This is so close to what the rightwing goons would *like* to be able to do it’s scary.
I was thinking the other day about how people said in 2012 after Obama’s re-election that the fever on the Right would break. But the fever never breaks, it just morphs slightly to focus on a new, ginned-up outrage: taxes, Benghazi, immigration, cancel culture, “CRT,” trans people in bathrooms. It’s like a virus that keeps mutating.
Ten years ago I'd have thought this funny parody. Today, it is far too close to reality. White people are completely freaked the fuck out by the notion that they have to treat minorities in general--and Black people in particular--as fellow humans and full-fledged citizens. Ainsley and Shea leap off the screen as real people . . . because they are.
I remember watching The Insurection on TV (the revolution actually was televised !) And seeing the rough rowdy badass freedom fighters with their tactical sunglasses and camo couture - I could see these guys carpooling in to the Uprising from Knoxville in their Ram trucks, discussing ammunition,
survival rations, combat boots and the best beard oil for smooth skin and which electric trimmer is best for Manscaping.
SHEA: LOOK! IT'S A BLACK CINDERELLA! A WHITE PRINCE! IT'S AGAINST OUR VALUES! CRITICAL RACE! CRITICAL RACE! CRITICAL RACE!
AINSLEY: IT"S AGAINST THE LAW! SHE'S BREAKIN' THE LAW!
[The SECURITY GUARDS look at each other and the TEACHER. More SECURITY GUARDS and TEACHERS enter and silently watch as the SECURITY GUARDS drag the TEACHER out of the auditorium.]
I initially assumed that by some unknown means Edroso got his hands on a transcription of an actual event. Still kinda doubtful it’s a parody. Whatever it is, I’m certain it’s not a satire.
Fascism thrives because capitalism sells us the illusion of easy solutions, quick fixes, "doctors hate this simple trick," and the cult of charisma. Socialism takes work & patience & organization. So that already is a turn-off for most USians.
The charismatic crowd-talker comes in & promises the alienation of capitalistic life will be fixed once "they" are removed. "They" are then removed. Problems still exist. We find another "they" to oppress.
We've buying new ways to end the heartbreak of psoriasis for decades. Yet, the heartbreak still exists.
Is it just greater age and cynicism and weariness, or has the latest round of Levulosexual Panic from the Right been distinguished by an even _more_ obvious lack of actually giving a shit over its nominal object or even really believing that it exists?
I mean, even liberals knew that there actually were some Communists and fellow-travellers in the State Department, so when the McCarthyites could never decide on exactly how many were on their sheets of paper their accusations at least slightly genuflected in the direction of the Koïnos Kosmos….
(A day known at Runamuck Elementary as "Wednesday".)
Somehow I hear both Shea and Ainsley sounding like Ben Shapiro.
This is so close to what the rightwing goons would *like* to be able to do it’s scary.
I was thinking the other day about how people said in 2012 after Obama’s re-election that the fever on the Right would break. But the fever never breaks, it just morphs slightly to focus on a new, ginned-up outrage: taxes, Benghazi, immigration, cancel culture, “CRT,” trans people in bathrooms. It’s like a virus that keeps mutating.
Ten years ago I'd have thought this funny parody. Today, it is far too close to reality. White people are completely freaked the fuck out by the notion that they have to treat minorities in general--and Black people in particular--as fellow humans and full-fledged citizens. Ainsley and Shea leap off the screen as real people . . . because they are.
"beard...costs $100 a week to oil "
I remember watching The Insurection on TV (the revolution actually was televised !) And seeing the rough rowdy badass freedom fighters with their tactical sunglasses and camo couture - I could see these guys carpooling in to the Uprising from Knoxville in their Ram trucks, discussing ammunition,
survival rations, combat boots and the best beard oil for smooth skin and which electric trimmer is best for Manscaping.
I am constantly amazed at how often these predatory assholes want to stick their noses in kids' lives.
Alternate ending for Florida and Texas:
[Two SECURITY GUARDS jog in.]
SHEA: LOOK! IT'S A BLACK CINDERELLA! A WHITE PRINCE! IT'S AGAINST OUR VALUES! CRITICAL RACE! CRITICAL RACE! CRITICAL RACE!
AINSLEY: IT"S AGAINST THE LAW! SHE'S BREAKIN' THE LAW!
[The SECURITY GUARDS look at each other and the TEACHER. More SECURITY GUARDS and TEACHERS enter and silently watch as the SECURITY GUARDS drag the TEACHER out of the auditorium.]
I'll bet they're a riot at a Black production of Othello. Or a Thanksgiving pageant.
I initially assumed that by some unknown means Edroso got his hands on a transcription of an actual event. Still kinda doubtful it’s a parody. Whatever it is, I’m certain it’s not a satire.
Hoo boy... fucking nut jobs.
"What is the narrative? What are you trying to say? Let me see the script."
It's the 2021 version of "Kenneth, what is the frequency?"
It's the "Hi" at the END, *after* "Are you the prince, little boy?," that makes it dramatic art. Just perfect.
slow clap...
Fascism thrives because capitalism sells us the illusion of easy solutions, quick fixes, "doctors hate this simple trick," and the cult of charisma. Socialism takes work & patience & organization. So that already is a turn-off for most USians.
The charismatic crowd-talker comes in & promises the alienation of capitalistic life will be fixed once "they" are removed. "They" are then removed. Problems still exist. We find another "they" to oppress.
We've buying new ways to end the heartbreak of psoriasis for decades. Yet, the heartbreak still exists.
When Shea starts singing I can not help but recall Shelley Winters in "Wild in the Streets" after she has been Returned for Regrooving:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzBRLD_9YOs&t=31s
Is it just greater age and cynicism and weariness, or has the latest round of Levulosexual Panic from the Right been distinguished by an even _more_ obvious lack of actually giving a shit over its nominal object or even really believing that it exists?
I mean, even liberals knew that there actually were some Communists and fellow-travellers in the State Department, so when the McCarthyites could never decide on exactly how many were on their sheets of paper their accusations at least slightly genuflected in the direction of the Koïnos Kosmos….