Friday, August 02, 2024
You're Right and I'm Right and We're All Right
I wanted to expand a bit on points I was making in another thread about the Olympics Opening Ceremony controversy. There is a bit of brilliance there that needs to be better appreciated. (I still haven't fully watched the ceremony - I didn't realize that it was my job to lay eyes on the French and watch them.)
Apparently (and let me know if I'm wrong) the Last Supper tableaux drag show was an ongoing event in Paris - just a regular part of Parisian life. Then they decided to add the singer playing Dionysus, as a special guest, for the Olympics opening ceremony only.
So, after the fact, show management denies it was a Last Supper show, and they are right: it wasn't. And the drag queen ensemble says it was a Last Supper show, and they are right: it was. Everyone is right, no matter what they might say.
There's no need for anyone to coordinate talking points, no one can discredit what anyone did, and there are no conspiracies worth mentioning. No matter what anybody might say about their participation in the show, they are always right. Finding fault is as hard as nailing Jello to the wall.
It's show-business Teflon of the finest quality - like modern-day chain mail. It's brilliant! We need more of this!
And that is why Bardin, who performs as the drag queen Paloma, felt it was meaningful and important to be part of a Paris Olympics opening ceremony that presented a multifaceted, multiethnic France with people of different ethnicities and orientations.
“It was a really important moment for the French people and the representation of France around the world,” says Paloma, who took part in a single scene that has drawn some furious criticism — including from presidential candidate Donald Trump in the United States, who called it “a disgrace.”
The Joke is on Vance
I’m surprised Democrats are playing in this sandbox, and succeeding at it too. This used to be a MAGA-kind of thing, working with complete fictions. Democrats prefer facts, but the times, they do seem to change.
Democrats are going to kick Republican asses hard in November!
I like this quote:
Rick suggested Vance making love to a couch may best be viewed as what Werner Herzog has described as the "ecstatic truth" — in Herzog's words, "a kind of truth that is the enemy of the merely factual," encompassing falsehoods that "make some essence of the man visible."
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Not Going To Have It
Bravado in a 10-year-old kid with his mother in the Back-to-School aisles at Target: “I’m not going back to school.”
Sunday, July 28, 2024
Bomba Estéreo - Soy Yo
I fell, I stood up, I walked, I climbed up
Me caí, me paré, caminé, me subíI went against the current and I also got lostMe fui contra la corriente y también me perdíI failed, I found myself, I lived it and I learnedFracasé, me encontré, lo viví y aprendíWhen you hit hard, the deeper the beat, yeahCuando te pegas fuerte más profundo es el beat, sí
I keep dancing and writing my lyricsSigo bailando y escribiendo mis letrasI keep singing with the doors openSigo cantando con las puertas abiertasCrossing all these landsAtravesando por todas estas tierrasAnd you don't have to travel so much to find the answer.Y no hay que viajar tanto pa encontrar la respuesta
And don't worry if they don't approve youY no te preocupes si no te apruebanWhen they criticize you, just sayCuando te critiquen, tú solo diIt's meSoy yoIt's meSoy yoIt's me (I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm)Soy yo (soy, soy, soy, soy, soy, soy, soy)It's me (me, me, me, me, me, me, me)Soy yo (yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo)
I keep walking and I keep laughingSigo caminando y sigo riendoI do what I want and I die tryingHago lo que quiero y muero en el intentoNobody cares what I'm doingA nadie le importa lo que estoy haciendoThe only thing that matters is what's insideLo único que importa es lo que está por dentroI like to be in the sandA mí me gusta estar en la arenaBathing in the sea for no reason, no problemBañarme en el mar sin razón, sin problemaSitting doing nothingEstar sentada sin hacer nadaLooking from afar and being relaxedMirando de lejos y estar relajada
And don't worry if they don't approve youY no te preocupes si no te apruebanWhen they criticize you, just sayCuando te critiquen, tú solo diIt's meSoy yoIt's meSoy yoIt's me (I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm)Soy yo (soy, soy, soy, soy, soy, soy, soy)It's me (me, me, me, me, me, me, me)Soy yo (yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo)
I am like this, I am like this, I am like this (relax)Soy así, soy así, soy así (relaja)And you don't even know me (well relax)Y tú ni me conoces a mí (bien relaja)I am like this, I am like this, I am like this (relax)Soy así, soy así, soy así (relaja)And you don't even know me (well relax)Y tú ni me conoces a mí (bien relaja)You know what I mean?You know what I mean?You know what I mean?You know what I mean?
Yes DadSí, papá(Relax, relax well) And don't worry if they don't approve you(Relajá, bien relajá) Y no te preocupes si no te aprueban(Relax, relax well) When they criticize you, just say(Relajá, bien relajá) Cuando te critiquen, tú solo di
It's meSoy yoIt's meSoy yoIt's me (I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm)Soy yo (soy, soy, soy, soy, soy, soy, soy)It's me (me, me, me, me, me, me, me)Soy yo (yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo)
In bedEn la camaRelaxRelajáwith my charmCon mi encantoIn pajamas, it's meCon pijama, soy yo
That's how I amAsí soy yo