Well, we had to start over, because Ezzie killed the first take. So this was take two. Tony had a good day! But a bad week. So… it’s complicated. You’ll hear all about it. Then there’s a lot of time-travel. Enjoy!
QUESTIONS:
Assume time travel is possible, but only in one direction of your choice. Would you visit the future or the past? –Anonymous
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I was in some kind of weird sync with the show last night. Just as Tony described the show as a heating blanket, and warm dulcet tones waved over me, I was sitting in my freezing cold car waiting for the heat to come on–so good work on that one!
And then, you were talking about end-of-life sorts of issues and I had just watched the documentary “Life Itself” about Roger Ebert–his life, and how he dealt with the ending of it. I’d really recommend it.
Well, then there was the exception. I’ve seen the Fresh-Off-the-Boat trailers and I’ve been just amazed that they can get away with something that explicitly racist. It doesn’t really seem to parallel Blackish to me–which seems very much from an African-American POV.
I’m not saying you’re wrong, since I haven’t watched either show, at this point.
This is the article that made me reconsider if I’d try it out.
http://www.vulture.com/2015/01/eddie-huang-fresh-off-the-boat-abc.html
Yeah, the article is interesting, and I hope the show is able to do something (as you said, and the article mentions, there aren’t really any Asian-Americans on TV at all). But the article also reinforced for me the idea that this is going to be a white person’s view of Asians (“orange-flavored beef”) which hasn’t been the way Blackish has seemed to me. I’m also afraid that in showing a TV show in which we see an Asian kid called a “chink” and making that some kind of emotional focus, what winds up happening is that the audience is given leave to pat themselves on the back for their liberal, non-racist attitude (we’re against kids being called names!) and doing that allows them to keep gobbling the orange-flavored beef and congratulating themselves on having progressed past the bad old days of name-calling.
Yep. I also am worried it’s probably going to basically be “The Help.” 😉
Facebook tells me it is Tony’s birthday today but I figure he’s more likely to see this than a post on there so Happy Birthday Tony, may the Hat be kind(er) in it’s machinations to you.
I think there’s some artist’s depictions of Jesus that show him with reddish hued hair – though I don’t think I’ve seen any where he has freckles. Perhaps he is one of William’s ancestors? If so William could meet him when he time travels. Or perhaps these depictions are the result of what Tony has called “bad artistry.”
There you go, tied up, with a bow. Happy Birthday to Tony.
William has gone on — at length — about how Jesus is his grandpappy…
WHAAAAT? Not recording, next Thursday? What will I …. who am I kidding; I’ve got plenty of catching up to do and no room to complain.
Tony’s Grandfather: Sorry to hear about your loss.
Galavant: We watched this via Hulu and found it to be hysterically funny.
Fresh off the Boat: I saw part of one episode of this and wasn’t impressed. Though I was amused that the Dad is played by President Kim from The Interview.
Butcher’s “traditional fantasy books”: I’ve heard those are awful, but haven’t gotten around to trying them (mostly because I’ve heard they’re so bad).
Rape in fiction: This is exactly why my bookgroup and I hated Diana Gabaldan’s Outlander.
Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever: I find this to be something of a polarizing series; people seem to either hate it passionately or kind of like it.
Stuffy Nose: I feel your pain.
Time Travel: You definitely can go into the future, we do it all the time. Awww, Tony stole my thunder by stating my own position. The future is only interesting if you could come back and change things. Also, I’m surprised William was so insistent that his past self would never trust his future self. Maybe there’s something he’s not telling us….