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rebeccaotool · 1 month

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*Sitting in my corner, waiting for The Blues Brothers/Blues Brothers 2000 to get rediscovered*

The series has:

Neurodivergent representation (Dan Akroyd is Autistic IRL, and arguably his character Elwood Blues).

Platforming minority artists, many of whom had fallen out of the limelight during the time of the first film.

Explicit condemnation of Nazis, white supremacy, and cops.

Musical numbers across a variety of generas, often by some of the best artists in the business.

Multiple car chases.

Support for found families.

A little light on female representation, but when there are women they typically kick ass. Including but not limited to Carrie Fisher, Nia Peeples, and Aretha Franklin.

Now, are either of these movies perfect? No. There are a few oofs. Fewer than you'd expect, though. And they're definitely overdue to be rediscovered.

Then we can all chuckle at the conservatives tearing their hair out about the films being 'woke' to boot.

#The Blues Brothers #Blues Brothers #Blues Brothers 2000 #musical #musicals #blues #the blues #dan akroyd #john belushi #autism #Autistic #neurodivergent #carrie fisher #John Goodman

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a-taste-of-red-velvet · 2 months

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#the blues

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imogeneandwillie · 11 months

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for the warmer days.

#i+w #the blues

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gwleddgymreig · 1 year

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Hozier's "Eat Your Young" 🤝Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal"

Irishmen satirically proposing the cannibalism of children as an alternative to them (and us) living in a modern hell

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roy-siblings · 5 months

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succession + coffee in 1x05

#much to say #succession #logan roy #shiv roy #kendall roy #*#mine #1x05 #s1 #1.05 #more to come probably #tom / roman / frank watching on #the blues

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pixel-mess · 8 months

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#songs #girls when #goodbye #goodbye bo burnham #goodbye yellow brick road #goodbye yellow brick road elton john #ow #ask to tag #this boy's to young to be singin #the blues

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blueeyeddarkknight · 7 months

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Like father like kids 🎤🎶🎸🔥🥺

#val kilmer #jack kilmer #The doors #the doors 1991 #Jim morrison #Music #rock and roll #Talent runs in the family #Mercedes Kilmer #The blues #They are amazing #I wish we could have a family record #Alas #I love them #The killer Kilmers

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dreaminginthedeepsouth · 9 months

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Bessie Smith was buried in an unmarked grave in a cemetery in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania. In 1970, singer Janis Joplin and NAACP leader Juanita Green Smith paid to have her tombstone erected. It reads: “The greatest blues singer in the world will never stop singing.”

[Follies Of God]

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“She's no lady. Her songs are all unbelievably unhappy or lewd. It's called Blues. She sings about sore feet, sexual relations, baked goods, killing your lover, being broke, men called Daddy, women who dress like men, working, praying for rain. Jail and trains. Whiskey and morphine. She tells stories between verses and everyone in the place shouts out how true it all is.” ― Ann-Marie MacDonald, Fall on Your Knees

#the blues #Bessie Smith #Sharon Hill Pa #NAACP #Janis Joplin #Follies of God #graves

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fireflyish121 · 4 months

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Theses birds are quite a bunch.