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Shocked Squirrel is Shocked's avatar

And the movies were showing "Song of the South" for a dime.

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Relativicus's avatar

"Al" means "the".

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Mehmeisterjr's avatar

I tried a google search for blackfaced Theda Bara impersonators and came up empty. It would be a tour de force, I'll say that.

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Mehmeisterjr's avatar

As in "Al Donald" Trump?

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Relativicus's avatar

And "Donthed".

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Mahousu's avatar

ألجلسن

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Bitter Scribe's avatar

Right you are. Fixxored.

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Strepsi's avatar

The man got paid NOT to work, then got a $200,000 retirement package??!*opens shoe polish and starts singing*"Mammy... Maaaam-meeee... My heartstrings are tangled around... Alabameeeeee"

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r m reddicks's avatar

definitely

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Mintie's avatar

My take on it is they're a middle of the pack band with simple, catchy songs, who somehow became successful, so naturally everyone is obligated to hate them. That, and supposedly the front man is pretentious.

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proudgrampa the younger's avatar

And start at 3:01?

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

3:45. (Just got back from the packie.)

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proudgrampa the younger's avatar

"Oh, Mammy, don' flim flam me, Mammy!" Jesus Christ, how did they not think someone might be offended by that shit? Heritage, not hate, indeed.

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

We're still exploring new frontiers in assholery. What a country!

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Nasty Woman Persisted's avatar

Acts aren't racist! PeopleRacist are racist! (and I'm not racist.) - Berger

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stevola's avatar

Some of their songs are catchy, but have you heard "Photograph?" Even if that were their only bad song, it's enough to warrant the Nickleback hatred.

Nickleback gets the red squiggly line. Even spellcheck hates them!

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