She was diagnosed or rather she revealed she was bipolar after that show. So I wouldn’t feel comfortable watching whatever antics are being presented. Plus, I can only take Mimi in small doses.

I lack the mental fortitude to take even the shortest sojourn through Mariah’s World. After Anna Nicole and Whitney I made it a point not to watch reality shows about people with mental illnesses and/or addiction problems.

That’s like saying found money on the street has no owner. It most certainly does have an owner, because it didn’t materialize out of thin air. As for Drake, that is most definitely a sign of appropriation. He took something that others created and had already popularized and cannibalized it to make money. It would be different if he had used it to bring attention to this subculture that already exists. Like “Hey, what you’re doing is cool and I want to expose it to a wider audience.” He didn’t even have the balls to include BG in the video. That’s appropriation. Sting making music with reggae and ska influences? Not appropriation. Because Sting has shown respect and love to the culture and the people who influenced him.

With respect to Miley, people most certainly were presenting it as if she created some new dance craze. And nowhere did I state where or when that style of dance was created. I simply said it came from somewhere other than Miley’s head, and that should be acknowledged. When Kim K got her hair braided people were going crazy like that wasn’t already a thing. Look at gay culture and drag culture. Words, phrases, looks and whatever get taken out and popularized in the mainstream. And then those things have now been assigned a new value when we already valued them. And things get diluted and they lose their originality. Why do you think those Drag Race queens are always coming up with new things to say?

I have no issue with people borrowing ideas, looks, whatever from other cultures. But it’s about respect. If I buy a shirt from Macy’s and someone compliments it, I’m not going to say I made it myself. I’m going to say where I got it. Why do you think Alyssa Milano go dragged over the whole MeToo thing? Here you had a movement which was already established, and then someone else comes along and absconds with it. The motivations were the same, but suddenly you’re assigning praise and recognition to someone over here, meanwhile the person over there who actually created it can’t even get invited to the photoshoot. Stuff like that is not cool. It’s like when we had math tests in school. It wasn’t enough to just write the answer on your paper. You had to show your work to prove how you arrived at the answer. That’s really all I’m saying. Show your work. I think you’re hung up on looking at this from a legal angle. It’s not about legality. Legality has nothing to do with anything. It’s more of an ethical issue.

There is an ethical issue when one person is doing something and getting ridiculed and or dismissed for it, but then another person can come and do the same thing and be praised and applauded. Big Freedia is treated as a non-entity. Drake gets treated as an innovator. Solange has her braids edited out of a magazine cover, Kim K’s braids mark her as a style icon. It’s not right, and every time people borrow something from another culture without paying that respect and acknowledgement back, it makes it easier for that culture to remain uncelebrated.

I’ve never stated anyone had to stay in their cultural lanes. That’s not my point. I’ve been pretty clear about what my issue with it is. If you think it’s okay, cool. You’re coming from your perspective and I’m coming from mine. Discussing the matter beyond what we’ve both already done seems rather pointless.

Maybe she could play the bullet that killed JFK in an animated movie.

Men’s Fitness? That settles it. He was just looking for some locker room cred. Nothing to see here.

I don’t consider culture an intellectual property. You’re not creating anything, you’re just being yourself. Stuff does get created while you’re being yourself, but that’s just a byproduct. You’re not creating images or aesthetics or whatever for mass consumption, profit, feels or whatever. And again, it’s not to say you can’t be influenced by someone else’s culture, but you can’t just take it and run with it as if it’s your own without acknowledging where you got it from. It’s like taking a recipe you got from a cookbook and passing it off as your own. It’s particularly hurtful when the people you’re “borrowing” from aren’t getting their due credit. Like with Drake using Big Freedia’s sound and literally her voice, but not featuring her in his video. Or Miley introducing twerking to the masses like it wasn’t already a thing. Or Snookie passing herself off as Italian. Or “Bo Derek Braids” becoming a thing when they were already a thing and already had a name. It’s disrespectful to say “oh, now this has value because I say it does, whereas before it didn’t.” So long as your taking things respectfully and for the right intentions, I don’t have a problem with it. But not everyone does it that way.

I think things get murky though when you bring things like ethnicity and gender into the picture. Because as great as Ms. Meryl is, you’re certainly not going to see her playing JFK. Just like you’re not going to see Viola playing Meryl or Angela playing Obama. There are exceptions here and there, but generally there are limits to what talent accomplish, because there are certain nuances you would not have experienced because you haven’t lived that life. You might get a close approximation, but there will definitely be something missing, and it will show in the performance.

Most of those shows about periods like that have a homo subtext. I don’t know about the scene or characters in question, but that could be the reason. That’s a gross thing to be retelling anyway, so I’d question the source.

