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jlh

Clio, fighting tl;dr since 1979

May 03, 2007 08:35

So because I love my Rymon peeps, and I'm feeling that love back y'all, and because you must read this, I've gone through Jacob's essay on The Effects of Late Capitalism on Geopolitics, aka, the recap of Wednesday's Idol Gives Back, to pull out his thoughts on Ryan and Simon's African Honeymoon. Enjoy.

( Three paragraphs in 15 pages, with limited commentary by yours truly. )

american idol, rymon

Comments 5

sistermagpie May 3 2007, 15:50:25 UTC

Ellen intros Josh Groban, and then we get to the one part of the show that I was personally offended by, when fucking Exxon Mobil trotted out their nice African professionals. It was vile and disgusting, not only because it made Exxon Mobil look "better" but also because it exposed the kind of dance with the devil that you have to do when you're born in bad circumstances, or even generally when you are a person of color on this planet, even though fuck you because there are more of us than there are of you, White Man. (Sorry for those of you who've never heard me talk about race; I'm a Tragic Mulatto, though probably a quadroon to be accurate, and sometimes I gets tiiiired.)

The other night I watched This American Life and it had a segment that made this point even more obviously, and while it was on I found myself thinking of exactly this Exxon thing on AI. As much as I hate them for what they're doing, it really does become even more smarmy and disgusting that they thought to choose those employees to do it.

allysonsedai May 3 2007, 17:31:54 UTC

Oh, man. I'm just so full of emotion towards this show today, and after reading this I feel like my chest is going to explode. I don't know which set of boys to love more. :)

elements May 27 2007, 07:06:50 UTC

Why did I only get bitten by the Rymon bug and wish I'd watched this season now that it's over? Because I think I would have liked to have seen this ep.

jlh May 27 2007, 13:43:51 UTC

Bittorrent is your friend!

What did it for you? Do tell! Also, I did a rec post a while back for Rymon fic pre-season 6, which is in the rymon tag someplace if you want to read stuffs.

elements May 27 2007, 18:43:06 UTC

Yes, I made friends with that tag last night :D. Though most of the stuff is too schmoopy-Simon for my tastes. Simon should be written the way a lot of people write Snape, in many ways ( ... )