“People wanted their freedom,” owner Jesse Arellano said after a viral video showed dozens of families without masks gather at his restaurant.
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In the face of a coronavirus outbreak that has now reached the White House, the president, his supporters, and Fox News are blustering about Barack Obama.
Emmy-award winning actor Sterling K. Brown (“This is Us,” “Black Panther”), jogged 2.23 miles on Friday to celebrate slain African-American jogger Ahmaud Arbery’s birthday. After his run, Brown reflected on how Arbery’s murder is an example of the racial disparities in America.
While on his jog, Brown wore a mask to protective himself and others from COIVD-19. But in light of the Arbery murder, he saw the connection between the mask he wears while jogging and the metaphorical one he’s forced to wear to make white people comfortable.
“There is this thing you have to do sometimes as a black man who tends to negotiate largely white circles,” Brown said on Facebook Live. “Where in order to be heard you must first appease or put at ease the people which you want to have authentic communication.”
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Arbery was murdered by men who chased in in a truck and shot him simply for jogging while black. Brown sees this as a prime example of how a black man has to self-sensor, emotionally and verbally to prevent white people from being uncomfortable.
“The mask that you wear sometimes as a black man in this country is like, ‘Hey, there’s nothing to fear here. I’m just like you. If you prick me I bleed. My blood is red just like yours. Let’s find the common ground. Hey, let’s have fun,'” Brown added.
For Brown, wearing the mask day in and day out is an exasperating experience.
“Sometimes you get tired of wearing the mask,” he said.
It is happening again. Even David Lynch can’t resist reviving old IP. But when he does it he does it his way. If you loved Twin Peaks, his crowning televisual achievement, you were stoked to hear he was bringing it back…and then you were perhaps frustrated, even traumatized, that it wasn’t, to put it lightly, more of the same. (Or maybe that’s what made you love it.) Now he’s bringing back another popular thing he used to do: The maker of Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, and Hollywood’s first stab at Dune is once again giving daily weather reports.
This comes from Entertainment Weekly, who noticed the acclaimed filmmaker, artist, and occasional actor kicked off the second week in May by doing a thing he used to do in the aughts: delivering weather reports for Los Angeles County. Why would he do this? Why not! It’s a helpful service! He gave that up in June of 2010, meaning this return is a hair shy of the decade mark.
As with the Lynch weather reports of old, they’re surreally direct and unfussy. Lynch simply sits at a desk, uttering words you could hear from a TV meteorologist, minus anything approaching jokes. As always, it runs just over 30 seconds. It remains to be seen if this will once again become a regular thing, but it’s good to have the man back, entertaining even those who live far, far away from southern California. Heck, maybe it’s a sign that he’s trying to get more content out there, perhaps another short featuring a lovelorn, tragic talking chimp.
You can watch Lynch’s weather report in the above video.
(Via EW)