Bridezillas is Back!

One of my favorite guilty pleasures is the We Network show Bridzillas. It features out of control, spoiled brats and their journey to wedded bliss. I don’t know how these people ever got engaged rather less end up married. There is something to be said for the stress of planning a wedding and having “moments” of insanity, but come on. These women – and some men – didn’t just become this way. It has to be present before there is ever a wedding to plan. Last Sunday’s episode dealt with a mom and daughter. The daughter didn’t seem to be doing that well with her mom getting married. Mind you, the daughter is 24, yes 24, and still living at home with her mama. She cussed, fussed and was all around nasty to both her mother and groom. What would my solution have been – slap her for her disrespect, kick her out, and then ignore her. At 24, this girl should know better. Sure her mom gets some of the blame for raising her, but come on, you can’t blame your parents for your behavior forever. At some point you must take responsibility. Tivo has captured last night’s episode, so I’ll have to check that out today to see if this mom gets left at the altar due to her daughter’s nastiness.

Ahh.. good times!

A Mighty Heart Movie (Behind the Scenes)

Over the weekend I read an article in the Washington Post about the fact that a white woman (Angelina Jolie) was portraying an Afro-Cuban and Dutch woman (Mariane Pearl, Daniel Pearl’s wife). It discussed the instances in history where minority people were portrayed by white people and the hot topic of blackface. My question, is this movie a candidate for the larger issue? Mariane Pearl chose Ms. Jolie for the role so shouldn’t she pick who she wants to depict her? Therefore, I don’t really think this movie counts, however, upon further reading, the article states,

More often than not, we find whites taking on the roles of heroic people of color, and not the other way around. Consider Oliver Stone’s “World Trade Center,” a retelling of how two Port Authority police officers were trapped under the rubble on 9/11 until they were rescued by Marine Sgt. Jason L. Thomas. Thomas is black; in the film, he is played by a white man. (“If you’re going to tell a story, you should try to get it as accurate as possible,” Thomas told reporters last year.)

This makes me angry. You can’t tell me that in ALL of Hollywood, with all of the out of work black actors, you couldn’t find one man to portray this role. Why wouldn’t you be true to the actual story? Wasn’t one of the big feel good stories out of the tragedy of 9/11 human nature at its finest, regardless of race, sex or religion? This movie is based on real life events and the role is pretty important to story.

All this does is remind us that the world is not ready to move on from the issues of race and that I will have to teach my daughter how to exist in a world that may judge her before even getting to know her.