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Archive for July 27th, 2007

27 Jul

ABC’s ‘Cavemen’ Evolves…maybe

I was pleased to read that my ‘alma mater’ ABC has refocused its ‘Cavemen’ sitcom toward ‘outsider’ humor rather than racial humor. If the writing is sharp and funny, the series may have a shot in this new context. There is nothing I like more than ‘fish out of water’ comedy; as long as it’s [...]

27 Jul

Zogby Poll: American Prejudice - The Racist Next Door

Do you remember the publishing debacle that was OJ Simpson’s book entitled If I did it? There was almost unanimous agreement that OJ was confessing his murderous antics under the guise of merely providing an imagined “how to” or “what if” instead. Well, Zogby International has conducted a poll on racism in America where questions [...]

27 Jul

Lindsay Lohan: “The Black kid was Driving.”

Check out the TMZ.com video interviews
Is that rumbling I hear the sound of Al Sharpton’s approaching footsteps? According to interviews posted on TMZ.com, Lindsay Lohan pulled the ‘race card’ after allegedly playing race car driver on Tuesday. According to the interviews, Lohan hopped into the driver’s seat of a car belonging to friends of her [...]