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ABC Season's Greetings!
What better way to celebrate Christmas than to watch violent movie trailers on TV?
Normally I like to watch NBA games on Christmas while cooking in the kitchen, especially when the Cavs play the Warriors, but this year I had to turn off the TV before halftime. The horribly violent movie trailer commercials failed to add anything festive to my mood. Forgive me if I don't want to see Deadpool "sharing bullets" on the holidays. Or the gun-infested H8ful Eight. Or the gun-slingin' fools in Ride Along 2. Or the Michael Bay movie of war & violence.
Just this past December there was a mass shooting, terrorist attack, and random acts of assorted violence in America, only a sick culture would promote the glorification of fictitious violence on its most sacred Holiday. And only a brainless depraved audience would be entertained.
The only sane alternative to this brutish spectacle is to keep the television off. And so I pulled the plug before my Holiday spirit was ruined. I replaced the noise with music.
Music has the power to uplift the soul, whereas ABC tries to crush it.
Normally I like to watch NBA games on Christmas while cooking in the kitchen, especially when the Cavs play the Warriors, but this year I had to turn off the TV before halftime. The horribly violent movie trailer commercials failed to add anything festive to my mood. Forgive me if I don't want to see Deadpool "sharing bullets" on the holidays. Or the gun-infested H8ful Eight. Or the gun-slingin' fools in Ride Along 2. Or the Michael Bay movie of war & violence.
Just this past December there was a mass shooting, terrorist attack, and random acts of assorted violence in America, only a sick culture would promote the glorification of fictitious violence on its most sacred Holiday. And only a brainless depraved audience would be entertained.
The only sane alternative to this brutish spectacle is to keep the television off. And so I pulled the plug before my Holiday spirit was ruined. I replaced the noise with music.
Music has the power to uplift the soul, whereas ABC tries to crush it.
Out of Touch Oscar Weiners
The Oscars haven't been culturally relevant for the past decade, but now some people want to complain about them because they weren't nominated.
There. That one sentence could accurately sum up the nonsense noise cascading through social media, and the news.
Instead of complaining about real issues (the Flint Water crisis, climate change, gun violence, etc.) these 1% nimrods have their silk panties in a twist over a celebrated circle jerk.
Will Smith wasn't nominated so he's taking his football and going home to eat sour grapes. Smith earns millions of dollars making movies, but he's still not happy with the unjust society that loves him.
Tyrese made a public plea to Chris Rock not to host. Yeah, that makes zero sense. Why wouldn't you want a black host? Tyrese makes Fast & Furious movies, and was in Ride Along 2. And he wonders why those movies weren't nominated? Dude has a Benihana in his backyard yet he's outraged over the Oscars. Miss me with that noise.
These people are so out of touch with reality. They make more money in one movie than most Americans make in a decade. Plus, they're tone deaf to real issues that matter. Not even a week after a tearful Obama conducted a news conference calling for gun control, Ride Along 2 commercials aired with the Ice Cube punchline to Kevin Hart "I'll shoot you in the face if you call me your brother-in-law again." That movie was #1 at the box office opening week, which is a moral indictment against our braindead culture. If anything, people should be boycotting that shitty movie!
George Clooney had the nerve to chime in, yet how many black people are in Hail, Caesar? Better yet, how many black actors are in the movies he directs? Hypocrisy disguised as concern.
I understand Spike Lee: he's employing the carnival barker strategy to raise awareness for his latest movie. But don't buy into his bullshit and cry for him, because he'll be courtside surrounded by other 1%ers watching a dreadful Knicks game Oscar night. My only problem with Spike is that he basically stated white people have no flavor, which is sort of a racist statement if you think about it.
I don't give a shit about the Oscars, but this "controversy" just feeds into the fiction of White Privilege. This so-called privilege has eluded me thus far, but there have been Bigfoot-like sightings of it on Twitter. Just once I would like to experience it. My Mom busted her ass for over 30 years as a postal carrier so she could provide for her family and afford a home. And had the Privilege to endure 2 hip replacement surgeries as a result of the physical demands of her job.
