Suprisingly kind words about LD from Andrew Hussie
To add onto the other "This Is America" interpretations, I think that part of the point of the dancing with all the surrounding chaos was to show the spread of parts of African-American culture (such as rap and different dances) into white appreciation and focus without the acknowledgement of the pain that the community that makes it is suffering. We white people can take in those elements that we like without having to worry about also experiencing the 'less appealing' parts of the culture like police brutality, gun violence, homelessness, poverty and other things that come as the product of systemic racism (which in America was made by our race). Maybe we would recognize it better if *some artist* paired depictions of the art we all love with depictions of black bodies being brutalized and desecrated at every turn. I think that's why he says at the end "America / I just checked my following list and / You motherfuckers owe me" -- because it's not fair that American culture can be taking in the richness and beauty of one of its subsets without owning up to the hardships it gave that subset to have birthed this art in the first place.
If we are going to appreciate African-American art, we have to support the African Americans who make it.
NO ONE CAN TAKE THIS AWAY FROM ME. WE HAVE CONFIRMATION AND I’VE NEVER BEEN HAPPIER
You guys!!!! DREAMWORKS DID THE THING!!!!!
hey so protip if you have abusive parents and need to get around the house as quietly as possible, stay close to furniture and other heavy stuff because the floor is settled there and it’s less likely to creak
In all honesty, I can’t help but feel this is the kind of person Hunk is becoming.
WHICH IS THE POINT. WHICH MAKES IT HURT EVEN MORE.
GODDAMNIT
I keep thinking how much more powerful the Spiderman origin story would be if Peter Parker was an African American kid, whose Uncle Ben was shot by police while being arrested for a minor parking infraction. There is no formal investigation, and Peter decides to put himself on the line to prevent it happening again. He tackles the white crimes that go unpunished, punishes POC criminals fairly. He is the leveler, always fighting to be without bias, to be just. To protect people like his uncle.
This not only mirrors so much of what’s happening in America, but feeds right into the complex relationship between Spiderman, the authorities and the media.
Peter Parker is a brilliant student, awkward, a nerd, but is branded a thug, a gang member, a criminal, because of his appearance. The media latch on to that and misrepresent him totally.
The police, humilitated by the fact that he refuses to work with them and often punishes cops themselves for brutalizing innocent people, or guilty people who still deserve better treatment than they get, attempt to hunt him down.
Hey soooooo in Beauty and the Beast the rose in the glass case represents a race against time so like is Rudy dying
Oh my
Wow
Oh, Rudy
Of course
Toby, dear Lord.
Guys, I am so in love with this ship now.
consider……all of these rainbows may have existed at the same time
and the right videos
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