Hey-ho, Wonkerinos and Wonkerinas! Here we are at the day before Halloween, and as usual, some people are just cold insisting on celebrating the coming holiday by hanging bats in their belfries. Let's have a look: Father Peter Carota is very worried about all this evil Halloweening that otherwise-decent people allow their children to participate in:
One (of the legion) of really stupid things about wearing blackface is that all of the bad things that it communicates are completely unnecessary because the fake skin toning is never even needed for the costume to succeed. I mean, just do the clothes, the "act" and the accent makeup (like rouge or lipstick) if indicated, but stay in your own skin. It is done all the time and it works fine.
By smearing on blackface, these dopes are saying that it is the character's skin tone that is key to their recognizable public identity. If that is how they see or remember a famous rap star like Tupac, if that is what they think is important in order to make the portrayal believable to their friends and neighbors, then it really says quite a bit more about them than it does about the character that they are trying to portray.
BarackMyWorld: dressing up as a famous person who had dressed up as a parody of another <strike>famous</strike> infamous person? (So that you are trying to portray two different people instead of just one? And that you are counting on other people getting the first character&#039;s joke?) Gee, what could possibly go wrong?
Re: Harry Potter -- I think that the fear was that because the books were so entertaining they might inspire kids to explore &quot;real&quot; witchcraft and paganism. Which is not likely, but I think that this (very) slightly more nuanced reasoning was the motivator.
I just want to say, I hate Halloween. Not for any religulous reasons or crap like that, I just hate the whole handing out candy to hordes of kids, most of whom are too old for it. I also hate adult halloween parties with stupid costumes, although I now a have a fetching witch&#039;s hat (I had to take the plastic spiders off the veil) with a long black dress to wear if I absolutely have to. That will do me for the rest of my life. Also, too, we moved to the country 9 years ago and we have not handed out candy since. It is bliss! My elderly black cat will be pissed off though- I won&#039;t let her out until Nov 1 as of now.
There. Rant is over. Next rant will be about Remembrance Day poppies, around Nov 10. Thank you.
One (of the legion) of really stupid things about wearing blackface is that all of the bad things that it communicates are completely unnecessary because the fake skin toning is never even needed for the costume to succeed. I mean, just do the clothes, the &quot;act&quot; and the accent makeup (like rouge or lipstick) if indicated, but stay in your own skin. It is done all the time and it works fine.
By smearing on blackface, these dopes are saying that it is the character&#039;s skin tone that is key to their recognizable public identity. If that is how they see or remember a famous rap star like Tupac, if that is what they think is important in order to make the portrayal believable to their friends and neighbors, then it really says quite a bit more about them than it does about the character that they are trying to portray.
BarackMyWorld: dressing up as a famous person who had dressed up as a parody of another <strike>famous</strike> infamous person? (So that you are trying to portray two different people instead of just one? And that you are counting on other people getting the first character&#039;s joke?) Gee, what could possibly go wrong?
Re: Harry Potter -- I think that the fear was that because the books were so entertaining they might inspire kids to explore &quot;real&quot; witchcraft and paganism. Which is not likely, but I think that this (very) slightly more nuanced reasoning was the motivator.
I got a rock.
Concern-trolling Halloween -- how original.
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I thought I covered that with &quot;get punched in the face.&quot;
Well yeah, but that&#039;s understood...
You did; I was just riffin&#039;.
I just want to say, I hate Halloween. Not for any religulous reasons or crap like that, I just hate the whole handing out candy to hordes of kids, most of whom are too old for it. I also hate adult halloween parties with stupid costumes, although I now a have a fetching witch&#039;s hat (I had to take the plastic spiders off the veil) with a long black dress to wear if I absolutely have to. That will do me for the rest of my life. Also, too, we moved to the country 9 years ago and we have not handed out candy since. It is bliss! My elderly black cat will be pissed off though- I won&#039;t let her out until Nov 1 as of now.
There. Rant is over. Next rant will be about Remembrance Day poppies, around Nov 10. Thank you.
<i>Who wants a devil for a child?</i>
George &amp; Barbara Bush as a step up.
But it&#039;s NATURE&#039;S candy!
It&#039;s always a &quot;princess,&quot; too, never just your ordinary squaw tending to the wigwam.
Get Out Of Racism Free Card
First, are there any natural blondes in California?
Second, anyone can pronounce &#039;Cherokee&#039;.
Guy Fawkes Night being celebrated a few days early?