It’s Saturday night, so you know what that means?!
Cartoons!
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3uq1b8
Okay look – there’s not a lot on these days. So I figured, why not go deep down some rabbit hole & find a historical artifact that, when viewed with today’s eyes, seems wildly out of place, and the act of just watching it makes the woke folk on Twitter twitch. It’s got everything:
- A stereotyped 1950s Black woman, with a voiced by Lillian Randolph.
- There are versions with the voice dubbed over, and one where she’s replaced by a white girl out with her boyfriend.
- If you think I’m linking to the picture, you’re crazy.
- A totem pole reference.
- “Black” music.
It’s fleeting racism, but racism nonetheless. I remember seeing this one on TV into the early 1980s, which shows that walls come down very slowly. It’s not happening fast enough, as Volkswagen got pilloried this week for a 10-second ad which contained:
- a dark-skinned man being manoeuvred around by a pair of white women’s hands before being flicked away from a yellow VW Golf;
- the man is flicked into a café called “Petit Colon”, which translates both from French to English and from French to German as “Little Settler” or “Little Colonist”;
- some allege that, in today’s climate, the flicking hand could be interpreted as making a “white power” gesture.
- when the German slogan “Der Neue Golf” (“The New Golf”) fades in, the letters which fade in first spell out a word in German, “neger”, which can be used as the German equivalent of the n-word.
Well, judge for yourself.
And the cake they ate tasted something like this:
“We at Volkswagen are aware of the historical origins and the guilt of our company during the Nazi regime,” the statement reads. “That is precisely why we resolutely oppose all forms of hatred, slander/propaganda, and discrimination.”
If Seamus were still with us, he would have had the most delightful opinion. Then we’d twist the knife about the crazy Australian racist he once dated, and then we’d spend the next four hours making fun of his love life. But the fucker just had to go trade continued existence for the chance to bang Phyllis George, and all we are left with are the memories & the smiles he brought us (through his misery).
[FYI – “Mammy Two-Shoes” first made an appearance in “Puss Gets the Boot” (1940). Outcry led to the “Mammy” character being discontinued, after 19 episodes, by Hanna-Barbera in 1952, with “Push-Button Kitty”.]
Tonight’s … entertainment?:
- Korea Baseball Organization:
- Hanwha Eagles at NC Dinos – 12:55 AM | ESPN / TSN
- Caddyshack – 8:00 PM | IFC
- Hopefully, it’s not too edited. We all know how you Americans can’t handle boobies on TV.
- Casablanca – 8:00 PM | TCM
- It’s fucking Bogart & Bergman – what more do you need?
Tonight appears to be an “entertain yourselves” kind of evening. Good luck.
In honor of Memorial Day I’m going to smoke some pot, which I rarely do. For Seamus.
Canter’s Deli, Los Angeles 2019
Really skimping on the fries.
Fries are over-rated.
This was actually at LAX:
https://narratively.com/the-deadliest-marksmans-cold-brave-stand/?utm_source=pocket-newtab
I believe I recognize that Scottish breakfast.
I can’t remember what’s down there at 4 o’clock
I think it’s a grilled mushroom.
4:00 am affects memory.
I think it is a grilled mushroom. This was in London last September.
Fuck it, finally watching Knives Out
Entertaining! I was drunk, but still.
I liked it, but was with family and in a good mood, and not in my usual dark, cynical self. Plus one of my favorites has plenty of screen time and takes advantage of it. Well directed, good timing, and a great cast. That said it is an enjoyable comedy, but not something to get the DVD or put in your top drawer.
You will only be disappointed in the fact that the pretty Spanish girl is bumping uglies in real life with Ben Affleck.
Ana De Armas is Cuban, and she’s so attractive even that terrible, horrible, terrible fact can’t ruin it…… yet anyway.
He’s dumped a tonne of sperm around those parts.
Ahh. I couldn’t remember the specific geographical location. I didn’t want to guess.
It doesn’t take away from the exact correctness of your statement.
Brownishy, Spanishy, only accepted emigrant because she’s hawt! USA!
Knock Knock with Reeves and Bladerunner 2049 and the new Bond; not out yet.
Oh got this is the SNL with the awful wish you were here cover
People actually like it. I did not. Miley should be executed for this sin.
Lady BFC and I made two different parts of dinner and our timing couldn’t be worse. I finished the protein 15-20 minutes ago and she’s still working on her input, which while more complicated, is leading to me being fucking hungry.
Just go French; make it into courses.
Ordered parts for a new PC build today. That’s my new “stay sane” project
Evening, BeerEducatorBobert. SO MUCH RAYCISM!
You do realize, of course, that the real victims of racism are those who are called out for racism.
And I’m drinking like it’s a holiday-weekend Satirday. CHEERS E’ERYONE.
Yes, those poor guys.
ohnice wfucin skinheadz in apewoerld! you seee this?
shitz gettin otua control1