...but will it be all sparkly w/ rhinestones, and will he give her a huge bouquet and play that song?

I took a two week course in Greece and Turkey last summer. In Istanbul, one of the girls went to get an ice cream and the vendor stuck a cone down her shirt. Some of the students that were there pulled her away before the guy could actually start scooping the ice cream, and then left without saying a word.

Were they pissed? Yes. Did they retaliate in any way? No. They understood that they were in a place that played by their own rules. And they respected that.

Same thing applies here. I'm not defending this guy's behavior- it's backwards as fuck. It's just something that this chick should have gritted her teeth over, though. None of that "I'm an AMUHRICAN and THIS is how we do it" shit.

...Assuming this all sparked from the alleged confrontation with a hot dog she hints at in the first few seconds, that is.

>> ^honkeytonk73:
Its not Nature. It is Jesus. Nothing would happen without Jesus. Physics doesn't exist. Everything is Jesus. It is all sparkly poofy magic. Nuff said.


Irony lost on the VS crowd i guess? 2 downvotes..

Its not Nature. It is Jesus. Nothing would happen without Jesus. Physics doesn't exist. Everything is Jesus. It is all sparkly poofy magic. Nuff said.

If it was a documentary, or discussion of attitudes in any way.. well, that would be different. But given your policy statement (which makes sense), the offensive nature (regardless of historical context), and this quote "Some feel that this cartoon is so offensive to African-Americans that it should be consigned to the censor's vault for all eternity, lest any showing of it at all spark an outpouring of anger, shame, and outrage among blacks and indeed, all who rightfully seek to eradicate racism from our society."

I tend to agree with that quote and don't forget there are many people who still hold these views and stereotypes.

I will start to post every black-face clip, Amos and Andy, and other "historical" documentation of the early 20th C.

Whoa. Upvote for being a significant work, but that was incredibly hard to watch. The energy and creativity are certainly there, but I literally had my hands over my face for large swatches of the movie.

Wikipedia

In addition, Martin "Dr. Toon" Goodman:

Because the film is a cartoon masterpiece, a cultural tour de force of 1940's America, and a vital example of how animation is often able to capture a nation's social nuances in ways that live-action films can never hope to do, Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs should be seen by animation fans and anyone else interested in the evolution of our cultural mythos. There is, however, a problem. The film contains what are today considered shockingly racist images. In fact, one might say that in some circles its reputation is blacker than coal. Defenders of this short are quick to point out that the cartoon was made without malice, meanness of spirit, and with the full cooperation of black performers who by all accounts found the cartoon hilariously entertaining. It has been noted that Clampett, by insisting on using Watso, Beals, and the Dandridges, struck a blow agaist the inherent racism of 1940's Hollywood. Again, the concept of black men (though in caricature) wearing US Army uniforms while performing heroic deeds has been lauded in some quarters as one of the few depictions of blacks in that sort of role during the war years. Beacause the country adopted racist attitudes, it has been reasoned, cartoons carried these images forth, as did radio, stage, and movies. For good or ill, such were the times.

Yet for many, the coat-of arms bearing dice and switchblades, the dice that serve as Prince Chawmin's front teeth, the wild-eyed jitterbigging, the black dialect, and the thick-lipped caricatures mark this cartoon as far from harmless. Even though Clampett may have meant to show the Teutonic Master Race that even the blacks they despised were a formidable foe to reckon with when gathered under the American flag, the racist images speak only of contempt, bigotry, and ridicule. Some feel that this cartoon is so offensive to African-Americans that it should be consigned to the censor's vault for all eternity, lest any showing of it at all spark an outpouring of anger, shame, and outrage among blacks and indeed, all who rightfully seek to eradicate racism from our society.

Only from certain angles .

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“now you're all sparkly!”

now you're all sparkly!

I wish that would have been true pass.the.grog.

Here's hoping they all spark jays, maybe take some LSD, am sure that's definately rattle those synapses