Month: December 2005

  • There is some news about commuting Stanley “Tookie” Williams’ execution on grounds that he is a reformed Christian of some sort, and deserves to live because he realizes all the wrong he has done. Celebrities like Jamie Foxx and others who I don’t give a sh*t about have joined in on the cause, and are hoping to get the government to give this man, the founder of the Crips, a second chance at life.


    Albeit a life in prison, but they think it’s better than being put to death.


    These loser celebrities and supporters of Williams seem to have forgotten something important: what the f*ck he did to land his ass in prison. Gee, I don’t know…maybe because he’s responsible for beating a man to death in 1972, shooting someone in 1979, killing an entire family for $100 also in 1979, and stabbing an inmate while in prison in 1988. All in all, he has taken the lives of these people, and ruined the lives of their families–and now his ass wants a stay of execution because he happened to publish a bunch of childrens’ books and established an anti-violence organization.


    Big f*cking deal—he KILLED people. Remember that? He took lives of innocent members of society, and now his legacy lives on in the members of the gang he started–and those idiots kill people too. What a joke that he should ask to live, when he took his victims’ right to life away.


    F*ck people like Jamie Foxx, Snoop Dogg, and Danny Glover. Those people live in million dollar mansions, and have security guards protecting them. The f*ck do they know what it means to have your life taken away from you because some gang members thought killing them would give them street cred. What about Albert Owens and Tsai-Shai Yang—no one gives a crap about them because guess what? They’re dead. He killed them. That motherf*cker killed them.


    And so what? So he thought he could turn a new leaf and start live over as a vigilante for community safety and anti-gang campaigns. But so what…you have a duty to preserve community safety by not murdering people, or starting gangs where children can gain access to drugs and guns. You have a freaking duty to abide by the laws—and when your conduct grossly rejects the rules of society, you get sentenced to death. This wasn’t just something that happened to be made up along the way–Williams knew this was a possible consequence of his gruesome actions, and he chose to ignore it and conduct himself as a monster. He deserves it. He should die.


    He shouldn’t be asking the government for a pardon…he should be asking God, and the families of those people he senselessly killed.

  • I think it’s really funny–no–pathetic, how some people are criticizing the fact that Chinese actors play major characters in the the movie, “Memoirs of a Geisha.” They’re all pissed off because they think Japanese people are better equipped at playing Japanese characters in a movie set in Japan.


    Sure, I agree with that…just like how I believe that Jackie Chan is the best thing that’s ever happened to this planet, and if someone threw Jean-Claude Van-Damme into Police Story I would take to the streets and start burning babies.


    But, you see, judging by the way I belittled the angry anti-Chinese actor activists, that means there is a catch that makes my aforementioned analogy totally pointless.


    Before anyone gets mad about Zhang Ziyi playing Sayuri, and insisting that Japanese actors and actresses should have gotten the roles instead, remember that “Memoirs of a Geisha” is written by ARTHUR GOLDEN. That’s right–a white guy wrote a book about a Japanese girl. Sure, he researched the work extensively–but according to those who think you have to be Japanese in order to appreciate a story about a Japanese person, well, Arthur Golden is no Futabatei Shimei, now is he? If you want to start bitching about authenticity, start with the author and then work your way down.


    Then there’s the fact that the director is Rob Marshall–another white guy! Wait, wait, that means the movie still lacks authenticity because he’s not Akira Kurosawa! Wow…strike two on the Japanese authenticity issue.


    And then—the characters speak English! Why not Japanese? Gee, I don’t know…becuase the book was written by a white guy, the director is a white guy, the major actresses are Chinese, and the target audience is the English-speaking public?


    Here’s the thing pro-Japanese activists should remember: movies aren’t made for the sake of entertainment value–they’re made for profit. Lord of the Rings wasn’t an exact replication of the book, and neither is the new Harry Potter movie. They are adaptations, restructured so that they attract the greatest numbers of people. And you can’t do that effectively if you have a storyline people aren’t interest in, or actors people don’t recognize.


    And really–what’s the f*cking deal here? You complainers are the same people who push the “Asians all look alike” joke anyway. All of a sudden there is a difference when Chinese actors replace Japanese actors on screen. Tell me: what Japanese actress do you think should have played the role instead? Pick one, and guaranteed a majority of the people in America do not know who she is.


    Back to my awesome analogy then: if Cop Story was written for a Chinese actor, but Van Damme was all the rage, then it would be logical for the director to use Van Dammn instead of Jackie Chan because that’s who most people pay money to see.


    So quit your bitching.