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    Funny Lady

    There was a time when black comedians were the hottest ticket in town. A comedic renaissance bloomed in the 60s, where a variety of different funny men and women tickled the fancy of American audiences. Let’s see, there was George Kirby (Kirby was also a master vocal impersonator), Nipsey Russell, Flip Wilson, Redd Foxx, Moms Mabley, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, Pigmeat Markham, Dick Gregory, Paul Mooney (also wrote for several other comics, like Richard Pryor), Scoey Mitchell, among others.

    Female comics I recall watching on The Ed Sullivan Show included Totie Fields, Joan Rivers, Moms Mabley, Anne Meara, of Stiller and Meara (Ben Stiller’s mom), Phyllis Diller, and Carole Burnett.  And of course CBS had the number one female comedian, Lucille Ball (who had other sit-coms after I Love Lucy, which co-starred her then real life husband Desi Arnaz).

    I must also mention Jackie Gleason, Frank Gorshin (a wonderful impressionist) and especially the late, great George Carlin, talented funny men who were also popular back in the day.

    The Queen of Comedy is the tale of a fictional black comedian, from her youth in the 1920’s, until she’s older and recalls the highs and lows of her career. One such highlight is her time at The Moulin Rouge, a real establishment that broke barriers. I’ve included links on The Moulin Rouge that are below the GIF:

    Honi-Hawkins-promo
    It’s Her Time – The Queen of Comedy will be released shortly

    The Vegas Hotspot That Broke All the Rules

    America’s first interracial casino helped end segregation on the Strip and proved that the only color that mattered was green

    Smithsonian Magazine | Subscribe

     . . . Then came the Moulin Rouge, in 1955, a neon cathedral dedicated to the proposition that the only color that mattered in Vegas was green.

    Link: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-vegas-hotspot-that-broke-all-the-rules-165807434/

    Moulin Rouge showgirls_June 1955

     

    A copy of this mag can be purchased here: https://www.oldlifemagazines.com/june-20-1955-life-magazine.html

     

    Chorus girl from the Moulin Rouge in 1955
    Dancers from the Moulin Rouge during rehearsals in 1955

     

    Opening of the Moulin Rouge Interracial Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada June 1955 by vieilles_annonces

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    Wakanda Forever!!

    Comic book nerd here, from wayyyyy back (DC’s Metal Men was a favorite) Yes, I read Spiderman, Superman, the X-Men among others. Black Panther/Black Leopard was another fave, so yeah, I’m glad about the movie.

    I must also give props to Wesley Snipes as BLADE.

    Blade promo poster

     

    Scifi channel has Blade playing on demand this month, and I still enjoy that groundbreaking movie. The opening scenes where Blade makes his entrance during the vampire rave is visually arresting:

    Wesley Snipes as the half-human, half vampire BLADE
    Wesley Snipes as the half-human, half vampire BLADE, just before the action starts.

     

    Wesley and the gorgeous N’Bushe Wright were the male and female leads. Wesley was a co-producer and also did most of his own fighting scenes, since he’d studied martial arts. 

    Now its Black Panther ‘s time to shine. Congrats to director/screenwriter Ryan Coogler and the cast and crew of this wonderful film.

    Chadwick Boseman portrays the hero Black Panther
    Chadwick Boseman portrays the royal, cool as hell hero Black Panther

     

     

    The beautiful and powerful Dora Milaje
    The beautiful and powerful Dora Milaje. Featured from the left: Danai Gurira and Florence Kasumba.

     

    I’ve included links to a few articles that may be of interest:

    Link: https://www.theroot.com/on-black-panther-black-leopard-and-the-politics-of-bei-1822489281

    Link: http://www.vulture.com/2018/01/christopher-priest-made-black-panther-cool-then-disappeared.html

     

    Not much more to add, especially with another school shooting, yet another American tragedy. My prayers go out to all those affected. 

    Hope to see Black Panther this weekend saw it. Loved it. Great cinematography, costumes, acting, and the dramatic story line twist (T’Challa finding out his father made a choice that came back to haunt the entire tribe) was utterly heart wrenching and to finish editing books.

     

    Gargoyle animation
    Karnage Xian , Gargoyle. Edited stock photos. GIF Created in GIMP

     

     

    Sensei promo with Takeshi kneeling
    Takeshi and Nyesha from the soon to be released ebook SENSEI

     

     

    Man on Fire – Ronin Bey, Fire Drake. This GIF was created in GIMP