I think that we were supposed to think that it actually was her grandmother, but she didn't want to talk about it. I think that this was their attempt to be racially sensitive.
Gabriel: Are you trying to destroy this family? Simon: I didn't realize it would be so easy.
'Safe'
Procedurals 1: Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You.
This thread is for procedural TV, shows where the primary idea is to figure out the case. [NAFDA]
Vortex - Nov 25, 2010 6:13:18 pm PST #6609 of 11838
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Toddson - Nov 25, 2010 6:16:59 pm PST #6610 of 11838
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Really? huh
I did enjoy the pink stuff on the new bones and watching them try to figure it out.
§ ita § - Nov 26, 2010 6:59:44 am PST #6611 of 11838
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think that this was their attempt to be racially sensitive.
I normally choke up like a bitch at anything remotely slave-trade related, and I was heading there with this final moment, and then all the Western names started up, and all I could think was "what? where did these slaves come from? are they relocating US slaves?"
And it totally blew what's usually surefire for me.
Vortex - Nov 26, 2010 9:50:39 am PST #6612 of 11838
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Yeah, I didn't say that it was a good attempt.
sj - Nov 26, 2010 11:14:41 am PST #6613 of 11838
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
The Western names totally took me out of the story too.
Stephanie - Nov 26, 2010 2:02:10 pm PST #6614 of 11838
Trust my rage
See, I totally thought the slaves would have had Western names given to them by the English before they put them on the boats. I can't imagine that slave traders would have known or valued African names.
§ ita § - Nov 26, 2010 2:13:31 pm PST #6615 of 11838
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
They wouldn't get named until they were sold, and usually wouldn't happen until they hit their destination. Until then, not valued enough to be named. Remember, they'd toss a chainlinked series of mostly living slaves off the ship if a few of them died of disease. You don't go around naming chattel like that.
I'm not sure, also, when the ship was to have sunk, but surnames were a relatively late development for unfreed slaves.
le nubian - Nov 29, 2010 7:56:47 am PST #6616 of 11838
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
§ ita § - Nov 29, 2010 8:24:31 am PST #6617 of 11838
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
She's dating Diego Serrano??? I love that guy.
Yeah, that's my takeaway.
beekaytee - Dec 03, 2010 9:28:44 am PST #6618 of 11838
Compassionately intolerant
Burn Notice: Huh! Tank from the Matrix. Interesting casting. Marcus Chong's wiki page says that he has written a novel based on his experience in the Matrix, crossed with Alexandre Dumas. Again, I say, huh.