Well, that’s a good point that I had not considered. At least the first major film to feature the concept?

But I also wondered how much of the sci-fi elements of the Parliament-Funkadelic complex (or, more recently, Janelle Monae) actually filtered out in a cohesive way to the greater public consciousness?

One thing that I think this (otherwise very good) article - and many of the comments - hasn’t addressed is that this is arguably the first major piece of Afrofuturist entertainment to be released in a popular medium.

That’s a big piece of the reason the film is so celebrated. The idea and imagery of an uncolonized…

A while back I watched one of my very very favorites, “Superman the Movie”, and realized there is essentially one (1) person of color in it.

It’s a Black guy.

And he plays a pimp. :/

WOW. That’s a Garfield deep cut and I love it.

I’m an atheist and I’m mostly OK with his Jesus stuff.

He seems overall to be nice about the whole thing.

I’m pretty sure it was a plot point a while back, but really, who cares? The rest button on this show isn’t nearly as powerful as that of, say, a Looney Tune, but it’s there.

“There is nothing I am doing that requires more than 10 minutes to refresh the room. “

YOU’D BE SURPRISED. 

“In any case, this site isn’t about helping people in the service industry. It’s about finding hacks and tricks to living a better life.”

Making other people’s lives better makes my life better. :) 

Get the Jambalaya Supreme from Coop's in the FQ. 😉

Well you don't know that!

You know, it’s possible to be TOO sex-positive.

Jesus fuck, what is it with you people who are so rabidly against CBS All Access?!? I have never seen so much opposition to any other streaming service.

HELLO, KIDDIES! WELCOME TO THE DIE-FRIGHT ZONE!!!

Oh! So you don't think artists should be paid for their work, then? That's interesting.

“They grow in a bunch on trees.”

DAMMIT.

(Hurls lemon pants to floor.)

I mean they basically got that in "Infinity War", so...

“rated PG-13, in case some 11-year-olds want to see it unaccompanied.”

I have a suspicion that criminal gangsters might not be overly concerned with firearm safety.