[Pamp Culture] oh is there a rapsball happening?

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Clip-On Fedora: Feb 20, 2011

Some Guy TT posted:

for those of us who dont know who these people are uh who are these people

For the past decade or so The CW has had a number of low budget buffy-esque shows based off of DC Comic book characters. Two of the more popular shows have been The Flash and (Green) Arrow.

Looks like the guy who plays Oliver Queen is anti writer strike and the guy who plays Barry Allen is pro writer strike.

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loquacius: Oct 21, 2008

https://twitter.com/strangeharbors/status/1686028631674433537

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Clip-On Fedora: Feb 20, 2011

loquacius posted:

https://twitter.com/strangeharbors/status/1686028631674433537

uhh no dude the Japanese clearly invented the atomic bomb and they should take responsibility for that

# ? Aug 1, 2023 14:37

Wraith of J.O.I.: Jan 25, 2012

Clip-On Fedora posted:

uhh no dude the Japanese clearly invented the atomic bomb and they should take responsibility for that

it was actually invented by an immortal black man and it's realt hosed up of nolan to try to give that honor to a white man

# ? Aug 1, 2023 14:49

YaketySass: Jan 15, 2019; Blind Idiot Dog

would Phastos call Oppenheimer a crybaby

# ? Aug 1, 2023 16:08

josh04: Oct 19, 2008; "THE FLASH IS THE REASON
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loquacius posted:

here's some food for thought

https://twitter.com/youwouldntpost/status/1686071211128934400

can't leave this abandonned at the bottom of the previous page

# ? Aug 1, 2023 16:21

DR FRASIER KRANG: Feb 4, 2005; "Are you forgetting that just this afternoon I was punched in the face by a turtle now dead?

I like the old kanye

the one with a dildo up his rear end kanye

# ? Aug 1, 2023 16:29

Mr Hootington: Jul 24, 2008; I'M HAVING A HOOT EATING CORNETTE THE LONG WAY

In season 2 of Cheers Sam and Diane have a relationship and the last episode of the season sees them break up. During the break up Sam hits diane.

# ? Aug 1, 2023 16:52

gradenko_2000: Oct 5, 2010; HELL SERPENT; Lipstick Apathy

Has anyone said Kingoppenheimer yet

# ? Aug 1, 2023 16:55

F Stop Fitzgerald: Dec 12, 2010

barbie had some funny moments but was mediocre as hell

# ? Aug 1, 2023 16:59

mawarannahr: May 21, 2019; Can't post for 8 hours!

Rofl https://twitter.com/301arm/status/1686079048965898259
https://twitter.com/ANCA_DC/status/1686062126174027798
#CancelAtaturk

# ? Aug 1, 2023 17:06

ArmedZombie: Jun 6, 2004

gradenko_2000 posted:

Has anyone said Kingoppenheimer yet

Napolenheimer

Barboleon

# ? Aug 1, 2023 17:13

DR FRASIER KRANG: Feb 4, 2005; "Are you forgetting that just this afternoon I was punched in the face by a turtle now dead?

gradenko_2000 posted:

Has anyone said Kingoppenheimer yet

I was just thinking about Kingo last night and cracking up.

dude straight up turned into a steroid golem for no reason.

# ? Aug 1, 2023 17:16

Grevling: Dec 18, 2016

That's bullshit, I want Disney Ataturk.

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Mantis42: Jul 26, 2010

armenians control hollywood

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mawarannahr: May 21, 2019; Can't post for 8 hours!

Mantis42 posted:

armenians control hollywood

they call Glendale "Little Yerevan"

# ? Aug 1, 2023 17:31

HootTheOwl: May 13, 2012; Hootin and shootin

Grevling posted:

That's bullshit, I want Disney's Ataturk.

# ? Aug 1, 2023 17:33

Nonsense: Jan 26, 2007

mawarannahr posted:

Rofl https://twitter.com/301arm/status/1686079048965898259
https://twitter.com/ANCA_DC/status/1686062126174027798
#CancelAtaturk

lmao that emma watson wanted to play that genocidal maniac's love interest

# ? Aug 1, 2023 17:35

Weembles: Apr 19, 2004

Grevling posted:

That's bullshit, I want Disney Ataturk.

