Recently I saw "For Colored Girls" and liked it. Though it was heart wrenching and emotionally draining most of the movie, I appreciated the comic relief that seeped through Loretta Divine's and surprisingly Thandie Newton's characters. The comedy wasn't in your face per say, but they were so completely living the life of their characters that the funny quirks came through and I loved it.
It inspired me to give recognition to other funny performances by actresses. So here is the first video of many more to come. If you've seen this one , sit back, reminisce, and crack up. If not, you've got some catching up to do : )
CLASSIC! Anne -Marie Johnson as "Cherry" from "I'm Gonna Get You Sucka"
I recently posted a link on Facebook with a interview with Kanye West : kanyespeaksthetruthpart1www.youtube.com. I posted it with the comment of "You have to respect him". I got feedback from a couple of people that didn't quite agree, statements like:
"Kanye behaves like a child. Creatively, he's one of the best around, but his antics/personality are cliche. How much longer is he going to play the role of the misunderstood genius?" N.T
"I say all that to say I listen to his music, though I don't own all his CD's but I think the money, the adulation and praise he has received throughout his career has given him an amazing sense of himself, that can only be seen thru Kanye colored glasses. " R.E
I can admit that his comparison to his situation to Emmett Till was a complete stretch BUT I do respect his ability to say whatever he feels. He can act like a child but children are honest, they are free in that sense.
Kanye plays a important role in our society. He goes against the norm, I would guess he despises it. It's so easy to dismiss someone , to say they're acting like a child when they do or say something that is so against what we perceive as proper conduct. And though it's unfortunate that people do get caught in the line of fire during these rebel's outbursts (Taylor Swift), it gives us another way to see- if we really allow ourselves to open up and listen to these outliers - it forces us to look at things a different way, possibly as we did as children.
Of course we grow up and become responsible, but we also lose a lot of what made us creative- possibly our true selves. The shoulds and shouldnts get in the way- which becomes fear in going against the status quo, fear of hurting others, fear of being perceived as a bad person. On this point I want to refer to an excerpt from an article that a friend recently sent meby Adrian Tan (Author of "The Teenage Handbook"), this was his speech to a graduating class of 2008 : "I now say this to you: be hated. It’s not as easy as it sounds. Do you know anyone who hates you? Yet every great figure who has contributed to the human race has been hated, not just by one person, but often by a great many. That hatred is so strong it has caused those great figures to be shunned, abused, murdered and in one famous instance, nailed to a cross. One does not have to be evil to be hated. In fact, it’s often the case that one is hated precisely because one is trying to do right by one’s own convictions. It is far too easy to be liked, one merely has to be accommodating and hold no strong convictions. Then one will gravitate towards the centre and settle into the average. That cannot be your role. There are a great many bad people in the world, and if you are not offending them, you must be bad yourself. Popularity is a sure sign that you are doing something wrong."
