speakeasy77.bsky.social
ENGLISH LECTURER, FORMER INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER CONTRIBUTOR, FATHER, GRANDFATHER CONTEMPLATING LIFE'S BAFFLING BEAUTY.
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Because Americas blacks have no honour they are pussy whipped by the racists.Cowards are afraid to die so they are content to live like slaves..Will be slaves again
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He who feeds you controls you..we can guess how much subsidies these big find get from Government...these sane firms will rush to say how diverse they are once the Dems are back in control
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He who feeds you controls you..we can guess how much Government subsidies these big firms rely on...these hypocrites will rush to say how diverse they are once the Dems are back in control
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Spare a thought for those of us who are staring 67 down the line..
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Racist no? Why these ancient racialized assumptions about things not seen are not being interrogated by the left but platformed and normalized?
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Dinesh D'Souza - that flawed plank in the right's delusional architecture.
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Brilliant 👏 👏 👏
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Got lost in both jungles! I don't know why I misread this..yes I have seen Asphalt but not Blackboard lol...talking of noir do you think Gatsby movie is one? Granted no German expressionist shots but there is this idea of entrapment and inevitability.
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I feel encouraged now lol
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Now that's one Poitier movie I have never seen...I quite liked A Warm December though.
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Ok thanks
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How so? In Jamaica like all the English speaking Caribbean islands there are Indians and Africans as well as biracial africans/Indians...Do you have evidence that Kamala's parents were biracial?
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Is it OK to say that Kamala Harris isn't black in the genetically African sense...given that she is genetically indian?
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Let's discuss...
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I think the screenwriters in the olden days were more cleverer with verbal language than our generation..Tarantino comes close...scripts are more poetic whereas ours are more visual
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It's got Mirchum and Kirk Douglas plus a powerful Femme Fatale in Greer..it's about the struggle against fate when tragedy is a story told backwards...it's like high octane Gatsby on steroids
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IMHO it's the greatest in the genre
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As if not like us isn't just one man's opinion..
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Because I am stuck with half a book in my head and half on the page...it's very frustrating..writers block
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Ok ..this weekend I am rewatcing the big daddy of film noir - Out of the Past..what a helluva movie!!
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And now your answer doesn't flow with the original thread...odd..anyway did you watch the film again?
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I responded but cannot see my text lol
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I loved it but hated feeling frustrated by some elements of the increasingly complex plot manouvres until I accepted that greed and mistrust will lead to very strange choices lol
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I watched it last night again just to unpick the complex plot..it was absolutely brilliant..so.much amorality and baffling motivations ..every single actor deserved an Oscar. I am dying to give you spoilers lol
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I so envy you...lol
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Erik who was the fellow who led the campaign yo establish the black codes?
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I agree. Twitter is now a hate site.
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Hi Suzan I am working on a volume of poetry..can we make contact?
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A riveting, heartpounding page-turner.
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We won't see anything because we won't be around in another 80 years friend