tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post7926498664942055830..comments2023-09-02T14:13:10.364-07:00Comments on Mouse's Musings: Meet Lionel WashingtonMousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11936002393931074811noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-64337142057120539112011-08-28T21:08:04.016-07:002011-08-28T21:08:04.016-07:00Reading the Lionel page. I really want to slap L&a...Reading the Lionel page. I really want to slap L&J through the page for writing crap like this:<br /><br /><i>Now, seven years later, thirteen-year-old Lionel was having trouble deciding where he fit. When he visited his relatives in Chicago, or when his other relatives visited him from the South, his cousins criticized him for "losing your blackness. It's like you're white now."<br /><br />It was nice to live in a neighborhood where he didn't have to be afraid to ride his bike anywhere or run with his friends, even after dark. And Lionel enjoyed having more things than he was used to having when he was smaller. His cousins, probably to cover their jealousy of his nicer clothes and shoes and the fact that his parents had two cars, called him "rich boy" and "whitey" and said he might as well not even be black.</i><br /><br />Real nice L&J, you just pander to racist stereotypes about black people there.<br /><br />(>_<)Apocalypse Reviewhttp://apocalypsereview.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-21385288177443166152010-12-26T11:18:44.368-08:002010-12-26T11:18:44.368-08:00"I'd hate to see what he considers funny ..."I'd hate to see what he considers funny then try to imagine it being told in a high pitch whine."<br /><br />You mean like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXQqI9xGzvc<br /><br />New reader, coming from Slacktivist and Ruby's blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-35928604575318990742010-07-26T11:31:07.469-07:002010-07-26T11:31:07.469-07:00Good call on the Rush Limbaugh thing. Storytellin...Good call on the Rush Limbaugh thing. Storytelling is an art, one mastered by very few (least of all Jenkins, ZING!) and it can be difficult to describe the actual mechanics of what makes a good storyteller.<br /><br />Still, "high-pitched whining" is definitely NOT one of the attributes.Rubyhttp://heathencritique.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-52769991896461142662010-07-25T22:47:14.285-07:002010-07-25T22:47:14.285-07:00That fellow - James Baldwin - sounds like the kind...That fellow - James Baldwin - sounds like the kind of writer I'd like to actually read on my own time. Thanks for the intro. :)<br /><br />The "high-pitched whine" thing got my attention, too. A person who spoke like that would be more annoying than anything else because those vocal frequencies tend to just grate, somehow.<br /><br />I think Jenkins must have been thinking of the way Rush Limbaugh mocked people by purposely putting on a "Liberal whine" and in that tone, mocking Democrats, feminists, etc.<br /><br />If so, it's definitely not the kind of trait I would attribute to a man like Uncle Andre. Hell, a storyteller kinda guy? I'm imagining a loud bassy voice which just naturally commands attention and conveys the realism and fun of the story being told.<br /><br />And yeah WTF at the thinking??? Gosh. They're really down on people who don't fit the mold. Cal Jordan over at Edge of Apocalypse gets buckets of crud dumped all over him because he has a girlfriend, spends time with her, and *takes after his mother*.<br /><br />These initial chapters Do Not Inspire Confidence.Apocalyse Reviewhttp://apocalypsereview.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com