Don’t you hate it when you have to make a decision, and either way you choose you win, but either way you choose you also lose? But anyway, that’s not what I came to talk about, just something that was on my mind.
I came to talk about last week’s post, that was hella late, it’s not my favorite topic to write about. I hate talking about race, and there was a lot of race talk in last week’s hella late post. Yet it is such an important topic. It’s a topic that plays a significant role in my life, and therefore I have to talk about it. And that Peacock show “Killing It” gave me the perfect opportunity. Still I approached it with trepidation because, well, I hate talking about race.
Ouch, these braids are kinda tight in my head right now, but that’s neither here nor there. By the way, how did that expression – neither here nor there — become popular? And like what does it really mean? I understand it’s contextual meaning, but I don’t understand how it was placed in that context…anyway.
Enough with the tangents. Perhaps I’m trying to avoid writing this. Moving right along, last week’s post was inspired by being in the screening room for the show “Killing It” and not thinking the jokes centered around racism were funny. So basically, I just wanted to give some examples from film and TV where I thought race was handled better. Where I thought racism was taken more seriously and not just made into jokes for jokes sake if you will.
I struggled a bit with how I wanted to come across. I didn’t want to say that they couldn’t do it, maybe not even that they shouldn’t do it, but rather just to express my opinion that I thought the way they handled race was in poor taste, and also a bit irresponsible if you ask me, which obviously you are, because why else would you be reading?
At the same time I didn’t want to be too preachy, so I thought I would open the post with an overview of what it was like being at the event in it’s entirety, not just the screening.
Okay, that’s all I have for you this week. The previous post was really long, so I’ll give you a small bite this time.
Thanks for reading.
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