Précis: Yours Yours by Mary Roberson is a story describing the activities of a couple just prior to the wife's death. Allison struggles from her car. It is fall, around Halloween time hence the pumpkins. Clark is 78 years old and he married Allison who is much younger at 35years old. Clark's ...
From reading various reviews I have noticed that Spike Lee, "is not a filmmaker renowned for his subtlety, but when he's good - with movies like "Malcolm X" and "Do The Right Thing" - he manages to entertain while also making salient political statements and comments about life in the US for African Americans." ... Tommy Davidson's (Womack) statement during an interview about the movie is that black actors are still entertaining by, "putting themselves down, putting down who they were, and making whites feel superior." ... Blackface is on billboards, buses, commercials, the Internet,...
However, if I was to change who the statement is directed to, it immediately turns from benign to threatening. ... " (Washington Post) I urge you, dear reader, to consider the implications of Elonis' statements. ... Another vile example of this madman's dreadful behavior is a thread that started when Tara's sister mentioned her plans to make her niece and nephew – Elonis' children – shopping for Halloween costumes. ...
In another case, two five-year-olds were suspended for playing cops-and-robbers while simulating guns with their fingers (Stolinsky) In addition many students have been expelled for Halloween costumes that included paper swords and fake spiked knuckles, as well as for possessing rubber bands, slingshots and toy guns (Cauchon 24). ... I agree completely with this statement. ...