Can we please petition God for another television show for Kevin James so he can stop doing movies like this? #StruggleLife
Is King of Queens not syndicated? Did he not get a back-end deal? If you get residual checks, you shouldn't have to do things like this:
OR THIS:
(And don't you try to tell me, "Paul Blart wasn't that bad!")
When you bow your heads tonight, send one up for Kevin James. At this point, I think even taking up knitting would make him a more productive citizen...
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Monday, October 8, 2012
The Mindy Project
I don't watch "The Office."
But I do read trade publications about Hollywood, and it became quite clear this fall pilot season that the critics were checking for Miss Mindy Kaling and her new FOX show, "The Mindy Project." I was happy to see a woman of color in a starring role, and the concept of her viewing her life as a romantic comedy was interesting to me.
Entertainment Weekly described it this way:
The bone I have to pick is that the description just doesn't seem accurate. So far, Mindy seems pretty lucky. She is neurotic, puts her foot in her mouth often, rambles and doesn't mind giving up the cookies real easy. But no one's turned her down yet. In short, Mindy gets play. So what's wrong with her love life?
Beyond that, it's all from educated, well-to-do white men. I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE seen a guy who looks like Seth Meyers strolling down the street with a girl who looked like Mindy. In this "post-racial" society, I still have not seen sandy blonde, blue-eyed, camping-skiing-rock climbing All-American men with chunky, brown Indian women.And especially, the hunky British guy in the office (who would be the object of everyone's affections) would not have been begging her to take the D on the first day!
Granted, just because I haven't seen it does not mean it doesn't exist. But the lack of realism from where I sit makes it harder for me to buy into the show.
At any rate, it's your world, Mindy. Dream it how you live it!
But I do read trade publications about Hollywood, and it became quite clear this fall pilot season that the critics were checking for Miss Mindy Kaling and her new FOX show, "The Mindy Project." I was happy to see a woman of color in a starring role, and the concept of her viewing her life as a romantic comedy was interesting to me.
Entertainment Weekly described it this way:
"If you’ve been waiting for the perfect ob-gyn office-set romantic comedy, Mindy Kaling hopes to deliver something special on your television Tuesday night: In Fox’s The Mindy Project (Fox, Tuesday, 9:30 p.m.), the former star/executive producer of The Office plays Mindy Lahiri, a highly skilled gynecologist whose romantic life is in need of urgent care."My take? Um...it's straight. Episode 2 was better than episode 1. I'm hopeful Episode 3 will be better than the previous one. Etc, etc.
The bone I have to pick is that the description just doesn't seem accurate. So far, Mindy seems pretty lucky. She is neurotic, puts her foot in her mouth often, rambles and doesn't mind giving up the cookies real easy. But no one's turned her down yet. In short, Mindy gets play. So what's wrong with her love life?
Beyond that, it's all from educated, well-to-do white men. I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE seen a guy who looks like Seth Meyers strolling down the street with a girl who looked like Mindy. In this "post-racial" society, I still have not seen sandy blonde, blue-eyed, camping-skiing-rock climbing All-American men with chunky, brown Indian women.
Granted, just because I haven't seen it does not mean it doesn't exist. But the lack of realism from where I sit makes it harder for me to buy into the show.
At any rate, it's your world, Mindy. Dream it how you live it!
"Turn on the Lights"
After the entire summer passed, I grew to accept this for the ratchet love song it truly would like to be.
But there were some hurdles I had to jump to get here:
The abusive use of autotune cannot disguise that it sounds like Future is trying to sing while battling throat cancer. But never mind that.
Never mind that he is not on beat for the entire second verse. The melody compels me to keep listening, somehow. Luv to the producer. My biggest issue was the first 30 seconds.
Literally, stop it at 00:27.
Yo, WHAT did he say?
"Is that her in the VIP line, with the V-tine, and the Ees-Sarant?"
I'd look over to my imaginary passenger and ask, Did he say V-time? What the hell is that? And what is ees sarant? I was so disturbed I had to Google the lyrics. Apparently this fool was saying Vuitton and Yves Saint Laurent.
I guess he had to create sum kinda country contraction to make it fit. I don't know. But what I do believe is, this is why they try to keep certain labels away from us.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
What I Know For Sure 2.3
White people all think they are your boss.
Even the ones who are younger than you. And the ones who are dumber than you. Even the ones fixing your sandwich at Jimmy John's. Yep, all of 'em.
Even the ones who are younger than you. And the ones who are dumber than you. Even the ones fixing your sandwich at Jimmy John's. Yep, all of 'em.
What I Know For Sure 1.1
When *people* start a sentence with:
Also, when these same *people* start a sentence with "Reason being," said reason will be produced from between their buns. But ya know, they're an authority on everything, so they expect you to cash it like a check.
I plan to gift you with more golden wisdom like this, as it is revealed to me from on high.
- "In the future,"
- "Going forward," OR
- "It's not a big deal"
Also, when these same *people* start a sentence with "Reason being," said reason will be produced from between their buns. But ya know, they're an authority on everything, so they expect you to cash it like a check.
I plan to gift you with more golden wisdom like this, as it is revealed to me from on high.
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