this is not a duet

Classic Dave Chappelle

I’m willing to watch that horrible movie just over this sappy feelgood stuff.

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There are countless reasons to love I Love Lucy… But to me, the show’s key appeal has to be in its reflection of the genuine real-life love between Lucy and Desi that’s so palpable on the screen. Still today, after decades of seeing the episodes over and over, I remain fascinated to watch the interaction between the two: the physical nuances, the knowing glances, the occasional tender moment: it is a love that is as timeless as it is real. I believe the authenticity of the relationship is the secret ingredient that imbues the show and its characters with a credibility that make the often outrageous plots believable. It is by no mere marketing coup that the heart symbol and the word “love” are indelibly associated with a series that couldn’t have been more aptly named.

- Tom Gilbert, co-author of Desilu

Tina Fey speaking at the Center for Reproductive Rights Inaugural Gala.

Aziz Ansari on ‘Conan’

Happy 61st Anniversary  I Love Lucy October 15, 1951 - May 6, 1957 

#the struggle is real 

I really don’t get why some POC get mad about this. I’m proud of where I come from and if strangers introduce themselves to me and ask me where I’m from, I tell proudly them about my motherland. I like to talk about where I come from. I then ask them, where are THEY from?

I understand exactly where you’re coming from, but I think that for many of us who get upset, we tend to be American-born and American-raised, so when people as us where we are from, they are simultaneously expecting us to not be from here (because only white people are American-born-and-bred) and telling us that we are clearly not from here.

That’s just my ttwo cents on why some PoC get upset about this question.

Also, thank you for saying this, because for me, when I get upset, I often forget that there not all of my peers are American-born!

It doesn’t upset me but it does bother me.

I didn’t even understand the question at first - I didn’t start getting it until I moved down South and I thought maybe I had a northern accent so whenever the question was raised, I would answer with, “I’m from Boston.”

Stranger: “…No, I meant - where were you born?” Me: “…Boston. Massachusetts.” Stranger: “But your parents weren’t born here. Where are THEY from?” And at that point I just want to reply with, “What the fuck is it to you? Why do you even care?”

With former white co-workers, after I answered them, I’d grill them just to see how they liked it. “So how about you? Where are YOU really from? What about your parents? Grandparents? Come on. Oh, you have German ancestry. That’s neat. Do you speak German? No? Have you ever been to Germany? Do you want to go? So you’re just “American” and you’re not in touch with your roots at all? Well that really sucks…”

THIS for racial stereotypes, too!!!

Ooooooooh. Damn.

oh sheeee-it

snap!

Just that simple.

The jewish barber’s speech from The Great Dictator (1940). A poor jewish barber looks just like the bad dictator and is mistaken for him. He uses his chance to deliver a speech to the people disguised as the Dictator. A speech of love and kindness.

Chaplin managed to create one of the most beautiful and epic speeches of all time in the end scene of The Great Dictator. This was also Chaplin’s first true talking picture and his best grossing film ever. This film and speech has also great significance because it was delivered just before the WW2 broke loose.

I love Charlie Chaplin so much. There needs to be more comedians/people like him in the media and in politics with this kind of message.