tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post89553742876938693..comments2024-03-27T17:27:49.087-04:00Comments on Strangely Blogged: Die Geister, die ich rief Vixen Strangelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01976594951225450413noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post-26474087850854924072018-10-31T14:19:04.204-04:002018-10-31T14:19:04.204-04:00That's pretty good, Vixen, juxtaposing Fantasi...That's pretty good, Vixen, juxtaposing <i>Fantasia</i> and Megyn Kelly. We like to sing a parody of Jiminy Cricket.<br /><br />“Fairy tales can come true it can happen to you IFYOUREMEGYNKELLY!”<br /><br />Not much to say about politics, because the election will tell us something in a week. <br /><br />In the meantime, more pork to be shared, another boon to be doggled, another log to be rolled, all in the quest of a more perfect union.Formerly Amherstnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post-66915601811913026932018-10-31T00:16:55.808-04:002018-10-31T00:16:55.808-04:00Hi, Ed! Sure. I'm pretty old, so I remember wa...Hi, Ed! Sure. I'm pretty old, so I remember watching Saturday Night Live when Eddie Murphy did a brilliant whiteface satire "white like me" which was a send up of black people's worst imaginings of what I don't even think was called "white privilege" yet was like, when there weren't any black people in the room. I know about the Wayans' 2004 movie "White Chicks", which had not only white face, but gender bending with black males in heavy prosthetics to appear as not just white but basic blonde girls. This movie was not made for me, personally, and the makeup really creates a kind of uncanny valley effect that is...unaesthetic, I guess. But while you can find whiteface, the whiteface is actually not a substitution for white people, but usually with an explanation for why the black person is wearing this ersatz skin. It's intrinsic to a plot point, generally, as opposed to being just an aping of another person's actual body in the form known as a travesty. <br /><br /><br />The history of black minstrelsy in America had been a way for white people to bring a form of black "entertainment' into white-inclusive only spaces. The point was to depict black persons as, and reinforce impressions of, their worst stereotypes. There is no comparison with blackface and whiteface depictions, because only one can boast being aligned with actual systemic ethnic repression. With a little effort, anyone could understand that all things are not equal, with respect to those things.Vixen Strangelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01976594951225450413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post-55911221661574945772018-10-29T19:23:54.814-04:002018-10-29T19:23:54.814-04:00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhavaXOynO8 with a...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhavaXOynO8 with a little effort you will find black guys with "whiteface"., too.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14658730069022837576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post-62397847547444397222018-10-29T09:10:10.924-04:002018-10-29T09:10:10.924-04:00I adore "Fantasia"! The dumb forces tha...I adore "Fantasia"! The dumb forces that Trump has unleashed may very well already be beyond his control. If, that is, he had the slightest inclination to control them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com