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M-1: No, I don't find it hypocritical mainly because of our relationship to the system -- our relationship with our oppressor. Once again, with personal responsibility taken at hand here, we're talking about rappers who are coerced to say things other than what the reality of our community is and Mr. Imus, who obviously has said sentiments that come from his personal beliefs. I think you are comparing apples and oranges here even when you bring the rap community into the question. And once --
CAVUTO: No, you know, M-1, I don't think I am. I mean, a ho is a ho, right? So, if Imus uses the expression and then you use the expression, you've both said "ho."
M-1: Well, no, I don't --
CAVUTO: Well, you've both said it. So, now, you're saying --
M-1: No, I don't use "ho."
CAVUTO: All right, so --
M-1: I don't say "ho." And that's my point exactly. And even the word "ho" existed way before 1976, when rap began. "Ho" is a relationship between the pimp and the pimper, the pimpee, if it may. And so --
CAVUTO: So, there's nothing wrong with Imus saying it, right?
M-1: Well, of course --
CAVUTO: And there's nothing wrong then with rappers -- unlike yourself -- saying it, right?
M-1: Well, of course there's something wrong with both of those relationships. However, what governs that relationship is the historical relationship of oppression between black people and our white oppressors in this country, and that's not a racist statement, that's the reality that we live in.
CAVUTO: But Don Imus wasn't oppressing you or anyone else. He made a mistaken -- maybe a badly phrased comment. He's lost a job on the air as a result of it. You can continue to make pretty, you know, outlandish comments for art, whatever you want to call it. It just doesn't seem right. Does it seem right to you?
For those of you who haven't seen Grindhouse...you're buggin'.
As we kick off our blogging section, your gotdamn editor just feels like praising the Tarantino/Rodriguez flick that paid homage to all the nonsense that eff'd my head up as I was growing into the bold young bastard you see today. I don't think I've hollered that loud in a movie theater in ages.
From the over-the-top gore to the campy one liners, this flick deserves something. What that something is? I haven't the slightest idea. Oscar and them ain't about to honor these two for putting on a clinic in how a movie should be made.
From snatching up B-List actors and some forgotten legends (Kurt Russell puts it down) to the overall production value (making it look old is something to behold), Grindhouse is probably the best experience I've had watching a movie in years.
Don't beat yourself...treat yourself. And just to get you going I've got 2 trailers from the movie that should get a howl out of you.
Thanksgiving
Hobo With A Shotgun (didn't make the final cut)
Thanks and back to your regularly scheduled programming,
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