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1. deb wrote:

   I remember Kathy Griffin from an audio tape commerical (Memorex?) where she deadpaned the lyrics to Wild Cherry’s Play that Funky Music. For years I wasn’t sure if it was Griffin or Andy Dick.

   Posted 10 Jul 2007 at 11:48 am ¶

2. Bianca Reagan wrote:

   I would like to hear your (or whomever’s) thoughts on both Flavor of Love: Charm School and Making the Band 4. They are rife with snarkable moments, and commentaries on race, class and gender relations in the USA.

   Posted 10 Jul 2007 at 1:15 pm ¶

3. Bianca Reagan wrote:

   When I say “hear,” I really mean “read,” because I can’t listen to your lovely podcasts at work.

   Posted 10 Jul 2007 at 1:16 pm ¶

4. Carmen Van Kerckhove wrote:

   Hey Bianca, Latoya wrote a great post about Charm School when the season was just a few episodes in. I haven’t watched the show, but I did catch some of the reunion special last night at the gym so finally got a little taste of it.

   What do you all think of Charm School?

   As for Making the Band 4, I probably should have included that on my list because I have been following it. I thought it was weird that the heavier-set white guy kept referring to himself as “the only” white guy during the confessionals. What about the big ears dude??

   Posted 10 Jul 2007 at 1:27 pm ¶

5. Guerita wrote:

   let’s see
   movies
   Sicko(great music)
   Ratatouille
   Transformers (according to my sister)
   Evan Almighty
   It(the movie with clara bow)
   Wings
   you can do what my dad did and make a list of classic movies that you did not see and see them
   I also recomind some classic mexican flims like
   Los Tres García
   Tizoc(AK.A amor Indio)
   Nosotros los Pobres
   Angelitos negros
   Doña Bárbara (Sue me I like Maria Felix and Pedro Infante)
   Juana Gallo I strongly recomend seeing forgin flims or independent flims

   tv.
   Homicde life on the streets(re-runs) guess I’m watching right now?
   Law and Order(re-runs) but I watch it rarely
   Law and Order SVu (re-runs)
   Law and order CI (re-runs)
   the daily show
   The colbert report
   I hate to adimt I saw charm school since I felt iVH1 could have dome a much better job and I disliked some of the cast member expect for Mo’que and Goldie and two runner up and the winner
   Music
   Fall out boy
   Cold war kids
   The feeling
   Amy winehouse
   LOla flores
   My chemical romance (I love you grearld way!)
   Projekt Revolution Tour with Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday and more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yay!
   Smashing Pumpkins
   Books
   Harry Potter!!!!!!!
   Ask a Mexican
   by Gustavo Arellano
   Make a list a books that you want to read and read them.

   UFOs, JFK, and Elvis: Conspiracies You Don’t Have to Be Crazy to Believe by Richard Belzer (Sue me I have a crush am Richard Belzer!)

   I’m busy during the summer since I’m doing stuff for school. So I’m busy as it is.

   Posted 10 Jul 2007 at 1:41 pm ¶

6. gabby wrote:

   Clearly you’ve forgotten the savior of the summer. Clearly! Extreme Makeover, Carmen. Oh, Extreme Makeover. How could you forget?

   Posted 10 Jul 2007 at 1:44 pm ¶

7. dnA wrote:

   Someone needs to write about Ice-T vs. Ludacris on Law and Order SVU.

   Posted 10 Jul 2007 at 2:02 pm ¶

8. Wendi Muse wrote:

   dnA, I suggest you…

   Posted 10 Jul 2007 at 2:13 pm ¶

9. Carmen Van Kerckhove wrote:

   Me too

   I limit my L&O watching to Criminal Intent reruns. I love the way Vincent D’Inofrio “chews up the scenery,” as the film critics like to say.

   Posted 10 Jul 2007 at 2:17 pm ¶

10. S wrote:

    the asian guy on “so you think you can dance” is cute. (i THINK he’s asian, not sure) it’s nice to see a cute asian guy “kick a$$” in a non-stereotypical way!

    Posted 10 Jul 2007 at 3:12 pm ¶

11. jze wrote:

    Just saw the Transformers film and all I can say is: That’s racist.

    I’d like to hear what Racialicious thinks of it.

    Posted 10 Jul 2007 at 4:46 pm ¶

12. Bianca Reagan wrote:

    Thanks, Carmen! Of course, silly me, I read Latoya’s post a while ago. I would have been embarassed if I had commented on it then, too.

    I only requested Charm School now because I watched the finale this weekend, and that is the only episode I have ever watched completely. Excerpts on The Soup and Best Week Ever notwithstanding.

    Ice-T v. Ludacris? Hee! If only there were a simultaneous guest appearance by Ice Cube. Too funny. And yes, dnA, please do write it. I will read and comment. Though my favorite L&O’s are the first one with Jerry Orbach, and Trial by Jury with Bebe Neuwirth.

    Posted 10 Jul 2007 at 5:40 pm ¶

13. Lyonside wrote:

    If I may put my Certified Geek Helmet on for a sec… {minor spoiler alert}

    Dr. Who’s 3rd “New” season just started airing in the US (the season just ended in the UK), and for the first time the female companion to the time-traveling Time Lord is of African descent (she’s also smart, quick on the uptake, and highly educated).

