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March 30, 2012 •
Entertainment, Politics •
Views: 1206
The child that moved into my house last July has greatly diluted the amount of time I have to watch movies, be it in the house or at the movies. I wouldn’t have it any other way, just sayin’.
Due to my cable going on the fritz in some storms last night, I was in need of something to do last night. I was able to take in Game Change last night with the ladies. Well, little one crawled around the living room and played, but we were all in the room.
Watching the movie, I was quite entertained as the movie suggested and/or delved deeper into things I’d only read about on the internets before. I will not opine on what it suggested about the complete and total trainwreck that was the McFailin’ campaign in 2008 and just how much of that came directly as a result of (1) the selection of Palin in the first place, and (2) empowering her, an apparent egomaniac, which created the monster that would prove the undoing of the campaign.
Enough on that.
Just after the movie ended, my cable was back and my Syracuse Orange had lost the game. Instead of getting all dejected about a loss that I knew was coming, my fiancé had looked to see what Palin’s “official” response was to the movie and implored me to check it out and chuckle with her. Despite her “not going to see” (Palin’s words, not mine) the made-for-HBO movie (ha!), her website featured the statement:
Despite HBO’s best efforts, we have all seen the movie Game Change. We stand by everything we previously said on the record. The movie is at best “historical fiction” – historical only in that Sarah Palin was nominated and campaigned for the office of Vice President. The movie is a series of scenes where the dialogue, locations and participants are invented or rendered unrecognizable for dramatic effect. HBO and its surrogates continue to argue that they spoke to 25 sources. None of them are on the record nor is their level of involvement in the campaign disclosed. Not one source is on the record in either the book or in the movie and it is clear why. The authors of the book never even traveled on the campaign with Governor Palin. We call on HBO to add the fiction disclaimer.
You know… I took a moment to think back on the things I saw on HBO when I actually DID have the channel available between my teenage years and 2007.
-Live sex/bastermation/insertion depicted on premium cable TV, both homo and hetero, with no X-rating.
-Crack being bought, sold and smoked; Crystal Meth, and Black Tar Heroin as well
-Prostitutes observed, followed and interviewed WHILE ON THE STROLL
… and the pimps who put them there
Through all of that, I’ve YET to hear/read of any of the drug/ass salespersons arrested as a direct result of their on-screen actions, nor have I heard anything of HBO themselves being tied up in it for their involvement.
I say all that to say that if HBO’s very apparently adept team of lawyers had ANY reason to think that they would have a problem with potential libel/defamation/slander, then the movie would have been edited accordingly or would already be marked as a fictional work – at worse, it might have been scrapped. She (or her people) continue(s) the time-tested tactic of “tell em a lie and let it serve your message until someone refudiates it” where they challenge that “none of the ’25 sources’ are on record. Steve Schmidt and Nicolle Wallace, both intimately involved in the actions depicted in the film, defend its accuracy without apparent fear of retribution from the party, and George Stephanopoulos Liberal Media tool, defends it as accurate as well.
Alas, it is not marked as a fictional work, and I would be dollars to donuts that it never will be. The fact that people depicted in it have come forward to defend the accuracy speaks volumes to me. In fact, it was a damned entertaining movie and Sarah can continue to refuse to see it, but I think I will watch it a couple more times.