Maybe not a Disney one, but an Ataturk biopic could be pretty interesting.

# ? Aug 1, 2023 17:36

In Training: Jun 28, 2008

Weembles posted:

Maybe not a Disney one, but an Ataturk biopic could be pretty interesting.

A Disney one would be awesome.

# ? Aug 1, 2023 17:40

Antonymous: Apr 4, 2009

Mantis42 posted:

armenians control hollywood

this is funny cause hollywood and especially the area just to its east is an Armenian enclave. I eat Armenian food all the time and it's impossible to get car repair done by anyone else, they control car repair

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Armenia,_Los_Angeles

# ? Aug 1, 2023 17:50

AnimeIsTrash: Jun 30, 2018

Antonymous posted:

this is funny cause hollywood and especially the area just to its east is an Armenian enclave. I eat Armenian food all the time and it's impossible to get car repair done by anyone else, they control car repair

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Armenia,_Los_Angeles

stfu

# ? Aug 1, 2023 17:51

Antonymous: Apr 4, 2009

hello old friend have you been keeping busy cooking

# ? Aug 1, 2023 17:54

mawarannahr: May 21, 2019; Can't post for 8 hours!

Antonymous posted:

this is funny cause hollywood and especially the area just to its east is an Armenian enclave. I eat Armenian food all the time and it's impossible to get car repair done by anyone else, they control car repair

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Armenia,_Los_Angeles

It's cool they had an honorary mayor

quote:

In 1999, the Honorary Mayor of Little Armenia, Garbis Keurjikian, also known as Garo, had a vision to establish an area in East Hollywood representing the Armenians who migrated to America. He worked with Councilwoman Jackie Goldberg to bring his vision to life.

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Clip-On Fedora: Feb 20, 2011

Grevling posted:

That's bullshit, I want Disney Ataturk.

NO you do not atta-boy Ataturk

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Wraith of J.O.I.: Jan 25, 2012

this is p hosed up if true...... especially the weight shaming part given her public image

quote:

Former Lizzo dancers were weight-shamed and pressured while at strip club, lawsuit says
Three former dancers have filed a suit against Lizzo, accusing the singer of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment.
By Diana Dasrath and Tim Stelloh

LOS ANGELES � Three of Lizzo�s former dancers have accused the singer of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. They also allege that she pressured one of them to touch a nude performer at an Amsterdam club and subjected the group to an �excruciating� audition after leveling false accusations that they were drinking on the job.

The dancers accused Lizzo � a performer known for embracing body positivity and celebrating her physique � of calling attention to one dancer�s weight gain and later berating, then firing, that dancer after she recorded a meeting because of a health condition.

The suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court and provided to NBC News by the plaintiffs� law firm, also accuses the captain of Lizzo�s dance team of proselytizing to other performers and deriding those who had premarital sex while sharing lewd sexual fantasies, simulating oral sex and publicly discussing the virginity of one of the plaintiffs.

The suit does not say if Lizzo knew about the allegations linked to the dance captain, Shirlene Quigley, but the plaintiffs believed the singer was aware of their complaints about her, according to their lawyer, Ron Zambrano.

The suit names Lizzo, whose real name is Melissa Viviane Jefferson, her production company and Quigley as defendants. In addition to accusations of a hostile work environment and sexual harassment, the suit brings claims for religious and racial harassment, false imprisonment, interference with prospective economic advantage and other allegations. Not every claim was brought against each defendant.

�The stunning nature of how Lizzo and her management team treated their performers seems to go against everything Lizzo stands for publicly, while privately she weight-shames her dancers and demeans them in ways that are not only illegal but absolutely demoralizing,� Zambrano said in a statement.

The suit accuses Lizzo of calling attention to the dancer�s weight after an appearance at South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival. The singer and her choreographer later told the dancer, Arianna Davis, that she seemed �less committed� to her role � a comment the suit describes as a �thinly veiled� concern about Davis� weight.

Representatives for Lizzo did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Quigley did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Efforts to reach Lizzo�s production company, Big Grrrl Big Touring, Inc., were unsuccessful.