    Martha Jones is a almost-doctor (just needs to pass her board exams), with siblings and divorced parents. As a side note, her father has taken up with a chippie (assumed to be the reason for the marital breakup, or at least a good excuse) who is the stereotypical sweet-but-ditzy younger white blonde.

    So far (I’m spoiled for about 1/2 the season due to the wonders of the Net), they’ve dealt with race in a casual but OK manner. In one episode where the duo are in Shakespearean England, Martha asks something like, “Is this OK, I’m not going to be sold into slavery or anything?” When stranded in the 1910s, Martha takes work in a boys-school as a chambermaid, and one of the older boys makes a remark about her color (something along the lines of “with hands like those, how do you know it’s clean?”).

    Who is obstentibly a family-friendly show, so I don’t expect them to get into racial dynamics much, but I appreciate that they at least ACKNOWLEGE it.

    Posted 10 Jul 2007 at 5:48 pm ¶

14. HighJive wrote:

    OK, here’s a pop culture item with a racialicious slant: In the new Fantastic Four movie, the Thing’s girlfriend is a blind Black woman. In every scene, she looks like she gets her hair done at Fantastic Sam’s. The filmmakers hired top sfx, wardrobe and makeup artists. Was it asking too much to bring in one stylist with Black hair expertise?

    Posted 10 Jul 2007 at 6:48 pm ¶

15. thejoyprincess wrote:

    I nominate Denis Leary’s extremely well -acted FX show Rescue Me (with its mash of racism, sexism, screaming, homophobia, family and firefighting).

    You won’t know whether to be amazed or incensed.

    Posted 10 Jul 2007 at 8:19 pm ¶

16. Anu wrote:

    I think Gym Class Heroes are awesome. I love their music, and I think the makeup of thier group is interesting as well. From what I can tell their lead singer is mixed, then there is a black drummer (or maybe guitar, not sure), then the other band members apear to be white.

    Posted 10 Jul 2007 at 9:12 pm ¶

17. hoo_boy wrote:

    -1-
    The two releases by Senegalese talent Robinson Devor “Police Beat” and “Zoo”. Senegal bicycle cop out of element investigating humorous to horrific true crime in a trippy gauzy unpredictable Seattle in the former: neo verite documentary investigating the suspicious death among the truly “horse loving” set who go beyond boundaries in expressing their obsessive affections. People of color don’t hit the taboo in their films to acclaim like this, and you’ll think twce about “The Godfather” and “National Velvet” afterwards ugh…

    “American Inventor” with George Foreman and “America’s Got Talent” *without* Brandy or Rappin’ Granny (but much better acts). More world music and dancing (not a chance in hell they’ll win). Some possible coonin’ and black male drag… ‘

    “Law & Order”/”Law & Order: SVU” best multiracial police drama featuring characters with depth and backstories (B.D. Wong, Tamara Tunie, and Rchard Belzer’s storylines each got good play this season– Sen. Fred and S. Epatha Merkeson play great scenes together)

    Padma’s had her fill of “Salman” and now she’s schtuping the Top Chefs (whups…)

    “House”, “ER”, “Office”, and “Everybody Hates Chris”were *good* this season. Foreman’s storyline with his mom in light of last season (no spoilers but very poignant) deepens the bond and parallels with House (still an asshole); The others were sharp simply based on writing (new staff or better characters or both?). Still dig “30 Rock”. Hated “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip”. for the overblown mess it was. Please cancel “My Name Is Earl” for the offensive “Raising Arizona” ripoff it is.

    Just caught up:”Kidnapped” Amazing big-name Black, British, and American cast, great story, and novel format that *should* have been a limited-run serial drama (like the old time radio shows), but NBC screwed the pooch by giving it awful inconsistent scheduling and canceling it after 6 episodes. Irony: it’s a hit online and overseas.

    Posted 10 Jul 2007 at 11:12 pm ¶

18. michelle wrote:

    What about the symbolic death of the “n” word?

    BTW, Transformers, for any child of the 80’s was thrilling!

    And Ice-T and Ludicris don’t ever need to act in the same state as far as I’m concerned, let alone the same TV show. I was sick to my stomach.

    Posted 10 Jul 2007 at 11:20 pm ¶

19. Neneh wrote:

    Ditto on the new season on Dr. Who. AngryBlackWoman had a great post on storyline (http://theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com/2007/05/09/abws-tv-corner-doctor-who/) that made me go download the episodes… and I’m not a scifi person.

    Posted 11 Jul 2007 at 10:25 am ¶

20. jessica wrote:

    Transformers was the BOMB!!! There’s something sexy about that Shia LaBoeuf!!!

    Ok, now we need Wonder Woman, Voltron, and Thundercats in live action and I’ll be satisfied.

    Did anyone catch Baldwin Hills? (It’s on BET and it’s a reality show about rich black kids in LA.) I was a little disappointed. I was looking for the black version of The Hills.

    Did anyone notice in the new Fantastic Four, Jessica Alba is looking very “different” than she did in the first one? While she does look more like Sue Storm from the comics, she looked very made up with the blue eyes and pancake makeup almost caucasian…

    Posted 11 Jul 2007 at 2:11 pm ¶

21. Kellie wrote:

    I have dumped Law & Order in favor of “The Closer”. SVU and CSI are too gruesome, and while I like D’Onofrio I think Sedgewick has better writing to work with. There are also some pretty interesting m/f dynamics on that show.

    Posted 11 Jul 2007 at 3:18 pm ¶