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March 24, 2012 •
Entertainment, Justice, Media, Race •
Views: 835
On some real talk: this Trayvon Martin thing has become exhausting. No seriously, I’m at the point where it’s hard for me to even respond to all the stupid talk about the situation. If it isn’t the idiocy of Dr. Boyce Watkins and his article bashing president Obama for not
March 7, 2012 •
Culture, Entertainment, Gender, Race •
Views: 2299
It was only a few months ago when a Dutch Magazine crowned Rihanna as the Ultimate Nigga Bitch… The backlash over the editorial gaffe– (and poor judgment in journalism) was palpable, as people across the Blogosphere and social networking forums were outraged by the offense, and
February 29, 2012 •
Culture, Entertainment, Race •
Views: 6309
I’m no connoisseur of vintage adult publications, but do consider the elements that went into creating them during their time, quite interesting; specifically the role Black artists, photographers, models, and distributors (if any) played in the world of vintage adult periodicals and magazine
February 25, 2012 •
Culture, Entertainment, Media, Race •
Views: 2211
It took me a bit of a spell to mull this post over, as there were so many thoughts to sift through, particularly since the myriad of things have been reported in the press since Whitney Houston’s death and funeral and there has been much commentary regarding fame, fan-dom, and drug-abuse.
February 21, 2012 •
Culture, Entertainment, Gender, Race •
Views: 1875
So, I think the internet exploded sometime over the last couple of days with the speculation that Chris Brown and Rihanna had reunited. Then for Rihanna’s birthday, she and Chris Brown exchanged tweets and released new music together. I spied with mine own eyes, the entire
February 13, 2012 •
Culture, Entertainment, Media, Race •
Views: 1666
Legendary musical artist Whitney Houston has passed away. Her death leaves countless fans worldwide saddened, and in disbelief. With her troubles with drug abuse, and her tumultuous marriage to Bobby Brown being public. With the summer release of her latest movie role, it’s safe to say
February 9, 2012 •
Culture, Education, Entertainment, Media, Race •
Views: 1486
So I got an email from a reader this morning; a reader who happens to be white. After reading my recent post about the politics of the fake “War on Religion” being waged by president Obama, he felt compelled to write me. No big deal because this happens quite often; yep, it’s not
January 26, 2012 •
Culture, Entertainment, Gender, Race •
Views: 1619
Pariah (puh-rayh-uh) noun: 1) a person without status 2) a rejected member of society 3) an outcast I will never forget the first time my mother called me a faggot. It was Thanksgiving 2004. We had just gotten home from visiting my grandfather in the hospital. My mother and I had gotten into a
January 12, 2012 •
Entertainment, Race •
Views: 2144
Admittedly, I’m not much of a “collector”. There are few things that I feel necessary to call a collection; in fact, I don’t like a lot of clutter and I find it unnecessary to have a bunch of things that don’t serve much of a functional purpose. This is not to say, of
January 10, 2012 •
Culture, Entertainment, Gender, Race •
Views: 2110
I’ll admit it: when Jennifer Hudson began to endorse Weight Watchers, I got so sick of hearing her scream at me through the television that it made me cringe. Seriously. However, I thought her progress was beautiful and having successfully participated in Weight Watchers in the past, I could
December 30, 2011 •
Culture, Entertainment, Gender, Race •
Views: 1321
I recently watched a short documentary called “The Colour of Beauty“, about the limitations that Black women are faced with when attempting to break into the fashion industry. That’s right, people; contrary to what Tyra and Top Model may have you believe, women of color are still
December 26, 2011 •
Culture, Entertainment, Race •
Views: 2450
So another holiday season is upon us, and another year is almost over. Of course you know what that means, right? Yup, you guessed it; it’s time for yet another display of niggerdom. That’s right folks, it’s the annual Air Jordan Stampede. Not as popular as the running of the
December 22, 2011 •
Culture, Entertainment, Justice •
Views: 1311
Most of you, probably get annoyed by Christmas music, on the radio, in the office, being played 24/7. Wouldn’t it suck if there was a Christmas music radio station that played nothing but Christmas music all year long? And wouldn’t it be really messed up if your boss was raised by elves
November 14, 2011 •
Culture, Entertainment, Politics •
Views: 1212
Priscilla Grimm, I agree with you for taking Jay Z to task on his exploitative actions regarding the Occupy Wall Street Movement. Selling t-shirts that are pulling from the moment of OWS protestors and not donating a dime is cause to Put His Ass on Blast. Jay Z is an over-rated rapper who has
