The ladies of The View have had a lot of important things to say about Prop 8, and the issues surrounding this have been complicated, but Elisabeth is beginning to be purposely spread lies. This is the last shred of bigotry that the right can use to focus what remains of their ragtag party. What a disgusting thing to use hatred as a rallying point.
The View needs to get a smart gay person on the panel to discuss this. I'm thinking Wayne Besen.
The video after the jump.
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Daily Song:
Seal
"A Change Is Gonna Come"
From today's Listen Up! (New Release Tuesday)
Television:
The View discusses Prop 8. With all the shock surrounding the passing of Prop 8, watching the women of The View talk about this is like watching the entire country grapple with the consequences of bigotry. Black women discussing this issue brings to mind the emotional struggles that the dominant members of our society must have felt when they were granted the power to change and improve the lives of others. How did slave owners really feel about being slave owners after the Emancipation Proclamation? How did men really feel about giving the right to vote to women after keeping it from them for so long? How did white people feel about segregation? How do the people who oppose Prop 8 really feel about taking away the right for gays to get married?
They must struggle with themselves. They must. And it is our responsibility to show them that their struggle is worth resolving.
Politics:
Keith Olbermann's "Special Comment" on Prop 8. I haven't been a big fan of Olbermann, but we owe him a big "thanks" for stepping up and saying this. With this "Special Comment" he has done something that not even Rachel Maddow has done.
Movies:
"Chris and Don: A Love Story"
The documentary about Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy was just nominated for best documentary in the Gotham Independent Film Awards. The legendary gay couple was born thirty years apart and stayed together thirty-three years.
Music Video:
Grace Jones "Corporate Cannibal"
From today's Listen Up! (New Release Tuesday)
Also from today's Listen Up! (New Release Tuesday)
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Daily Song:
Seal "A Change Is Gonna Come"
Television:
Prop 8 follow-up (11/10/08 - clip via Good As You.)
Politics:
Keith Olbermann's "Special Comment" on Prop 8. I haven't been a big fan of Olbermann, but we owe him a big "thanks" for stepping up and saying this. With this "Special Comment" he has done something that not even Rachel Maddow has done.
Movies:
"Chris and Don: A Love Story"
The documentary about Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy was nominated for best documentary in the Gotham Independent Film Awards. The legendary gay couple was born thirty years apart and stayed together thirty-three years.
Music Video:
Grace Jones "Corporate Cannibal"
From today's show (11/10/08 - clip via Good As You.)
Hearing the women of The View talk about Prop 8 is a demonstration of how intractable this issue can be. Whoopi and Joy deserve a hat tip for being clear-headed about all of this and for keeping the spread of mis-information to a minimum.
I will say this - Hearing one African-American woman talk to another African-American woman about the issue of gay marriage shows that race is really just a component of this problem. This "issue" of race is cloaking a more important explanation for this apparent bigotry -- the level and kind of faith of the people who voted for Prop 8. No reasonable person of color can argue for separate-but-equal without first hanging his or her reasoning skills on a religious hatrack.
But this does not mean that it's time to start attacking the Mormons. I will be attending the NYC protest at the Mormon temple in Manhattan, but I can't help but think that these marches are targeting Mormons because they themselves are easy targets.
Dale Carpenter agrees:
Nevertheless, I am uncomfortable with pickets directed at specific places of worship like the Mormon church in Los Angeles. It's too easy for such protests to degenerate into the kinds of ugly religious intolerance this country has long endured. Mormons, in particular, have historically suffered rank prejudice and even violence. Epithets and taunts directed at individuals are especially abhorrent.
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Daily Song:
ABBA's S.O.S. We're sending out a signal . . . .
Television:
Whoopi on The View yesterday. When Whoopi said she feels like she can finally set down her suitcase? Man, that really got me.
Politics:
Okay, remember that scene in the first "Lord of The Rings?" When Gandalf says, "You shall not pass!" Yeah, check this out. And remember that Gandalf eventually came back better than ever.
Movies:
Steve Guttenberg jogs naked through Central Park. He used to be in the movies, so . . . although that does not explain why, when he was a movie star, he wore his shorts so high up.
Music Video:
Patti LaBelle
"You'll Never Walk Alone"
Ah, Pork . . . .
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Daily Song:
ABBA's S.O.S. We're sending out a signal . . . .
Television:
Whoopi on The View yesterday. When Whoopi said she feels like she can finally set down her suitcase? Man, that really got me.
Politics:
Okay, remember that scene in the first "Lord of The Rings?" When Gandalf says, "You shall not pass!" Yeah, check this out. And remember that Gandalf eventually came back better than ever.