Davis and another former dancer, Crystal Williams, began performing with Lizzo after competing on her Amazon reality show, �Watch Out for the Big Grrrls,� in 2021, according to the suit. The dancers were later fired.

The third, Noelle Rodriguez, was hired the same year after performing in the video �Rumors,� the suit says. Rodriguez resigned earlier this year.

Amsterdam club accusations

The trip to the Amsterdam strip club, Bananenbar, happened after a performance in the city earlier this year. The suit states that Lizzo�s afterparties were routine and nonmandatory � but alleges that those who attended were favored by the singer and had greater job security.

At the club, Lizzo allegedly �began inviting cast members to take turns touching the nude performers, catching dildos launched from the performers� vaginas, and eating bananas protruding from the performers� vaginas,� the suit says. �Lizzo then turned her attention to Ms. Davis and began pressuring Ms. Davis to touch the breasts of one of the nude women.�

Davis declined, according to the suit, and Lizzo allegedly led a chant goading her to do so. After Davis declined three more times, the chant �grew louder and more strident, demanding a visibly uncomfortable Ms. Davis to engage with the performer.�

When Davis eventually acquiesced and briefly touched the performer, the group burst into laughter, the suit says. Afterward, Lizzo allegedly pressed a member of her security staff to get on stage and began yelling, �take it off,� according to the suit.

�Plaintiffs were aghast with how little regard Lizzo showed for the bodily autonomy of her employees and those around her, especially in the presence of many people whom she employed,� the suit says.

A week later, after a show in Paris, Lizzo invited her dancers to a club so �they would be able to learn something or be inspired by the performance,� the suit says. �What Lizzo failed to mention when inviting the dancers to this performance was that it was a nude cabaret bar.�

The suit described the performance as �artful,� but the plaintiffs were �shocked that Lizzo would conceal the nature of the event from them, robbing them of the choice not to participate.�

Harassment claim

The racial harassment claim is linked to what the suit describes as comments �charged with racial and fat-phobic animus" that were made by touring company employees.

In one instance, the former dancers asked to be compensated for their downtime at a rate 50% of their weekly pay, according to the suit. An accountant allegedly responded to the request by offering 25% and scolding them for being �unacceptable and disrespectful.�

�Only the dance cast � comprised of full-figured women of color � were ever spoken to in this manner,� the suit states.

The religious harassment allegation is connected to Quigley, the dance captain who also worked as a judge on Lizzo�s reality show. According to the suit, she preached her Christian beliefs and �took every opportunity to proselytize to any and all in her presence regardless of protestations.�

After discovering that Davis was a virgin, Quigley discussed the subject in interviews and posted about it on social media, the suit says. And when cast members asked her to stop pressuring Rodriguez � whom Quigley regarded as a �non-believer,� according to the suit � about her faith, Quigley responded: �No job and no one will stop me from talking about the Lord.�

Dancers dismissed

Two dancers were fired in April and May. According to the suit, Williams lost her job April 26, days after she spoke up at a meeting in which she challenged an assertion from Lizzo that the dancers were drinking before performances.

The day before, Lizzo had told the group that they would have to audition again, a move that prompted what the suit described as an �excruciating� 12-hour rehearsal.

If Lizzo was dissatisfied with their performances, the suit alleges, the dancers would be fired and sent home.

During the rehearsal, Davis was so fearful she�d lose her job if she went to the bathroom, she soiled her pants. She was given a see-through outfit with no undergarments to finish the performance, the suit says.

When Lizzo raised the issue again the following day, Williams responded, saying the dancers didn�t drink, the suit says. The singer then allegedly offered what the suit describes as a mocking reply: �Well if you�re not, then good for y�all.�

Five days later, on April 26, Lizzo�s tour manager fired Williams in a hotel lobby, the suit says. The manager attributed the termination to budget cuts, said the suit, which noted that no one else was fired.

Rodriguez complained to the manager about the decision to publicly fire Williams � a move that Lizzo �repeatedly� raised with the dancers during an April 27 meeting during which she told the group that she had �eyes and ears everywhere,� according to the suit.

