Audubann’s Weblog

Today, I was flipping through the television channels.  I started to become very irritated.  On every damn channel there were White people.  I have 60 channels to choose from and on them all are people who generally look alike.  So I going to answer the question that many will ask right now.  It matters because people put forth effort to not only put in the media people whom they want to look a certain way, but also work to exclude others based on the way they look.

Sure.  There are some African-American and east Asian anchors on CNN.  Here and there you see a semi-diverse cast on a Nickolodean kid’s show.  But the overwhelming majority of people presented are White middle-class Americans.   The only chance I have a fair chance of seeing an ethnic minority is on the shows Cops and Cheaters.  Hell no!  The show Judge Joe Brown doesn’t count.

Basically, ethnic minorities are shown beating up on one another, yelling at one another or just getting into trouble.  Another question that will come up is “Well what about White people who get arrested on cops or are on court TV shows.  There is a big difference.  Those people are considered quote-un-quote white trash.  When ethnic minorities are on those shows, they are simply considered Black or Mexican.

Why only Black or Mexican? many of you are going to ask (this may seem like a tangent, but I asure you it is not).  It is because aside from people who are assumed to be muslim, most other minorities are considered White.  East Indians are White, Japanese are White.  Italians, Greeks and Jews are White.  I would comment that Native Americans are not White, but they simply aren’t even on T.V. unless it’s for some sort of gimmick.  Perhaps the only exception to this is King of Hill which featured “John Redcorn.”  A Native American who regularly participated in adultery with one of the show’s main characters and also sired an illegitimate child.

If any of you readers mention one of the so called music channels, I hope a shit can falls out of the sky and crushes your fucking head in.

With my 27 years of experience, visual and literary accounts, I know that White people have a general disdain for us for one reason or another.  But something that really pisses me off is that fucking immigrants will come here to the U.S. and fucking be racist.  They will actually take to heart the shit they see on television and resent me.  They will act shitty when I work with them or am in class with them.  They will tell their children not to date us and to not marry us under any conditions.  Yeah, I’m talking about African Immigrants too.

One of the saddest things in the history of media is how east Indians and east Asians assimilated and internalized what europeans fed to them.  The Chinese and Japanese actually paint their brides white on their wedding days because they see being Caucasian as inherently prosperous and all around better.  The east Indians actually went so far as to create a caste system that separted and practically fucking deified a person, the whiter they were/are (they still do that shit).  They even made so that it was tantemount to a sin to marry outside of one’s caste.  However, it’s always okay to marry a White person, even if they aren’t Hindu or east Indian.

I started flippig through the international news channels.  All fucking White people.  Isn’t one fifth of the world’s population supposed to be Chinese?  Isn’t their something going on in Mexico or South America?   Shit, can I see something going on in Africa besides gang rapes and pirates hijacking oil freighters?  There is a huge as African Union that I never hear anything about.

The point is, White people make it seem like there is  no one in the world, but them or people who try to mimic/deify them.  And yeah.  I will write more on the overwhelming number of jewish producers, writers, directors and actors in the media who also have a hand in dictating this.

But there is something that upsets me more them White people and Jews running the media.  Its African-Americans who take on roles portraying “Blacks” the way White people want us to be viewed.  Sometimes, it is even in shows that are produced by African-Americans.  That shit is truly sick.  What ever happened to the Cosby Show?  I don’t remember one episode of A different World wherein being Black was portrayed as only behaving in certain ways.

Yeah.  I know.  This shit on T.V. is made cause people want to see it.  This shit is for White people.

Often times I get upset and annoyed by something and feel liking telling the world about it.  After a few moments, I start to think of how the matter is actually small and irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.  Then I feel silly about even wanting to write about it.  But hell!  Why shouldn’t I tell the world?  Everyone else does.  And I think that my opinions are among the best out there.  So here this one is.  I want you all to know just how dumb music in movies is.

Unless it is a film based upon music and the music actually occurs in a scene such as in High Fidelity, then it shouldn’t be used.  There is nothing more corny about a almost good movie than having some sythesized mood theme.  It just kills the mood for me.  There are exceptions to this, such as with Star Wars, but those films feature great score writers and orchestral conductors.

This sorry ass phenomenon is more prevelant in TV shows.  I love Star Trek the Next Generation.  It is a television series that dealt with some serious issues in a dramatic and imaginitive way.  However, listening to the damn music used in the show often breaks the illusion of the story.  It reminds me that I’m watching something that could be great, if only it weren’t for some dumb ass directing.  The same thing can be said for so many other shows.  Just flip through the channels and watch some old stuff.

Now I’m going to tell you about something that isn’t exactly music, but still has the same effect of ruining a good story.  Laughter and clapping.  Unless the tv show is Married with Children, I don’t wanna hear anyone laughing or clapping.  If is so damn dumb and pretentious.  I don’t want to hear some invisible people laughing at something that is only marginally funny or clapping because… someone pays them to.

How did all this come about?  Why am I so damn annoyed?  Because right now, I am watching In the Mouth of Madness.  It was a good movie the first time around, but after watching it again, I am just annoyed.  Synthesized instruments are not cool (with the exception of Knight Rider).  Supposedly suspensful music is just annoying!  Of course I’m gonna be surprised at hearing a loud and off pitch sound.  But that is cheap and shows a lack of talent upon the part of the director.

Yeah.  Jaws is good.  Indiana Jones is good.  So is the music in both.  Those are very rare exceptions.  Other directors just need to get some damn common sense and let a film/show’s story be good on its own.

Maybe I’m wrong, but I seriously doubt it.  I hope any present or future directors take my advice and save your selves some embarrassment.