ArugulaZ

joined 1 year ago
[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Perfect for leftovers!

[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Elementary, my dear Mr. Putin.

[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think I blew up that KFC when I played Mercenaries on the Xbox...

[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I've tried frolicking. All those hairs get stuck in my teeth, though.

[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 31 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Stupid people.

[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 25 points 7 months ago (10 children)

Forward compatibility? I get backward compatibility, but FORWARD compatibility?

[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 50 points 7 months ago (7 children)

RFK Jr. is a piece of dog shit drying in the hot summer sun. I can't imagine in any universe this guy (who makes me wish there was a Sirhan Sirhan Jr.) draining votes from Joe Biden when their views are diametrically opposed.

[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social -1 points 7 months ago

I mean, I would suggest she'd be like green or blue or something, like regular fish. You know, camouflage for being underwater. Something down there in the briny deep has got to have a taste for mermaids.

(For top accuracy, all Little Mermaids from this point forward must have a strong resemblance to a manatee. Is Kathy Bates from Misery available?)

[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago

Mm, white danish. That's the one with the white cheesecake goo on the top, right?

[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I see your point, but it is also a little weird when a previously established black character is made white, or at least less black, in the casting. Apparently during TMNT's grimdark period, before the cartoon, their April O'Neil was bi-racial. Baxter Stockman was black, but when the TMNT cartoon came out in 1987, both were white.

I wasn't familiar with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles until the very kid-friendly cartoon, so it didn't bother me. I mean, this was my first introduction to these characters, right? I had no idea. But fast forward to now, when it's very strongly canon that Baxter Stockman is black, and the 1987 Baxter Stockman, who's a hybrid of Dr. Brown from Back to the Future and Jeff Goldblum's bug in The Fly, does seem a little... off.

[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Dude, you're only comparable to Man-Bear-Pig.

[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 42 points 7 months ago (39 children)

Honestly, we do see a lot of this casting in the 21st century. A familiar character becomes black, whether it's Annie or The Little Mermaid, and it leaves me ambivalent. However, in the case of Romeo and Juliet, it actually makes sense to have a racial component injected into the story. They are from warring families, correct? Race could be another point of conflict for them.

(Besides, Shakespeare has been famously open to interpretation. Is Shylock a villain, comic relief, or a tragic victim of prejudice in his own time? That's up to the director of the play, or the film.)

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