"Ugly,.Black and Unbankable"

So, such is Forest Whittaker 's worth and essence in a nutshell, eh? Despite his Oscar and skill, says the powers that be, expressly & specifically, right here. Whence Sarah Palin? Shucks.

This is a wonderfully sick allegory for so much that is wrong. Any thoughts? (Especially from you whitefolks who haven't yet understood that racism has morphed and adapted and more nuanced than calling people niggers through Klan hood fabric). I suppose these tools'd have no issue if Forest were a madcap ghettofab black comedian, right? Or a fat, ugly Seth Rogen (who resembles most producers and directors)? We share some infamy here, as blacfolks are notorious for shelling out box office cash to Tyler Perry's mawkishness, or at dramas or suspense stories where only single-word named ex rappers are the stars, not trained dramatic actors. Alas, that's just boneheadedness, easily shamed and curable as long people like Dyson, Tom Joyner el al stop jumping to simple-ass folk's defense. White producers, publishers et al are behind it in either case, and below the surface of their smiling faces is, well...do I have to spell it out. See above...

Emmys: None of Sarah Palin's shows won

As I predicted, Mad Men won. So did Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney for John Adams. And 30 Rock. And Paul Cranston as the meth-cooking cancer ridden high school teacher in Breaking Bad. (Meth--that's that crime scourge white folks don't like talking about...especially in Alaska). What--no Dancing with the Stars? Or cage fighting or Army Wives of the NHL? Sorry Sarah. Hollywood--you aren't American enuf...

Bad Writers, Evil Writers

Sorry for the thin postings, fanboys & girls...am on deadline, the semester started, I am nagging and being nagged at home. Life happens. And yes, I really have more to say about Gov. Palin, but it's positive, in way. Sarah as metaphor, nee allegory for banal/scary world of white folks in America.

But for now, I have invective inventoried for authors, the book biz. Feast on this and apply it to whomever. I'll attribute later and it will surprise you...

Editors and agents should have a pimps for brothers so they'll have someone to look up to.

Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publication.

Truman Capote has made lying an art. A minor art.

On Hemingway: Remarks are not literature.

This [mega-selling novel] is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.

Reading [Proust] is like bathing in someone else's dirty bathwater.

His work should not be read, but inhaled through a gas pipe.

Writers are a little below clowns and little above trained seals.

"I understand your book is full of single-entendre."

That's not writing, it's typing.

[The author on cranking out her books that become instant best-sellers]. "A sausage machine, a perfect sausage machine. And we all know what's in sausage."

(This one for my man Mike Gonzales and for Rob Kenner at Vibe...check it out): Most [music] journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read. (this now applies to political reporting and punditry)

(This one's for yours truly): The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.

Amen.

Yes, it's bein' brung in September...

Crapy black books and film, good black books and film. Amazing plays. Amazing lapses in judgement on the part of too many folk. A new feature I call "Archie Bunker Mondays." Vent on your least favorite ethnic group's antic in complete safety...but it has to be clever and relevant, e.g. "Yes, they I saw them parking their 5 beat-up used cars on their lawn" stuff. No invectives like "Hitler had the right idea," or "If I'd known about Obama in advance I'd have gone back int iem and told my ancestors to pick their own cotton or enjoy being white trash at the bottom of the totem pole." Stay tuned.

Oh and which of these douchebags above is a Palin? It's not "The Spanish Inquistion" or "Biggus Dickus" items, right? Er...close. Will elaborate. And pray for our cocaine addles President, our blood thinner addled VP and our fearless GOP nominees to be as they bravely re-write Katrina History along with Suckwinder Jinadal and Mayor "Bigger Douchebag than Palin" Nagin (see, it rhymes!).