglander 6/16/2020 6:55:17 PM

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doppelganglander 6/16/2020 7:04:31 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 7:

Sidebar: The first time I saw stereotypical minstrel show characters depicted in tchotchkes (salt and pepper shakers, figurines, and whatnot), they were for sale in an antique shop in California. I was shocked, but the manager told me that they were highly collectible, and most of her buyers were black. This was in the mid-'80s; I'm not sure how that would go over today.

Kosh's Shadow 6/16/2020 7:08:55 PM

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In #7 doppelganglander said: Aunt Jemima

Jukebox (Frank Zappa warning)

doppelganglander 6/16/2020 7:17:00 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 9:

You are not turning me into a Frank Zappa fan. That sounds like this morning when I dropped two spoons in the garbage disposal.

buzzsawmonkey 6/16/2020 7:18:41 PM

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In #7 doppelganglander said: The woke toddlers at Twitter have discovered that Aunt Jemima is based on a minstrel show character.

While "Aunt Jemima" predated her, the Italian actress Tess Gardella made a career performing in blackface as "Aunt Jemima." She is the "black" singer in the last section of the "I'm Laughing" sequence from the 1934 film "Stand Up and Cheer."

Kosh's Shadow 6/16/2020 7:23:32 PM

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In #10 doppelganglander said: You are not turning me into a Frank Zappa fan. That sounds like this morning when I dropped two spoons in the garbage disposal.

Zappa is an acquired taste. And I have been listening to his music less  and less. But I could not resist.

Note I DID give a warning

Kosh's Shadow 6/16/2020 7:24:29 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 11:
No one tell youtube or they'll ban it!

Kosh's Shadow 6/16/2020 7:30:46 PM

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So, India and China have a border skirmish.

The bitch running North Korea blows up a building.

COVID

Black Lives Matter and no one else

Defund the police

We are living in interesting times, as the supposed Chinese curse goes.

Kosh's Shadow 6/16/2020 7:50:30 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 6:

The 1916 version of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea has Nemo looking Turkish, like the novel says.

doppelganglander 6/16/2020 7:55:36 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 11:

That was just awful - I mean, artistically really bad. She's about as convincing as a black woman as Taylor Swift. 

Interesting, though, that Hollywood was making movies designed to cheer up Depression-era Americans. No whining, no blaming the system, just rolling up your sleeves and getting to work.