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i am watching TLC's What Not To Wear

Obā-sanObā-san
edited 2013-09-29 22:15:25 in General
and there is this episode focusing on this african american woman named Ebony and the incidental music seems largely, ahem, "Urban Inspired"


discuss.

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  • TreTre
    image
    le sigh
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    it was almost as deplorable as the way this woman dresses
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    TLC: the reason I don't want to buy Discovery Communications that bad

    Also, I hate that "urban" = "black"

    It refers to inner city ghettos
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    she's the head of the chicago branch of a non-profit and she wears her pyjamas outside
  • lee4hmzlee4hmz
    ⚠ THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS
    TLC is an embarrassment. Even if Honey Boo-Boo isn't as bad as they say, most of their others shows are.
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    you guys miiiiight not be TLC's intended audience

    just saying

    tho child beauty pageants are a disgrace, yes
  • Previous CalicaPrevious Calica
    (flower path)
    Tachyon said:

    you guys miiiiight not be TLC's intended audience

    just saying

    tho child beauty pageants are a disgrace, yes

    eh, the possible racism is still worth discussing, as are how disturbing child beauty pageants are.
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    fair enough

    serious question though, how is the use of 'urban' music indicative of racism?

    lots of people like that kind of music without being from an actual ghetto
  • HexartesHexartes
    Because it's used entirely because the subject is black.
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    how do you know that?

    i mean, i'm assuming you didn't ask the person in charge of the soundtrack what effect they were going for

    i haven't actually seen the episode, so it might have been really blatantly because she was black, but i'm having trouble envisioning how that could be the case
  • Sredni VashtarSredni Vashtar
    “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Child beauty pageants have always been disturbing, and they have been around for a pretty long time. One of Harlan Ellison's entries in his column The Glass Teat way back in 1970 was about how disturbing he found it to watch one of those things. And his issues are basically exactly the same as the ones that people bring up now, over forty years later.

    I wonder if it's up online. Ellison has a pretty tight grip on what work of his does or doesn't end up on the Web, but it could be. Hmmm...

    Also: Casual racism is the most annoying kind of racism, and probably the most dangerous in the long run.
  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
    https://i.imgur.com/7Iil2JW.png
    "Urban" is a network euphemism.
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    Mojave Music said:

    "Urban" is a network euphemism.

    also used peeps who make sample packs


    Urban Beatz

    Urban Drumz

    Urban Loops
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Tachyon said:

    you guys miiiiight not be TLC's intended audience

    just saying

    tho child beauty pageants are a disgrace, yes

    TLC's intended audience is ostensibly women
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    yep

    with a reality tv slant, if i'm not mistaken
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    as they call it in the biz, "unscripted programming"
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