I have a confession: “Set It Off” changed my life.
Put aside your ghetto “Mystery Science Theater” comments for a second. Was the acting stellar? No. Did you come away with such great lines as Keisha’s “New Jack City” rant, “Rockabye, baby!”? No. But listen, you had four women who attempted to be earnest and change their lives by robbing banks in masks. Four black women mind you. There was no understanding best friend stereotype, no black man played a black woman for shits and giggles (do NOT make Latifah comments), no wayward black youth broke out in tears because of his broken home. Pookie and them (whoever the hell that is) did NOT stink up this movie.
I bring this up because lately some very very conservative folks have been pulling some very desperate moves that almost made my heart warm for the moment ‘Cleo’ (Latifah) puts that Newport in her mouth right before the stand off with the po pos and hits the gas. How else can you explain some crazy dude trying to add me on Facebook with a profile that reads like something out of Rush Limbaugh fan site? How else do you explain McCain choosing to vote against a Supreme Court nominee (for the first time which means he and Clarence Thomas go way back) because he caved to the Republican pressure, thus giving a middle finger to his Latino peeps? Or the impatient antsies convinced that the President is not doing his job after less than a year of cleaning up of what surmounts to a social Katrina on our economy? Where were these people before when shit was tanking??
Anyways, do you, Right Wingers. Say the word “racist” like you can really own it. Slam stimulus and then ask for some cheddar in your account. Be mad because the media attacks your kids after you put them on the podium like pagent stars. Whatever. Just make sure that last cigarette, like ‘Cleo’ popped in her mouth is a good one because this about to be a stand off.
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