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Whoopi and Disney

By ~LS~ On November 21, 2009 · Add Comment · In Humor, Pop Culture, Race and Racism and tagged Tagged With: Humor, Pop Culture, The View, Whoopi

I adore Whoopi. Ever since I saw her Direct From Broadway show on HBO many years ago. I haven’t seen the 2oth anniversary version, though I would really like to. In the orignal HBO special, her character Fontaine, who is a junkie, goes to the Anne Frank house. It is a profound piece about race and humanity that I wish I could see again.

I was excited to see Whoopi join The View, which is one of my favorite shows to watch when I’m not really watching TV. I was terribly disappointed in her “rape rape” comment about Roman Polanski, for which she’s being skewered all over the net, and deservedly so. Still, I think she’s got an incredible talent for raising people’s consciousness through comedy.

I remember when she was filming in Sister Act and she was at war with Disney over the script. [...]

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Whoopi ~ Rape-rape

By ~LS~ On October 2, 2009 · Add Comment · In Feminism, Politics, Pop Culture and tagged Tagged With: Feminism, Pop Culture, Rape, Sex, The View, Whoopi

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The N-word on the View; Elisabeth and Whoopi go at it

By ~LS~ On July 18, 2008 · 2 Comments · In Pop Culture, Race and Racism and tagged Tagged With: Race, The View, Whoopi

I love The View; it’s a guilty pleasure. I love Whoopi. Whoopi and Elisabeth got into it over use of the N-word. You can see the video of the exchange here on Us Magazine. Elisabeth, of course, cries, wearing her white guilt on her sleeve. She doesn’t understand why it’s alright for black people to use ‘the n-word.’ Elisabeth of course cites the movie _Crash_ as her politically correct credentials. Whoopi makes two important points in response. First she explains that when black people use ‘the n-word,’ they have taken it from the hands of white people who use it against them. She says, “This is a word that has meaning when you give it meaning.” This is a primary lesson in language that I wish all my students would understand. Second, when Elisabeth claims that we live in the same world, Whoopi goes off on her (very gently, [...]

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By ~LS~ On August 3, 2007 · 1 Comment · In Pop Culture and tagged Tagged With: The View, Whoopi

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By ~LS~ On June 13, 2007 · Add Comment · In Pop Culture and tagged Tagged With: The View, Whoopi

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