Thursday, February 21, 2008

Guess Who's Back?

So, I've finally gotten back to as close to normal as I think I'm ever going to get. I have been adjusting to motherhood and still trying to be borderline creative. So, I finally had a big gripe and I needed to discuss it.
But, before we get to that, I wanted to let my tens of readers know that I have created a blog called http://sadiequinn.blogspot.com. You can go there for baby pics, stories, and links. I am doing this so as not to bore everyone with baby stuff. Now, I will only bore interested parties.

Now, on to my gripe...

So, there is a commercial on Starz talking about Black History Month. In the commercial this white female comic says, "Notice how comics talk about their most painful moments? One man made that happen." She is talking about Richard Pryor. We then cut to a scene of her doing comedy. She is doing some of the most hack, girly, my dating history type comedy. This whole thing bothers me. There was not one person available to talk about truly painful experiences? And, why a white female comic? Is it to show how Pryor influences so many? Then why not actually show someone who is honoring him, not doing some "safe" comedy.

If anyone else has seen this commercial and has an opinion, let me know. Maybe I'm off base, but I feel like Pryor would eat this woman for dinner.

As I watched the commercial I thought about when I performed for Paul Mooney. He saw me and heard my name and proceeded to say, "What's your name? Amy? That's cute. Tell your jokes." I proceeded to go full force and do my A material. I had to work hard to get some dap from Mooney, but I did. And, I didn't tell any jokes about blind dates.



"Talking about blind dates. Bitch please. Unless that date set you on fire I don't want to hear it!"