Movies:
Steve Guttenberg jogs naked through Central Park. He used to be in the movies, so . . . although that does not explain why, when he was a movie star, he wore his shorts so high up.
Music Video:
Patti LaBelle
"You'll Never Walk Alone"
Ah, Pork . . . .
Here's a clip from today's View. Watching Sherri cry is heart-wrenching. It's in these kind of moments that we can see, with our own eyes, how racism and sexism and homophobia bend and twist each one of us until we are stunted versions of ourselves. And how we pass on the damage to those around us. More importantly, we can see what happens when we finally get to stand up straight. The good fight is still the good fight.
I am still looking for the clip of Whoopi at the very beginning of the show when she says, "I've always considered myself an American, but for the first time I feel like I can put my bags down." Amazing.
Richard Dreyfuss was not having it yesterday on The View. Although he portrayed Dick Chendy in the movie "W." and was booked on The View to, ostensibly, promote the movie, Dreyfuss apparently hates the movie. And possibly Oliver Stone. Via The Huffington Post:"When asked why he made the film, [Dreyfuss] said he did it for 'money.' Dreyfuss also said, 'I think it's 6/8ths of a great film.' Asked how it was to work with Oliver Stone, he said 'imagine working for Sean Hannity... you can be a fascist, even when you're on the left.'"
Watch The View segment in its entirety above.
I bet Oliver Stone and Keith Olbermann might just get along. I think we need some Rachel Maddow to cleanse the palate right about now.
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Today's Buffet:
Daily Song:
T.I Whatever You Like (#1 Song)
Television:
Will Ferrell returns to SNL with with Tina Fey. Did anyone else think of Josh Brolin or Oliver Stone? (5:16)
Movies:
With all the political piling going on right now (motivated at least in part by sexism), I've been thinking of Blade Runner, Harrison Ford's Deckard, and Sean Young's Rachael. (7:57)
Politics:
From the First to the Last Debate in Four Minutes, Slate V recaps everything you need to know about the presidential race between the first and last debates. (3:51)
Music Video:
In honor of my blog's new name, kd lang's "Hallelujah" (5:15)
The players after the jump. Or click here to launch them in a new window. Or just pull up a chair, hang out, and watch them in The Media Bar.
Daily Song:
T.I Whatever You Like (#1 Song)
Television:
Will Ferrell returns to SNL with with Tina Fey. Did anyone else think of Josh Brolin or Oliver Stone? (5:16)
Movies:
With all the political piling going on right now (motivated at least in part by sexism), I've been thinking of
Blade Runner, Harrison Ford's Deckard, and Sean Young's Rachael.
Politics:
From the First to the Last Debate in Four Minutes
Slate V recaps everything you need to know about the presidential race between the first and last debates. (3:51)
Music Video:
In honor of my blog's new name, kd lang's "Hallelujah" (5:15)
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Today's Buffet:
Daily Song:
Kanye West vs Radiohead - Reckoner Lockdown (DJ Earworm Remix)
Television:
Bill O'Reilly on The View (8:09)Movies:
With all the political piling going on right now (motivated at least in part by sexism), I've been thinking of Blade Runner, Harrison Ford's Deckard, and Sean Young's Rachael. (7:57)
Politics:
After a 55-day wait, Brian Williams interviews McCain and Palin (10:20)Music Video:
In honor of my blog's new name, kd lang's "Hallelujah" (5:15)
The players after the jump. Or click here to launch them in a new window. Or just pull up a chair, hang out, and watch them in The Media Bar.
Daily Song:
Kanye West vs Radiohead - Reckoner Lockdown (DJ Earworm Remix)
Television:
Bill O'Reilly on The View(8:09)
Movies:
With all the political piling going on right now (motivated at least in part by sexism), I've been thinking of
Blade Runner, Harrison Ford's Deckard, and Sean Young's Rachael.
Politics:
After a 55-day wait, Brian Williams interviews McCain and Palin (10:20)
Music Video:
In honor of my blog's new name, kd lang's "Hallelujah" (5:15)
The Media Bar Is Open!
Thom Skinner's beautiful "We Don't Talk" in today's Daily Song
10-year-old Gabi Wilson singing Alicia Keys on The View (and doing right by the song)
Jennifer Aniston in "He's Just Not That Into You"
James Kotecki flopping miserably as a political satirist
And Lady Gaga's video for "Beautiful Dirty Rich"
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Television
Gabi Wilson on The View(5:00)
Movies
Jennifer Aniston's "He's Just Not That Into You"
Based on that book by that Sex and The City writer
Politics
I'm not even sure what this is about because James Kotecki is so God-awful I couldn't focus (click screen twice to stop).
Music Video
Lady Gaga "Beautiful Dirty Rich" (3:08)