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To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995) dir. Beeban Kidron

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Salt of the Earth (1954), dir. Herbert J. Biberman

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Damn, son.

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EVERYONE SHOULD WATCH SALT OF THE EARTH

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Salt of the Earth actually has a crazy interesting history- OP already said it was made in 1954, but that was in the middle of the Red Scare (communism scary cold war hysteria)

Congress’s anti-communism target fell hard on Hollywood, and those in the industry who were suspected of communism at all were blacklisted from all jobs, because studio’s didn’t want to face backlash from Congress

Salt of the Earth was made nearly 100% with blacklisted crew members from Hollywood, and had such difficulty finding actors that they hired local citizens and miners from the actual strike the plot is based on. There were only 5 trained actors involved, and one of them (Rosaura Revueltas, the woman in the gif) was deported to Mexico before they finished filming on accusations of communism, with no proof and no substance. The filming was plagued with police harassment and threats (according to my professor they were shot at more than once), and the local union hall was burned down.

The movie itself not only covers a real 1950′s labor strike demanding safer and more equal labor conditions for Mexican-American employees, but after the miners were facing arrest, their wives and children took up the strike in their place. The movie’s combination of blacklisted crew, civil rights and feminist message, and pro-union plot (during the red scare) got the movie blacklisted and only 12 theaters in the entire United States would show the movie- it was successful in Europe, but didn’t actually achieve viewership in the US until the 60′s

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https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/mar/10/salt-of-the-earth-labour-workers-blacklisted-filmmakers

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made a crappy comic for some of the sci-fi cartoons that came back this year :))

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last night I had a dream about professor membrane trying to grill as a bonding activity with his children (he eventually got fed up with how slow the process was and sped it up with science)

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THE LAST OF US ➵ Joel

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I was a bit artblocked today so, frustrated young relatable Rick gif

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Been working on something that required designing a young adult Ricardo pre-janitor era (and just a few years shy of his hair turning that signature Rick shade of blue). I liked how this test sketch turned out so I cleaned it up.

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