i made a joke about me being the writer for season 11 but hereโs a quick way iโd fix it:
lip: tami and i want to sell this house.
debbie: โthis houseโ is my house. the title is in my name, i pay the taxes. you are not living here and have absolutely no right to sell a house you donโt live in or own just because you fucked things up for yourself. i donโt want my daughter and i to be homeless, as well as our eleven year old brother whoโs mother is dead, guardian abandoned him, and father isโฆ frank. also, you donโt know how much it will cost for all of us to get a new place to live so this plan may backfire, just like your last one did.
lip: okay. iโm sorry, debbie. iโll go get my shit situated and live in the rv you bought for tami, fred, and i with the money you earned for yourself and your daughter. youโre five years younger than me, have less of an education, and had a kid at fifteen but youโre still more successful and stable than i am so maybe i should think before i judge you because i am in no way one to talk. i need to go to rehab.
In a statement published the same week as the first Melodifestivalen semi-final, more than 1000 Swedish artists ask the EBU to exclude Israel from this year's Eurovision Song Contest, including 2 acts participating in this year's edition of melfest: Jacqline, and both members of Medina. Also among the signatures are former melfest participants Johan Hirvi (Panetoz) and Alvaro Estrella, as well as former winners Eric Saade and Malena Ernman.
Some other notable signatures belong to Robyn, First Aid Kit, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Petra Marklund (also known as September), The Wannadies, Thomas Stenstrรถm, Miriam Bryant, Sabina Ddumba, Daniel Adams-Ray, Timbuktu, Kaliffa and many others whose names I recognise but I'm too unfamiliar with the contemporary music scene to know their work.
Below is my translation of some parts of their statement, as well as sources:
Note: The bold parts are also bold in the original statement. I have tried to use the same terminology as the statement, but I'm no expert, so be aware that there can be some mistakes.
The first link includes the full statement in Swedish as well as a list of all the signatures:
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What is happening in Gaza is a humanitarian disaster and the International Court of Justice in The Hague has recently decided to continue the case where Israel is accused of crimes against the Genocide Convention.
Despite this the European radio- and TV-union the EBU intends to allow Israel's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.
The EBU grounds its position on Eurovision being a competition between public service companies rather than states.
But in 2022 the EBU chose to exclude Russia by reason of the invasion of Ukraine, and in 2021 the participating broadcaster from Belarus was denied participation because the country broke the EBU's rules for the freedom of the press.
In barely four months about 100 Palestinian journalists have been killed, and foreign press has been denied access to Gaza. It is one of the greatest attacks on journalistic freedom in modern times.
We are of the opinion that the EBU by allowing Israel's participation displays a remarkable double-standard that undermines the credibility of the organisation.
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We expect both the EBU and this year's host broadcaster SVT to be consistent in their approach towards participating countries that infringe on democratic values and human rights.
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We who sign this are 1000 artists who believe in music as a unifying force. The Eurovision Song Contest began as a peace project to unite countries and citizens through music.
To allow Israel's participation undermines not just the competition's spiritual intent but the entire public service mission. It also sends the signal that governments can commit war crimes without facing consequences. That is why we ask the EBU: Exclude Israel from the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.
"To our moms, specifically my mom and dad, Ken and Becky, thank you for not squashing my creativity when I was making really disturbing horror films, or really perverted comedy films, or dressing in drag as a kid, which is a threat to NOBODY."
Daniel Scheinert, accepting his Oscar with Daniel Kwan for Directing Everything Everywhere All At Once
Me when I couldn't tell Jon and Elias apart for a while there and didn't clock the Sasha thing until the reveal but I recognized a character that hadn't even appeared before instantly because Karim Kronfli had been dutifully introducing himself as the voice of Simon Fairchild and The Eternal Tavern Keeper for 4 seasons