MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Order today at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
One man slaps another man on live television.
One man slaps another man on the street corner.
What's the difference?
Tell me, if you can.
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One man come in the name of love
One man come and go
One man come, he to justify
One man to overthrow
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
One man caught on a barbed wire fence
One man he resist
One man washed on an empty beach
One man betrayed with a kiss
by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 03/30/2022 - 2:32pm
Perhaps consider whether the name of love deserves the accolade.
by barefooted on Wed, 03/30/2022 - 3:48pm
Pride?
by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 03/30/2022 - 5:50pm
ah but the Academy Awards aren't a street corner, nor a Waffle House at 3 am -
a more apt comparison would be an audience member doing it at an opera.
by artappraiser on Wed, 03/30/2022 - 6:43pm
Most important is the film celebrating the Williams Sisters'... er, father. Grrl Power! Behind every successful woman is a strong man, amirite?
by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 03/30/2022 - 7:23pm
yes, you're getting there, that's a good summation of what he said in the acceptance speech, as if trying to convince himself, while crying yet. Meanwhile, maybe it's just me but I suspect the wife gave a flying fuck, especially after seeing her vague statement today.
One big takeaway from reading too much on this: EVERYBODY respects Morgan Freeman, EVERYBODY, all colors, ethnicities and classes. And he does that without ever hitting anyone, just by having the voice of God.
by artappraiser on Wed, 03/30/2022 - 8:22pm
Did she talk about how their open marriage inspires her? Does anyone she's sleeping with get slapping rights as part of the deal?
by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 03/31/2022 - 12:27am
Nope. The guy on the street, especially if Black, would not have had the opportunity to tearfully make a speech and then dance the night away.
by barefooted on Thu, 03/31/2022 - 12:20pm
here's from one of our most renowned novelists/writers revealing what many don't know about her, she's a huge longtime fan of professional boxing:
breaking the rules of the manly art of boxing: toxic, not cool
breaking the traditional mystique of the Academy Awards: toxic, not cool
by artappraiser on Wed, 03/30/2022 - 8:49pm
Is that what he did? He broke the rules of traditional mystique?
Or did he intentionally slap another man?
by barefooted on Thu, 03/31/2022 - 12:39pm
Answer (well-scripted and timed):
by artappraiser on Fri, 04/01/2022 - 11:29pm
Remember the days when you'd just say "sorry, i fucked up big time" without committing to some AA-like spiritual journey to atone and remake yourself as a "better person"?
Yippy-kay-yay, motherfuckera - let's have some fun.
by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 04/02/2022 - 12:36am
I can't find any documentation for this video but I'm sharing it here as it seems to fit:
by artappraiser on Sun, 04/03/2022 - 9:14pm
da coup de grace (non-physical) on top of being banned from The Academy for a decade, because these kind of stories are virtually always planted by someone with an agenda:
by artappraiser on Fri, 04/08/2022 - 7:40pm
As if Hollywood wouldn't have an agenda. Vengeance is a dish...
by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 04/09/2022 - 3:14am
Good ending to the story, at least I think so:
by artappraiser on Wed, 07/27/2022 - 7:01pm
if you ever revisit this thread, here's the coda:
by artappraiser on Mon, 03/06/2023 - 12:02am