Renner is a pompous asshole.

If you’re paying love and respect to a culture or certain aspects of it because your spirit has made a genuine connection, that’s one thing. If you’re just going “Hey, this seems cool so I’m going to adopt these characteristics while pretending I’m presenting something new” that’s another. It’s like writing a term paper. You can’t just throw ideas out and present them as your own. You have to cite your sources.

Actually, If I’m remembering my Lost history correctly, Portland was where The Others established their fake science lab. Perhaps those Scientologists were trying to get back to the island.

I would disagree that it’s just for documentaries. If an actor has real world insight into the character they’re playing, they’re able to pull more from their own experiences and infuse it into the work. Then you run less of a risk of someone just acting out stereotypes of what they think that character represents.

I didn’t hear that story, but eww. Wasn’t the tudors somewhat homoerotic? Maybe he got hard off the fashions. Or he did it intentionally.

Serves Renner right. He’s a dirtbag with anger issues and questionable morality.

Meh. I like the song but the visuals are nothing more than Asian fetishism. People weren’t happy about Gwen’s Harajuku girls being part of her entourage, but they’re fine with Nicki dressing like she’s an Asian hooker straight out of Chinatown. The place, not the movie.

They must’ve been an offshoot branch, because they sound like their finances were in dire straits.

Where they run into problems is when they cast roles without at least making an effort to cast people who are already in that community. Like when Emma Stone was playing a part Asian woman in that one movie. You couldn’t find someone in all of Hollywood who was actually of Asian descent? Was Nicki not available?That’s why Ryan is being rightfully praised for his work with Pose. It’s truly amazing to see that many trans, gay and minority actors in front of and behind the camera. When people are allowed to tell their own stories, it usually makes the presentation more authentic.

I love having my Gerry mandered. And while I may not be the biggest PAC fan, I do appreciate his contributions to the industry.

Forget the beard, look at the fit of that button down and those slacks. You know Ms. Renner is salty her fat ass got dropped for an even fatter ass.

A mall? Did that reading come with a free shiatsu massage and a pretzel? I didn’t know they would debase themselves with the commoners like that. And seriously, how can you get a proper reading in a mall of all places?

Pretty much this. Ms. Felicity Huffman didn’t go running away. So long as the work being portrayed is authentic and not patronizing to the community it is representing, people usually get over it. But it’s very possible ScarJo knew the project wasn’t going to be that, and she got out while the gettin’ was good.

I kept saying it but you didn’t want to believe it. She ain’t fool me though. All that muscle is hiding a scared homo who is afraid to unleash his inner gay on Hollywood. Maybe one day. Oh, and if you haven’t already, you really do need to check out his look in Mission Impossible. At least watch the trailer. Henny is slaying. And he gets to work with Queen Angela.

Sorry, I can’t support someone who calls her album “Queen” and then makes no mention of the fact one of the B.I.G. songs she remade was already remade by Lil Kim ten plus years ago.

Ms. Tomlin likes having her ass eaten and played with, but he’s all about the control. The only times he gives it up (outside of aggressive toyplay sessions) is when the hunger gets out of control. Then comes the sling and the ball gag and he cries out something about feeling the need. The need for speed.

One of these days I’d like to meet an actual Scientologist. I came close one time by talking to someone who was approached by a Scientologist.

Yeah, that plus she’s not trying to have her edges scalped like ScarJo for thinking about playing a trans woman.

For some reason I thought you were one of the few people who thought Henny, I mean Henry was straight. You know Tom had to strike up a “friendship” after he saw Henny in those tight-ass ass slacks. Ms. C was working it. With the beard too. Tom is a top. He’s too insecure to be a bottom. Or let his beards wear high heels next to him.

Just mentioning FUCK FACE Trump is automatic BONER KILLER 4 me !

That nanny is basically Gone Girl 2. As for that Jen movie, it looks just like that one with Jodie Foster a few years back. The one where her man (who I think was Sayed from Lost) gets killed. Jodie and Peppermint from Drag Race have already filed a joint lawsuit.

In her next film Jen will be trying to save her kid from terrorists on a plane.

I think you left off the quotes around friends. And I believe the suit revolved around copyright infringement and theft of drag services.

Well, she already thinks she has a shot at the new Elektra movie. Nobody has the heart to tell her it’s a movie about Elektra Abundance.

So…Peppermint, starring Jen Garner?

Seriously though, even the extreme side isn’t supposed to be about that. That’s why you have safewords and why the dom is always supposed to be checking in with the sub to make sure they’re okay with what is happening. It’s the same with fisting and it’s why neither activity should be taken up if everyone isn’t in the right drug and alcohol free headspace.