VintageOrenDec 22, 2022
Amy
Fran Lebowitz and I are tired of the discourse
Dec 22, 2022 at 12:32amWeb
Show threadAmyDec 22, 2022
1997, man. https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2016/01/fran-lebowitz-on-race-and-racism
Fran Lebowitz on Race and Racism

In our October 1997 issue, the famously contrarian humorist spells it out in black and white.

Vanity Fair
Show threadMaggieci democracy enjoyerDec 22, 2022
@lolennui Good article, thanks for the reco There is a lot to think about here
Show thread[email protected]Dec 22, 2022
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It is now common -and I use the word "common" in its every sense-- to see interviews with up-an—coming young movie stars whose parents or even grandparents were themselves movie stars.
And when the interviewer asks,
"Did you find it an advantage to be the child of a major motion-picture star?" the answer is invariably "Well, it gets you in the door, but after that you've got to perform, you're on your own."
Show thread[email protected]Dec 22, 2022
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This is ludicrous. Getting in the door is pretty much the entire game, especially in movie acting, which is, after all, hardly a profession notable for its rigor. That's how
Show threadDavidDec 22, 2022
@lolennui Fran prescient as always, saying these words in 1997. "I say this even though I myself am guilty of taking pleasure—even sustenance, on those days when nothing else is going right—in thinking: Donald Trump is still not Jewish."
Show threadPirateRoDec 22, 2022
@lolennui is that Fran of Fran’s lab on YouTube? She’s awesome.