Music for Prudence....

Everybody (even people like me who hate award shows and just wait for their friends to call and say "hurry, hurry turn to the awards") heard about or saw a video of that crazy looking red headed woman (I'm not even going to give her shine and mention her name), who did a Kanye on Roger Ross Williams, the director of "Music by Prudence".

In the rare chance that you missed it here is a recap...

Anyway, the most important thing seems to have been shoved to the back ground and that is the film that won the award. Here is Roger Ross Williams speaking on his film "Music by Prudence"...

And I know there were camera rolling and all that, but I would have had to give her shove!

If you'd like to hear the background on why all this went down...
click on over to the Huffington Post

Oscar Question???

Does anyone else wonder if black people will ever get an Oscar for playing a POSITIVE role in a movie?

I'm happy for Mo and all that but seriously, if we ain't beating an ass, f*cking for cash, or stealing a stash we can't get any shine...

I'm saying...

Way Way Way Back Wednesday...Forgotten Men

Every once in a while I will get into a serious old school kick and last week I was in full Black & White Movie Mode and watched TCM (Turner Classic Movie channel) in excess.

One of the movies they played was Gold Diggers of 1933...Try and catch it (or it) if you're in a old movie mood.

I just love how straight to the point they were with the film titles back in the day.

It has some great themes running through it though and all the high drama and over the top fashion of most good classic films.

I wont tell you the full premise but a few scene really struck me. In one, the ladies (or girls as they were called throughout the movie) changed into chastity belts and the leading man was handed a old school can opener, spun her around and began ripping the back open so he could get a feel...Times were a changin'. That was probably seriously risqué for the 30's. And I guess they have fully changed now...

Forget women not wear pants because it was improper or unladylike now they can just wear panties and a tank to the club and still not have a dude offer to buy them a drink. Think about it ladies.

Anyway, this song really struck me..."Remember My Forgotten Man". I mean it can be interpreted different ways but but it came on at a time when I had not heard from a friend in the military in months. I was just about at the stage where you start going on line and looking for the names of the casualties and it reminded me again that we are at 'war'. Though the news never discusses it unless it is a feel good story or some solider fighting to come home to his sick infant...OK No Mini Militant Rants today...enjoy!