“Scandal,” the new ABC series created by Shonda Rhimes and starring Kerry Washington, is the first network TV drama with a black female lead character since 1974. That was the year of “Get Christie Love!,” a blaxploitation-inflected crime series starring Teresa Graves—best known for the catchphrase “You’re under arrest, sugar.”
Wesley: Hey. Hey, Gunn. Is something weird going on? … Charles, you just peed on my shoes. Gunn: I'll be damned. That's weird.
'Life of the Party'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
le nubian - May 14, 2012 7:57:10 am PDT #4982 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
DavidS - May 14, 2012 7:58:01 am PDT #4983 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I used to watch Get Christie Love.
§ ita § - May 14, 2012 8:00:43 am PDT #4984 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Black female solo lead, right? Lest we forget Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
Allyson - May 14, 2012 8:00:58 am PDT #4985 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Oh, hey, ita!
smonster - May 14, 2012 8:01:35 am PDT #4986 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
One of my trainees had a baby girl named Neveah. It was pronounced how I pronounce Nivea - "nih-VEE-ah." He had the name tattooed on his arm, too. Named his second daughter Paris (not after Hilton).
Jessica - May 14, 2012 8:13:43 am PDT #4987 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm having Chipotle for lunch for the first time in a while. I do not like their new pinto bean recipe.
Jesse - May 14, 2012 8:22:52 am PDT #4988 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Black female solo lead, right? Lest we forget Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
I wish that show had been on cable, and could have lasted. It was entertaining! If not very good.
Burrell - May 14, 2012 8:41:19 am PDT #4989 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Frances is still lingering down near the bottom at #789. It was around #500 when we named her but has been losing traction ever since. So more people named their baby Yareli and Anahi than Frances.
Consuela - May 14, 2012 8:45:38 am PDT #4990 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Jesus, the GOP pisses me off.
Now they want to kill the American Community Survey. I can't tell you how many hours I have spent in the last 14 years pouring through the Census website, looking for just that data. It's invaluable for planning purposes, and they want to get rid of it!
God forbid we know what percentage of our population is employed, or living under the poverty line, or owns their own homes, or or or-- ARGH.
tommyrot - May 14, 2012 8:52:01 am PDT #4991 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
God forbid we know what percentage of our population is employed, or living under the poverty line, or owns their own homes, or or or-- ARGH.
Knowing those things could lead to... liberalism!