Could aliens clean up Gulf spill?
Local alien expert and initiative proponent believes advanced alien technology exists
Local alien expert Jeff Peckman would like to beam assistance to the Gulf.
He says the answer to the Gulf oil disaster may lie in sophisticated extraterrestrial technology.
Peckman, who is running a Denver ballot initiative that would create a commission to study extraterrestrial affairs, says whistle-blowers have pointed to advanced alien technology that could achieve the kind of environmental cleanup that is necessary to handle the Gulf disaster.
“More recent messages coming from this direction or that direction have affirmed that there are such technologies in existence that could be made available to us once there is open contact, acknowledgment and diplomatic relations with these advanced extraterrestrial cultures,” said Peckman.
Yes, but even in that scene, the message is essentially that racism is bad because it means white guys can't fuck hot Polynesian chicks without people looking at them funny. At no point does the play ever address the fact that racism primarily hurts people of color.
Well, there is also the whole, "I can love him and his kids even though his kids are bi-racial" plot as well. I don't know that Nellie's journey is so much one of, "Emile should get to fuck hot Polyneisan chicks."
Hats from Ascot this year
Love them! But mostly I just noticed how the queen looks super old all of a sudden.
tommyrot, I really, really wish your last link had been from the Onion too.
Happy Birthday Askye.
Yeah the thing about South Pacific is that at the same time it is racist, it also was (at the time) a powerful anti-racist statement. In a way it quintessentially captures the paradox of America on race - racist and anti-racist at the same time. And if it is not much of a paradox because the racism is really fucking strong, well that is quintessentially American too.
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Well, there is also the whole, "I can love him and his kids even though his kids are bi-racial" plot as well.
Okay fine, racism is also bad because sometimes two unbelievably privileged white people might break up and feel sad for a few weeks.
In a way it quintessentially captures the paradox of America on race - racist and anti-racist at the same time.
As does the "What's My Line?" example.
The thing is, however progressive South Pacific may have been for its time, it's still, to me, unwatchable in 2010. The racism is only a part of it - there's also the fact that the tragic love story between Joe and Liat begins with him raping her (with her mother's permission, of course).
I honestly can't think of a single scene that didn't have me cringing in my seat.
