We made jokes clowning the white people they beat down righteously. We made jokes lionizing the Black people who came to their brother’s aid. We made jokes about watching it one million times. Watching Black TikTok, you can tell that we were overjoyed watching that video. TikToker summed it up well when she said “I love how unserious we are.” She’s talking about how we took so much joy in making jokes and having fun as the Montgomery story played out. It makes perfect comedic sense to see those clowns and hear Will Smith (who, like them, was inappropriately violent in public) say, “Now this is a story all about how my life got flipped, turned upside down.” For sure.īut also, who took the legendary Bill Withers’ song “Grandma’s Hands” and flipped it into a song called “ Folding Chair.” I could go on and on. Then again, I also loved seeing take the theme song to “The Fresh Prince” and lay it over photos of the white family that got beat up. The impact of crack dealers on Black America is at the heart of episode 3 of ‘Being Black: The ’80s’ Because the ancestors were definitely there, helping and overseeing us on that day. And “Produced by the Ancestors.” Hell yes. Morris also had fun with the titles - the show that was being introduced starred “A brother just doing his job,” “Michael Evans Phelps” and “UNC with the chair,” but what hit me deeply was the last two: “Created by Consequences & Repercussions.” Yes. I think the one that I loved the most was this video by who laid footage of the brawl over the theme song to “Good Times.” That song is iconic in Black America so it’s powerful to combine that song about Black survival with newly iconic footage of Black folks fighting to survive. They were an audience that cheered ecstatically thus making the show even better. The brawl became a massive sociocultural event in Black America because so many people watched the video and then a lot of them ran to social media and created brilliant responses that reflected how celebratory we all were about the brawl. Shout out to all of them, salute to all of them, but when I think about the Montgomery Brawl, I think about what they did as well as the reaction of everyone else in Black America. And when I say “the Montgomery Brawl,” I don’t mean just the people of that town standing up and fighting back against the racist wypipo who attacked the co-captain of the Harriott II. The Great Montgomery Brawl of 2023, aka the Alabama Sweet Tea Party, aka Fadesgiving, is the best thing to happen to Black people since the election of Barack Obama.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |