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Netflix N’ Chill Saturday Crip Camp: A Disabled Revolution
We must acknowledge those that came before us !! Because of these outstanding Individuals who just happen to have physical disabilities I and was and am able to thrive. And open the doors for this generation of disabled people!!
Popeyes’ quarantine-focused “fried chicken and chill” campaign sets you up with Netflix
There are three eternal truths to life: death, taxes, and brands attempting to promote themselves even (or especially) in the darkest of times. The third one is quite hard to pull off; usually when companies try to get in on a crisis, it, uh, doesn’t go well. That’s why we’re surprised that Popeyes’ new quarantine-themed ad campaign, “fried chicken and chill,” actually manages to be…thoughtful, classy, and fun all at once? Way to go, Popeyes.
Here’s how it works: Post a photo of yourself eating Popeyes on social media and hashtag it #ThatPasswordFromPopeyes. If you’re one of the first thousand people to do so, you’ll get a Netflix username and password from Popeyes. As the fried chicken emporium put it via press release: “As a brand rooted in southern heritage, Popeyes treats everyone like family. And what do families do? They share streaming service passwords, of course.” Thank you, Popeyes, for validating my use of all my parents’ streaming services as a 30-year-old adult.
Popeyes is having a moment right now, and if you’ve read this website with even the slightest of regularity, you know why. Despite that success, and the fact that the fast food industry seems to be doing okay during the coronavirus pandemic, and the fact that Popeyes reported 35% sales growth in Q4 2019, brands will always keep branding no matter what. So hats off to Popeyes for not running a campaign that accidentally promotes germ-spreading, like some fried chicken chains we know.
Article via TheTakeout
Netflix What To Watch In March
Looks like I need to get some more popcorn !!!
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
Meet America’s first empire-building, barrier-breaking, self made female millionaire. Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer stars in Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker, a Netflix Limited Series. Premieres March 20.
Dave Chappelle still thinks trans people are funny, Greta Thunberg not so much
Dave Chappelle kicked off his first weekend of the new year with a rare, riotous, nearly three-hour standup set at the Chapel in San Francisco, a city to which he admittedly owes a great deal.
The controversial comic famously logged hundreds of hours at the Punch Line comedy club after his departure from “Chappelle’s Show” in 2006, experiencing virtually every major milestone of the second act of his career through the unique lens of the city.
As brazen and unapologetic as ever, Chappelle was in rare form Saturday, Jan. 4, unconfined by tour schedules and standup specials, as evidenced by the two bottles of top-shelf Tequila, three packs of American Spirit cigarettes and one hefty joint — which he freely passed around to front row audience members — onstage throughout his extended act. The Ohio resident also covered a spectrum of topics, from God to Greta Thunberg.
Here’s the summation: Chappelle firmly believes in a perfect, all-knowing God, but not so much in a confident, climate-savvy teenager. Let’s just say the 17-year-old activist irks him, to put it mildly, rather than going into detail about Chappelle’s joke involving R. Kelly and Time magazine’s 2019 Person of the Year.
Even for a veteran comic like Chappelle, not every joke lands, and, given his uncompromising brand of humor, certain bits may come across as shockingly tone-deaf to certain Bay Area audience members. Such as Chappelle’s long-gestating, polarizing transgender jokes, which he spent another 30 minutes exploring without covering any new ground. Chappelle remains at an impasse on the issue — a stubborn, willful disconnect. He still doesn’t understand the concept of people shifting gender. He still thinks the trans experience is funny.
Despite his inability to understand something so fundamental, you get the sense that Chappelle has a profound respect for the trans community and the adversity they face. There’s a paradox in there somewhere.
Aside from a few gay slurs and customary racist jokes to supplement his trans material, Chappelle’s PC-averse material was outweighed by his thoughtful meditations on politics, pop culture, his career, personal life and existential musings.
The Democrat — although, unsurprisingly, Chappelle admits his popularity has risen among conservatives, with a MAGA audience member at a recent show demanding he run for president — said he might vote for Bernie Sanders if his face didn’t remind him of his Jewish accountant after he learned that Chappelle was broke in 2006.
Instead, Chappelle’s vote is with underdog Andrew Yang. Although he hasn’t publicly endorsed the candidate, Chappelle is performing at a benefit for him in the near future. The comedian joked that his past Chinese bits will come back to haunt him.
The more freely the Tequila flowed, the more Chappelle welcomed the audience’s questions. When asked whether he’d return to “Chappelle’s Show” if Netflix offered him the money, he replied with a blunt “No.” He went on to explain that, with Charlie Murphy dead and how things were left with Comedy Central, which aired the series, it wouldn’t be the same. It’s also a matter of principle, as Netflix isn’t the network that owes him money.
“I’m the type of person who doesn’t look back,” Chappelle said.
Perhaps that’s his defining characteristic: He doesn’t dwell on the past, lives in the present and remains hopeful of the future. He listed Ali Wong, Michelle Wolf and Tiffany Haddish as a few of his favorite female comedians, and, although “she’s great,” Mo’Nique as one of his least favorite due to her call for a Netflix boycott.
Chappelle also listed three of his all-time favorite shows in order from third to first: a recent Louis C.K. set in his home state, a Martin Lawrence set when he was 16 and a set in L.A. during the 1990s by a comic with cerebral palsy whose involuntary muscle movements disappeared as he brought the house down.
In between flirting with female audience members and theorizing about a gay attendee’s master plan to seduce his straight friend after the show, moments of profundity shined through, during which Chappelle got honest with himself and audience members about his own master plan: to live and let live. To forgive, appreciate and enjoy the intimate moments like the ones on Saturday night.
“It’s times like these that I know we’re all going to be all right,” he said.
Article via DateBook
Netflix Responds to Mo’Nique Pay Discrimination Lawsuit: ‘Our Opening Offer to Mo’Nique Was Fair’
Netflix has responded to actress and comedian Mo’Nique’s pay discrimination lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Thursday.
“We care deeply about inclusion, equity, and diversity and take any accusations of discrimination very seriously. We believe our opening offer to Mo’Nique was fair — which is why we will be fighting this lawsuit,” a spokesperson for Netflix said in a statement to TheWrap.
Mo’Nique’s complaint accused Netflix of gender and race discrimination, saying that the company had given her a “low-ball” and “discriminatory” offer of $500,000 as a “talent fee” for a one-hour stand-up special, while other comedians were offered millions of dollars per special.
“When the talent was not a Black woman, Netflix offered to pay, and did pay, astronomically more than it pays to Black women like it offered to Mo’Nique,” the complaint reads. It also lists several other comedians and what they were paid by Netflix for comparison.
The filing goes on to say that “Netflix reportedly offered or paid [Chris] Rock, [Dave] Chapelle [sic], [Ellen] Degeneris [sic], and [Ricky] Gervais forty (40) times more per show than it offered Mo’Nique, and it offered [Amy] Schumer twenty-six (26) times more per show than Mo’Nique. In short, Netflix’s offer to Mo’Nique perpetuates the drastic wage gap forced upon Black women in the America’s workforce.”
Mo’Nique confirmed that she had filed a lawsuit in an Instagram post on Thursday.
“Hey My Loves — I can confirm that today I filed a pay discrimination lawsuit against Netflix,” she wrote in the post. “I had a choice to make: I could accept what I felt was pay discrimination or I could stand up for those who came before me and those who will come after me. I chose to stand up. I don’t have any further comment this time, but I appreciate all of your support and love.”
Article via TheWrap
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Netflix Rhythm + Flow feat. Cardi B, Chance the Rapper, And TIP
Here is the Hip Hop X Factor. Rhythm + Flow Premieres October 9th on Netflix