Just go ahead and sign me up for “K-Town”
Posted by Jef in Race, Television on 15. Jul, 2010 | 4 Comments
There was a time in my life when if you told me there was going to be a reality show in the vein of Jersey Shore but starring a bunch of Asians, I might have flipped out and raged and maybe used the word problematic 27 times in 14 sentences. Granted, this time in my [...]
Prince of Persia? More like Prince of You Are Way Fucking Off
Posted by Anupa in Film, Pop Culture, Race on 02. Mar, 2010 | 2 Comments
No matter how close I shuffled to the edge, I was no match for those spikes Growing up, my cousin was like an older brother to me. He put me on a skateboard when I was five, I fell off and skinned my knee. He smashed my Hungry, Hungry Hippos game for fun, I cried. [...]
George Lopez bringing his suck to Speedy Gonzales
Posted by Jef in Film, Pop Culture, Race, Television on 25. Feb, 2010 | 2 Comments
According to reports yesterday, horrible comedian George Lopez will be bringing his REALLY LOUD delivery to a live action/CG hybrid film adaption of Looney Tunes character Speedy Gonzales. What? What’s that, Reuters? Oh right, it’s a POLITICALLY CORRECT live action/CG hybrid film adaptation. Speedy, for those that don’t know, is a rodent who runs really [...]
Jeremy Lin: The Great Reticent Hope
Posted by Simon in Pop Culture, Race, Sports on 30. Jan, 2010 | 5 Comments
The Legend of Jeremy Lin continues to grow. A second ESPN article popped up last week while the Harvard senior got a shout-out on Deadspin today, surely sending all new scores of basketball fans scurrying to YouTube. This is not a story about basketball though. Whether he likes it or not (and the answer seems to [...]
Ash Scans: George Wallace and John Kennedy
Posted by Jef in Ash Scans, Politics, Race, media on 29. Dec, 2009 | 0 Comments
George, October-November 1995 The Aughts in America are book-ended by George W. Bush’s caricature of the red states on one end, and Barack Obama’s idealized blue state persona on the other. Over a decade ago, it was a similar middling American uncertainty that was the creative impetus behind John Kennedy Jr.’s mid-90s launch of George [...]
