Thu, 19 May 2005

i know i’m not supposed to be talking about the tv but
Okay. So i’m watching this Christina Aguilera [sp] video, and she’s with Lil’ Kim, and she’s all dressed up like I guess b-girl style, and she’s all rubbed down with bronzer which I guess is supposed to make her look like a negro. Certainly it’s dubious. So I call up Cecelia and I says “Cecelia, I’m watching this Christina Aguilera [sp] video” and before I can finish Cecelia says “The one where she’s like in blackface?” and I says “Yes! The very one! How come nobody is all up in arms about this?” and Cecelia says “Well see that’s because we as a society expect so little from Christina Aguilera [sp] and that’s what makes her a superstar” and I says “Sure, but we didn’t expect much from Ted Danson and everybody got on his case for wearing blackface and that was at some private deal but this is on three times an hour! And like Vanilla Ice and Eminem before her she’s surrounded by black people which just makes her look ten times more obvious and offensive!” and Cecelia says “The one good thing about all that nonsense is it makes it really easy who’s gotta go on the great day of the blood-tide” and I says “That’s the drag bit about the great day of the blood-tide, tho, it’s always just around the corner, it just can’t get here quick enough.”
(12:12.05.19.2005) [/ana] #