Five Jokes: 10-25-2023
Meta Sued By 41 States, Kurt Cobain’s Daughter And Tony Hawk's Son Get Hitched, The White House Postpones B-52s Performance, Select Women Get To Vote At A Vatican Meeting, and A Long Lost Landscape
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41 states are suing Meta, claiming Instagram, and Facebook harm children by adding addictive features. The remaining 9 states plan on joining as soon as they find the right filter.
Kurt Cobain’s daughter, who is an artist and model, married Tony Hawk’s son, who is a skateboarder. Their future children could only disappoint them by getting a nice, stable, desk job.
The White House has scraped plans for a performance by The B-52s at today’s state dinner with Australia’s prime minister. Let’s hope they’ve updated the menu as well. It’s hard to say “I’ll have the Rock Lobster,” in the middle of a serious discussion without context.
Women will vote at a Vatican meeting for the first time. High on their list of things to vote for in a building dominated by men: Air fresheners.
Finally…
Scientists discovered a lost ancient landscape hidden under antarctic ice. They’re most perplexed by a rock formation in its center that looks like a man in a suit holding hands with a mouse.
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REST WELL, RICHARD ROUNDTREE
He was a fine actor, and a true cinema icon. After hearing the news of his death last night, I reflected on the swirl of circumstances that made the first few Shaft movies so great. The combination of Gordon Parks behind the lens, Isaac Hayes behind the mic, and Richard Roundtree on the screen was a force to be reckoned with.
When I think about Roundtree in those movies, what stands out more than the action, slick dialogue, and sex, are the moments where he cracks a joke, smiles, and unleashes an maniacal laugh — usually at the expense of the white characters. It was a subtle turning of the tables. A Black man laughing at the white world to their face.
SOMETHIN’ FROM THE VAULT!
On that Shaft note — here are a few posts from the vault that are loosely inspired by it—
Like, this gift to my dad of a comic book cover of one of his ideas for a superhero named Black-Man:
And my own short story loosely inspired by the new Indiana Jones movie and iconic blaxploitation heroes called Black Man with a Whip:
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