And now I'm busting my ass just to make a short movie. Nobody's giving me anything, I'm working to raise the money. Yet these Hollywood people who make millions and have successful careers are whining, and social media is in an uproar about White Privilege. I remember having the Privilege of my film school professor hate on me because of my gender and race. If this is white privilege then I want no part of it.
Rich Privilege does exist. It is the privilege to complain about irrelevant award shows instead of real issues. Both black and white people are suffering in Flint, Michigan. Both black and white people suffer from gun violence everyday in America. Dividing the races with White Privilege mythology, and sham Oscar boycotts, only strengthens one group of people: the rich 1% who run this country.
Making movies seems insignificant compared to the real issues affecting millions of Americans every day. I only have one question for the Hollywood whiners: do you make movies for the Oscars, or do you make movies because you love it?
Making movies should be its own reward.
There. That one sentence could accurately sum up the nonsense noise cascading through social media, and the news.
Instead of complaining about real issues (the Flint Water crisis, climate change, gun violence, etc.) these 1% nimrods have their silk panties in a twist over a celebrated circle jerk.
Will Smith wasn't nominated so he's taking his football and going home to eat sour grapes. Smith earns millions of dollars making movies, but he's still not happy with the unjust society that loves him.
Tyrese made a public plea to Chris Rock not to host. Yeah, that makes zero sense. Why wouldn't you want a black host? Tyrese makes Fast & Furious movies, and was in Ride Along 2. And he wonders why those movies weren't nominated? Dude has a Benihana in his backyard yet he's outraged over the Oscars. Miss me with that noise.
These people are so out of touch with reality. They make more money in one movie than most Americans make in a decade. Plus, they're tone deaf to real issues that matter. Not even a week after a tearful Obama conducted a news conference calling for gun control, Ride Along 2 commercials aired with the Ice Cube punchline to Kevin Hart "I'll shoot you in the face if you call me your brother-in-law again." That movie was #1 at the box office opening week, which is a moral indictment against our braindead culture. If anything, people should be boycotting that shitty movie!
George Clooney had the nerve to chime in, yet how many black people are in Hail, Caesar? Better yet, how many black actors are in the movies he directs? Hypocrisy disguised as concern.
I understand Spike Lee: he's employing the carnival barker strategy to raise awareness for his latest movie. But don't buy into his bullshit and cry for him, because he'll be courtside surrounded by other 1%ers watching a dreadful Knicks game Oscar night. My only problem with Spike is that he basically stated white people have no flavor, which is sort of a racist statement if you think about it.
I don't give a shit about the Oscars, but this "controversy" just feeds into the fiction of White Privilege. This so-called privilege has eluded me thus far, but there have been Bigfoot-like sightings of it on Twitter. Just once I would like to experience it. My Mom busted her ass for over 30 years as a postal carrier so she could provide for her family and afford a home. And had the Privilege to endure 2 hip replacement surgeries as a result of the physical demands of her job.
And now I'm busting my ass just to make a short movie. Nobody's giving me anything, I'm working to raise the money. Yet these Hollywood people who make millions and have successful careers are whining, and social media is in an uproar about White Privilege. I remember having the Privilege of my film school professor hate on me because of my gender and race. If this is white privilege then I want no part of it.
Rich Privilege does exist. It is the privilege to complain about irrelevant award shows instead of real issues. Both black and white people are suffering in Flint, Michigan. Both black and white people suffer from gun violence everyday in America. Dividing the races with White Privilege mythology, and sham Oscar boycotts, only strengthens one group of people: the rich 1% who run this country.
Making movies seems insignificant compared to the real issues affecting millions of Americans every day. I only have one question for the Hollywood whiners: do you make movies for the Oscars, or do you make movies because you love it?
Making movies should be its own reward.
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