Nope. Still not obsessed. Not even a little. 🙂
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Thank You, Tim DeChristopher
When you read a lot of Civil Rights/Black Power movement books, you think of being serious as an activist—defined by me as taking direct (nonviolent) action that blocks and thwarts the system directly, and gladly accepting the consequences—as beloning to the era of black-and-white television, particularly in the ultra-symbolic, little-substance Obama Era. Tim DeChristopher defied that to such a degree that the judge seemed reluctant yesterday to sentence him at all. I’m sure he’ll only be in jail for eight months, tops. But his point was politically clear, and clearly articulated. Tim DeChristopher is on record, publicly defying the status quo. The judge said there were other ways to protest the land sale. But on the auction day, there was only one (nonviolent) way to stop it. And so he walked past symbolism, and chose it. What an important (political) distinction to make.
1940s "America" The Beautiful, Feminist and Integrated?!?
Readers of this blog might notice that I kinda liked “Captain America.” 🙂 But I admit, I did think many of these thoughts while enjoying the hell out of it—and will think it again the next gazillion times I watch it in the movies and on DVD.
A Small Sample Of Comic Con 2011
Wow! My Geek People were out there in full force! And boy, does that guy look like David Tennant, or what? 🙂
GREAT Fan-Made "Avengers" Trailer
What, me, obsessed?!? OF COURSE NOT…….Really! LOL! 🙂
AUGUST 12th UPDATE: This one is pretty good, too.
Lawrence Hamm, Serious In Struggle For More Than 40 Years
I first covered Larry Hamm 26 years ago as a cub for The New Jersey Afro-American, and he had been in the struggle forever THEN! It was great to see “Like It Is” do this!
And Now, Cap (and "The Avengers"!!!!)
To be honest, I had to surpress a giggle when I walked up to the box office and said, “One for Captain America.” The giggle told me that I had been waiting to say that since I was at least eight.
The new film is borderline GREAT. (I think the chemistry between the male and female leads needed a little tweaking, but I’ll be happy to see it again and again until I ignore that and move it up past the border.) It is EASILY the best superhero movie of the summer. I LOVED seeing “The Howling Commandos” in this film! And the ending…..! And the post-credits scene/trailer! 🙂
*SPOILERS*
*END OF SPOILERS*
This film almost put tears in my eyes because it was so much better than those awful 1970s television movies and that 1990 straight-to-DVD film.
I never thought of Captain America as a patriotic, white-supremacist figure; I liked him because he was colorful, kicked ass and had that great shield.
It’s a wonderful thing to have a goal. Mine: to see a GREAT “Avengers” movie on May 4, 2012!
Okay, Here It Is! "The Amazing Spider-Man" Trailer
Hmm….a little darker this time (including the parents‘ backstory is a good idea in this regard)….. I’m sure it’ll be great, but talk about deja vu…. 🙂 I hope this franchise won’t be rebooted every decade. I mean, does Peter Parker have to be perpetually 17, like Archie Andrews?
And Before "Harry Potter," "The Dark Knight Rises" Trailer!
Powerful, although I had to see it here to “get it.” Couldn’t follow or understand it in the theater.
Drums in the Global Village 