Davis recorded the April 27 meeting because she suffered from an eye condition that sometimes left her disoriented in stressful situations, the suit says. Days later, Lizzo held an emergency meeting and had security employees confiscate dancers� phones, the suit states.

�Lizzo became furious, hurling expletives at the group and stated that she was going to go around the room, person-by-person until someone told Lizzo who made the recording,� the suit says.

Davis acknowledged recording the meeting, saying said she wanted to have a copy of Lizzo�s performance notes, the suit says. When Davis said she hadn�t meant any harm � and that she�d deleted the video � Lizzo allegedly responded: �There is nothing you can say to make me believe you.�

�Ms. Quigley and Lizzo then took turns berating Ms. Davis,� the suit says. �After castigating Ms. Davis, Lizzo fire Ms. Davis on the spot.�

Before Lizzo left the meeting, Rodriguez told her that she felt disrespected and would resign, the suit says. Lizzo responded by �cracking her knuckles, balling her fists� and using an expletive to tell Rodriguez she was �lucky,� the suit states.

As Rodriguez left, the suit says, Lizzo raised both her middle fingers and yelled a slur.

The suit alleges false imprisonment against Lizzo�s production company because a member of her security detail allegedly forced Davis to remain in the room after the meeting ended so he could search her phone for the video.

The suit does not specify a dollar amount for damages that cover emotional distress including unpaid wages, loss of earnings and attorney�s fees.

In the meantime, Lizzo continues to inspire fans. In a recent clip circulating on social media, the singer can be seen telling a young woman attending a concert in Australia how beautiful and special she is � and how she �could be the greatest dancer in the world.�

Speaking to the fan, who said she had been bullied online, Lizzo said: �The words that we say have a long-lasting effect on people.�

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lizzo-dancers-weight-shamed-pressured-touch-nude-performer-lawsuit-rcna95161

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HootTheOwl: May 13, 2012; Hootin and shootin

In Training posted:

A Disney one would be awesome.

*standing over his grave*
That will do, Turk.
Atta Turk.

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Justin Tyme: Feb 22, 2011

Thanks Ataturk. Thataturk.

# ? Aug 1, 2023 19:01

Uncle Wemus: Mar 4, 2004

Justin Tyme posted:

Thanks Ataturk. Thataturk.

Eye-gor voice: "Thataturk. Thatacastle!"

# ? Aug 1, 2023 19:11

Thoguh: Nov 8, 2002; College Slice

DR FRASIER KRANG posted:

little known fact: the original pee wee was raunchy as hell. most people do not know this. keep it secret.

I found his original stage show on Youtube yesterday. It's not kid friendly in parts but nowhere near as raunchy as you'd think with the way people talk about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbhZZnIRPOI

Really funny though.

# ? Aug 1, 2023 19:16

skooma512: Feb 8, 2012; You couldn't grok my race car, but you dug the roadside blur.

mawarannahr posted:

they call Glendale "Little Yerevan"

They've been spreading out of Glendale as it fills up with the attendant real estate inflation.

Great people though, they were always really cool with me growing up. I want to grab some lahmajun now.

# ? Aug 1, 2023 19:32

Nichael: Mar 30, 2011

Justin Tyme posted:

Thanks Ataturk. Thataturk.

I forget where, but recently I saw the name "Eebee" as a surname around here (or at least it sounded like that in pronunciation), and I couldn't get "Please. Go easy on your EBs," out of my head. And when I can't get some weird bit like that out of my head, I just say it to my cats all night.

# ? Aug 1, 2023 19:33

mawarannahr: May 21, 2019; Can't post for 8 hours!

skooma512 posted:

They've been spreading out of Glendale as it fills up with the attendant real estate inflation.

Great people though, they were always really cool with me growing up. I want to grab some lahmajun now.

Lahmacun is Turkish, not Armenian. Can't blame you for being mistaken though

# ? Aug 1, 2023 19:54

Mantis42: Jul 26, 2010

Antonymous posted:

this is funny cause hollywood and especially the area just to its east is an Armenian enclave. I eat Armenian food all the time and it's impossible to get car repair done by anyone else, they control car repair

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Armenia,_Los_Angeles

Is Armenian food just like Greek and Turkish food? I'm betting it's good

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