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thank you jesse very bleak
Investigating how technology quietly rewires power, politics, and public life.
Specifically the one about Ellison
"why suck the strap?" why lay in a warm patch of sun? why admire bird song in the morning? why enjoy a warm soup on a cold day? why do anything that brings you joy???
Wow.
WICKED Costume Design from Stage to Screen
— by Susan Hilferty — by Paul Tazewell
i want more nuance to be entered into the discussion of the green girl sorority and how differently cynthia plays elphaba in comparison to those who came before her because while a lot of people are rightfully like "why was elphaba not black from the beginning" and celebrating that she is now being played by a black woman, i think we need to be careful in just writing off all the elphabas of the past as Random White Girls when the role was championed (and often followed/succeeded) by a jewish woman
the pop culture archetype of the Wicked Witch has deep roots in antisemitism stretching faaaar far back. there is a level of reclamation happening in casting idina menzel, a jewish woman, to play the Misunderstood and Maligned young girl who is branded as exactly that. and stage!Elphaba is also written and acted with jewish stereotypes in mind--she is loud, aggressive, no-nonsense, blunt. she is quick to advocate for herself and shut down the discrimination she faces. all of this is very intentional! her personality is abrasive from years of abuse, and that makes propagandizing her easy. this is literally the thesis statement of the musical--it's not about aptitude, it's the way you're viewed.
cynthia's performance of elphaba is fucking INSPIRED despite going in a completely different direction. she's much more reserved, analytical, one of her key character traits is how well she can read people (see her calling out Galinda as insecure/putting on airs in their first scene together, clocking that Fiyero is using his party guy persona as a shield for his own depression) elphaba's attempts to blend in and make herself smaller all fail simply because of her existence, if not that then because she feels empathy so strongly she often struggles to hold back from acting, protecting.
personality wise, though, cynthia's elphaba is very quiet and closed-off, not at all the bullet-to-the-face that she is in the stage show, and... she still gets propagandized and maligned. though this seems to contradict the other interpretation, it tells of the other end of the spectrum of propaganda, one that black women watching (and many, MANY other marginalized folks) are sure to identify with--it does not matter how "nice," how reserved, how small a black woman makes herself. a racist society will still scrutinize her every action for a way to parse ill intent from it, brand her as an angry black woman who is dangerous and wicked, and write off any humanity she has in the process.
these two very different interpretations tell of the lie of assimilation. the fact of the matter is, when you are marginalized, there is no way to sand down your edges enough to make the people oppressing you "accept" you. that is why wicked is a tragedy at its core. whether loud and aggressive or quiet and unimposing, there is nothing elphaba could have done to make the people of Oz see her as anything other than a scapegoat to blame all their problems on.
so while i definitely appreciate that people are excited for black girl era elphaba, i would encourage us all to still show appreciation for what came before--that was not white girl era elphaba. that was jewish girl era elphaba. two houses, both alike in dignity, two stories both worth being told.
this is how a person reacts to seeing their bride for the first time on their wedding day
anyone remember hozier? that wild son of a gun loved church
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it’s so weird not being friends with people that used to be really important to u like u never stop being reminded of them bc their personalities and sense of humor and so many little details about them will always be in ur brain like u could see something in a store and think “they would like that” or watch a video and think “they would think this is funny” or even just the most random shit will make u think of them and it’s such a weird feeling
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Update: From Jenny Han’s Opinion piece on New York Times
kevin g from mean girls saying he only dates women of color did more for positive south asian representation than anything aziz ansari or kumail nanjiani has ever done
Everytime someone from the U.K. pops off at the mouth about how racism is sooo much better there, all I can think about is the fact that they’re even worse at disproportionately imprisoning Black people than the U.S. The U.S. which is like…the undefeated world champ of locking its citizens up.
Canadians can also shut the fuck up because imprisoning indigenous women is like their favorite pastime.
*Looks straight at Australia*
I think next thursday is gonna be the best day of my entire life tbh
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not risking it
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this makes me sick
the shit is so demonic like satan really jumped out
sigh, yo like can we fucking live?
I be wanting to do a lot of time cause I would’ve just fired off on them bitches. I’m sick of white people
I can smell them through the screen.