Mofongo on Broadway! — Page 6

What a shame if the only thing that comes from this thread is that I learn a new word, boriqua. (Though I'm grateful for the lesson.)

Surely theatrenut sees by now why his original post was read the way so many of us read it.

And surely we can all see that despite occasional defensive posturing, theatrenut has tried to say he regrets that his wording was offensive to some.

And furthermore we all ought to understand by now that different cultures/social classes/generations have different conventions for behavior at live performances. And in a diverse society, sometimes differing conventions may collide, distracting some people in the process. Hell, I attended an INXS concert a few years ago with a friend who kept yelling at other spectators to sit down and shut up during the music; he was accustomed to Barbra Streisand concerts. (Nobody paid him the slightest attention; it was really quite funny and had nothing to do with anyone's ethnic background.)

But nobody has violated a divine commandment because he or she follows different customs than I do.

Yes?

Updated On: 3/14/12 at 08:03 PM

please, Gaveston, I had to look that up. I had trouble enough remembering those lines when I was in it!

My Oh My, this is the second (or possibly the third) time that you have recounted that tale, repeatedly using the same nearly pornographic porcine phrasing, referring to another human being as an animal. A human being is a human being. Your demurrals that you only refer to your "torturer" (a little dramatic, there, are we?) in such a despicable, dehumanizing way was because she was fat. Using that logic, would you find it ok to refer to a fellow patron of who annoyed you who happened to be of African descent as a monkey? I mean, of course you aren't referring to all black people as monkeys - just the ones that behave like them, right?

It seems you've only shoe-horned your sad tale of woe in this thread so you can tell the same ugly story again. It's almost as if you get off using those words.

You're either trolling or have a pathological issue with overweight people. Possibly both. Either way, its vile, and I suggest you either knock it off or seek help. Preferably both.

Updated On: 3/15/12 at 02:12 AM

Ghostlight, I'm sorry you are fat...and sorta rude and over the top. But no worries. Weight Watchers helped me back in 2006. I've gained it all back and will go on the journey again starting Monday. Wish me luck!

No more pork loins for me!!

Btw, sorry you lack basic comprehension skills. It's actually the fourth time I recount the tale. I'm disappointed you have come away taking discrimination as the main idea and "torture" literally. What was your school district?

Oh, and I'm sorry you interpret pork loins as pornographic, which I must say, is kinda sick. Chorizo is a popular Mexican sausage thingo commonly a part of egg dishes. Chorizo is basically ground pork loins (and a bunch of other pig stuff deemed inappropriate in its un-ground form, but it's effing delicious!!) Sorry you read sex into that.

The more you know.

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Updated On: 3/15/12 at 05:02 AM

I'm going to write a musical based on this thread. In scene one, the heroine, MSNBC reporter Miriam Rado, she of the conspicuous blue eyeshadow, covers a story on the geopolitics of Broadway audience decorum. And sings:

How do you know those homos are homos?
How do you know those homos aren't Latins?
How do you know those Latins are Latins?
How do you know those Latins aren't homos?.... (after all, Ricky is both)
How do you know those Latins aren't Italians?... (after all, Elena is both)
How do you know those Latin Homos aren't Jews.... (or possibly all three)

[she is here joined by a tv crew chorus in four part harmony: ]

Like Moises Kaufman!

Miriam:

You look at me as though I'm naive
You look at me and refuse to believe
That what I am saying is true

I don't say you're racist
But what is the basis?
If you ain't misbehavin'
With all of this ravin'
To ask you I'm cravin'
To go on appearances
By straights and by queerances
Spotting Boriquas and so-called Shaniquas
The shooting from Cellphones, you claim to oppose
The Hooting from Maricones, you shame to suppose
May not really tell you that much

Consider that shiksas have curls
Consider that Kelsey likes girls
And while we are at it
Please give me a break
And consider for once that it's true
As now I will put to my crew

The Crew:

It's true
It's true

Miriam:

Yes, what I am saying is true-ish!

The crew:

It's true-ish
It's true -ish

Miriam:

And what I am saying's not newish

The crew:

Not newish!
Not newish!

All:

For what she is saying
To all of your braying
Is not the least bit untrueish
Is not for a moment that new-ish

Don't forget that Nell Carter was Jewish!

Updated On: 3/15/12 at 11:23 AM

My FAVORITE part of this whole thread is watching middle aged white people lecturing others on what is offensive when it comes to racial matters.

It's HILARIOUS!

Hate them. Hate every last one of them. Round 'em up and burn 'em like Owen and Beru.

"I don't know Orange. I think he said and is taking the hits for it. And probably enjoying the crazy rants that have followed. Watching this explosion has definitely been entertaining."

Exactly Dame. He said it, he said he said it, and is here taking every single hit for it, standing up for his view, and not running away never to be heard from again like so many others.

Not an idiot.

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haha, sorry everyone but the fat posts are making me laugh. No offense, of course. they just read funny to me although the topic isn't funny. Again, NO OFFENSE! lol. burp!

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^that's a question for another time, Finding Namo. At present, I don't really want to play. In any event, my charge of reverse racism was purely a glib one.

In addition, I'm not German. At all.

My background is Lithuanian and Ukrainian Jewish (why are you assuming I'm German?) as a matter of fact. Being a Lithuanian and Ukrainian Jew, I know something about racism and it going in various and unexpected directions, all of them appalling (whoops, I said I didn't want to play).

And I'm Swedish, a Lutheran divinity student and "profound" in my bww avatar.

thelateorratherlater
H.E.

doesn't anything..... ever end?

Updated On: 3/15/12 at 01:55 PM

My reply was glib too, henrik. Typical humorless german.

Dame, it's the mofungo.

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^ Or as we say in Dusseldorf, Mangu Mit Kraut con Chapulines!

Goes down equally well with Jagermeister, Ripple, Manischewitz or Micheladas!

If I've learned anything from my lesbian sisters in recovery, it's that alcoholism is no joke.

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