You raise an interesting issue Gobblegirl, the Ginger question. I actually can't, in good conscience, watch the Copper Cab videos. It makes me worry far too much about the boy's mental state, and I suffer from terminal second hand embarrassment. This week I have had to keep a medi-pack on my person at all times so I can be resuscitated should I come across Weiner's apology on the news again. When it comes to reality TV in general I have a DNR.
So anyway on a more serious note my generation of males in the area I come from and the country more generally have seen a very high suicide rate for young males. I've lost friends and colleagues and see a need to raise awareness and more practically, funds, for charities which deal with youth suicide. When I have briefly watched clips of CC I'm reminded how hards the world can be when you're young, male and in this case ginger. (I'm not saying being young and female is all that either) Also ginger-hate derives from the colonial and post-colonial denigration of Irish people so there's that. My oh my, look what stopping me posting gifs has wreaked!
Ok here I go, it feels ridiculous that I am actually nervous writing this but nonetheless I have to say it. Reading Gabe's banning of the troll meister above made my heart actually swell with arrhythmia, no I kid, with actual delight that the comment was treated with the seriousness it deserves and the dignity of the commenters was respected. Saying that, I have, every so often, been disheartened by the fatism (more often than not against women) that posts on this site has engage in. I can give examples if they're needed, one in particular comes to mind. I truly feel that the editorial content on Videogum is better than anything else I have had the pleasure to come across on the web. As a man with young daughters I cringe when I come across these incidents, so maybe on the back of the crappy comment above can we avoid lowering ourselves to pointing and laughing at people's physical attributes and stick to sniggering at their jazz hands, Christian side hugging, double rainbow, Gooping. Pumpkin heads are fair game though.
Well we should just be thankful it wasn't updated by Michael Bay: The Adventures of Palladium: With One Hot Bitch coming to a nightmare theatre near you.
I saw that recently for the first time. I was sick and there was nothing else on, don't judge. Aniston's character is so awful, the scene where she allows everyone to think she's been bet up by the eventual love interest is just so unbelievably wrong. Who though, yes lets make mistaken domestic abuse the thrust of the story. Ugh. Why would you go near Aniston's character after that?
I would argue that You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger is a better pick for WMOAT. The cringlingly awful use of a William Carlos Williams quote coupled with a breathtakingly banal mention of The Sound and the Fury made me convinced the film was composed by a first year BA student. One of the annoying ones who in class monopolise discussion despite being utterly devoid of any complex thoughts.
That is actual footage of Werttrew's baby being born. You can see the cord there on the bottom of the screen. If you go real close you can smell something sweet and anciently familiar. Granted that could just be my breath.
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