Fear of something other than the right color
Another Monday again.
Weekend was good if too short – as is always the way.
Not a lot of time – but I’d like to say that watching the right wing of the GOP dissolve into puddles of fear sweat has been one of the great pleasures of this campaign. I mean they are seriously talking about Obama as if his first act as president will be to install some kind of communist/nazi/mulsim martial law or some such. It has been very enlightening watching these guys run around waiving there hands in the air going “AAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!”
Well while the right wing is losing their shit.
I’ve been doing my usual Halloween build up by watching my embarrassingly large collection of horror films from the 30’s and 40’s – Universal mostly but a few others – a very creepy on from one of the poverty row studios was Bella Lugosi in White Zombie t but that’s not what I saw last night.
Last night was the Mask of Fu Manchu with Boris Karloff as the Insidious Yellow Peril himself – Dr. Fu Manchu – before communists before Mexican’s the Yellow Peril was the Know-Nothing wing of American thought’s worst nightmare – a trip to Ellis Island is interesting mostly in seeing how the immigrants came ashore but also they have newspapers that reflect this country’s ambivalent feelings towards newcomers especially newcomers who weren’t white – hell in one paper there’s a quote that applauds the 1920’s immigration limits because it will help keep America white.
Anyway I’m off track there – the thing about the film – aside from it’s absolutely over the top performance by Boris as Fu Manchu was the casual racism – Asians are presented as sneaky violent cruel irrational and desiring of white women. There is a moment just at the end of the film were Fu is about the sacrifice the female lead who is blonde of course (he does not so do not worry) where he says’ “would you like one like one like this for your wife? Then conquer and breed! Kill the White man and take his women!” this coming after several cracks about the cold antiseptic Christian heaven or things like “lying son of a white dog – you dare try to trick Fu Manchu?” Actually reminded me of the insane fears an Obama win was bringing forth.
I also read that someone at a Palin rally finally yelled out the N word. And it got on Tape – classy boys. These people are to use the unlovely Nixon era phrase are rat-fucking themselves.
Anyway – off to bed or something – meantime please come out to the show on Friday –we need 30 people and if we get that we’ll get asked back and maybe have a regular gig down there which would be cool – we’d like another place that we feel at home at the Luna Lounge is long long gone alas.
We’re putting some older work related stuff back in as well –things are like that aren’t they? In addition, I’m getting ready to do something that will embarrass me for the rest of my life especially if it gets on u-tube. I did talk to the band about this – they have no problem with it but I did but the show must go on.
Anyway off to pop another clunky old horror film in the dvd player -
Peace Love Many Men Smoke but Fu Manchu
Weekend was good if too short – as is always the way.
Not a lot of time – but I’d like to say that watching the right wing of the GOP dissolve into puddles of fear sweat has been one of the great pleasures of this campaign. I mean they are seriously talking about Obama as if his first act as president will be to install some kind of communist/nazi/mulsim martial law or some such. It has been very enlightening watching these guys run around waiving there hands in the air going “AAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!”
Well while the right wing is losing their shit.
I’ve been doing my usual Halloween build up by watching my embarrassingly large collection of horror films from the 30’s and 40’s – Universal mostly but a few others – a very creepy on from one of the poverty row studios was Bella Lugosi in White Zombie t but that’s not what I saw last night.
Last night was the Mask of Fu Manchu with Boris Karloff as the Insidious Yellow Peril himself – Dr. Fu Manchu – before communists before Mexican’s the Yellow Peril was the Know-Nothing wing of American thought’s worst nightmare – a trip to Ellis Island is interesting mostly in seeing how the immigrants came ashore but also they have newspapers that reflect this country’s ambivalent feelings towards newcomers especially newcomers who weren’t white – hell in one paper there’s a quote that applauds the 1920’s immigration limits because it will help keep America white.
Anyway I’m off track there – the thing about the film – aside from it’s absolutely over the top performance by Boris as Fu Manchu was the casual racism – Asians are presented as sneaky violent cruel irrational and desiring of white women. There is a moment just at the end of the film were Fu is about the sacrifice the female lead who is blonde of course (he does not so do not worry) where he says’ “would you like one like one like this for your wife? Then conquer and breed! Kill the White man and take his women!” this coming after several cracks about the cold antiseptic Christian heaven or things like “lying son of a white dog – you dare try to trick Fu Manchu?” Actually reminded me of the insane fears an Obama win was bringing forth.
I also read that someone at a Palin rally finally yelled out the N word. And it got on Tape – classy boys. These people are to use the unlovely Nixon era phrase are rat-fucking themselves.
Anyway – off to bed or something – meantime please come out to the show on Friday –we need 30 people and if we get that we’ll get asked back and maybe have a regular gig down there which would be cool – we’d like another place that we feel at home at the Luna Lounge is long long gone alas.
We’re putting some older work related stuff back in as well –things are like that aren’t they? In addition, I’m getting ready to do something that will embarrass me for the rest of my life especially if it gets on u-tube. I did talk to the band about this – they have no problem with it but I did but the show must go on.
Anyway off to pop another clunky old horror film in the dvd player -
Peace Love Many Men Smoke but Fu Manchu
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