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[sovay]

There is measles in Boston. For the second time in three months. Everyone please check on the state of your MMR.

The new Harley Quinn TV series appears to have decided to go big with the anti-Semitism or go home and they didn't go home. I had not actually encountered the phrase "Jewish lightning" for insurance arson before. You learn something new every day?

Courtesy of ladymondegreen, a thing I am glad to have learned: "How to put on a jumper without disturbing your cat." I am also fond of this hammered dulcimer cover of "Everybody Wants to Rule the World."

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[larryhammer]

Sweet dulcimer there.

Doesn’t make up for the second paragraph of course. Grr.

[dewline]

There's a set of reasons why I sometimes call Gotham City "the City of Yesterday" in the same way that Metropolis is publicized as "the City of Tomorrow". Look at the stories centred on Renee Montoya during her time as part of the cast of the comics series Gotham Central written by Greg Rucka and Ed Brubaker. Her treatment by many fellow police - most such officers were not fellow members of the Major Crimes Unit that she was part of at the time - after being outed by a smitten and vengeful Harvey "Two-Face" Dent as lesbian was Less Than Kind. The architecture mirrors the bigotries there.

[moon_custafer]

I had not actually encountered the phrase "Jewish lightning" for insurance arson before. You learn something new every day?

Oh ffs. As I saw somebody comment yesterday “unfortunately, being one of Today’s Lucky 10,000 applies to bad stuff too.”

[asakiyume]

Agreed: more hammered dulcimer, less anti-Semitism, please.

[asakiyume]

"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" seems very suited to this treatment! Or maybe it's that hearing this makes me realize how perfect it is. Beautiful.

Meanwhile, re: the Harley Quinn series, what the hell. What the hell?!

[sovay]

more hammered dulcimer, less anti-Semitism, please.

Words to live by.

[sovay]

The architecture mirrors the bigotries there.

I understand your point, but I have to say it feels perfectly contemporary to me.

[dewline]

Sadly, yes.

[sovay]

Sweet dulcimer there.

It really matches the rhythms of the song!

Doesn’t make up for the second paragraph of course. Grr.

It just feels like: what would it have cost the writers not to make those jokes? Anything? Of course not. So they must have really wanted to get them in there. Punching down is always so edgy.

[larryhammer]

Words to ... um, what she said.

[gwynnega]

I felt my blood pressure going down when I watched that cat/sweater video.

But ugh, measles and anti-Semitism.

[sovay]

As I saw somebody comment yesterday “unfortunately, being one of Today’s Lucky 10,000 applies to bad stuff too.”

It feels disproportionately easy to discover the bad stuff. But I'm still sort of amazed by some of it. I prefer jumper-cat.

[sovay]

"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" seems very suited to this treatment! Or maybe it's that hearing this makes me realize how perfect it is. Beautiful.

It's because that rippling figure in the original synth arrangement is ideally incarnated by the playing style of the hammered dulcimer and I had no idea until I heard it. I love this kind of illuminating cover.

Meanwhile, re: the Harley Quinn series, what the hell. What the hell?!

rushthatspeaks reports it's even more frustrating because the series has been so highly rated for its portrayal of Harley herself. Art really shouldn't be—it isn't—a zero-sum game.

[sovay]

I felt my blood pressure going down when I watched that cat/sweater video.

Autolycus drapes himself over our shoulders in just that adorable, inconvenient fashion (and Hestia often leaps onto spatch's shoulder for a ride in the phenomenon known around here as "cat taxi"). We could use the advice!

But ugh, measles and anti-Semitism.

Two things nobody needs!

[brigdh]

The new Harley Quinn TV series appears to have decided to go big with the anti-Semitism or go home and they didn't go home.
Wow, that's awful. I'd never heard the phrase 'Jewish lightning', either. "Go big" is the right phrase; that is a lot of anti-Semitism for six episodes of a cartoon. I mean, not that a little anti-Semitism is good either, but they really packed it in, didn't they?


The cat video was very good, though!

[selkie]

Greccchk, grecchk. *displeased throat noises* I regret selling those winged monkeys.

[choco_frosh]

I *think* I'm MMR'd adequately (the Brits are obsessive about those sorts of things) but I'll double check with my GP...

I really don't give an arse about TV, but I *am* sorry that this is filled with antisemitism.

[sholio]

I saw the Harley Quinn thing when someone I follow on Tumblr reblogged that post. I don't know if it's naive to be so shocked at something that blatant on TV, but I am. That's horrendous.

[vass]

I'd never heard that term either. It seems very unnecessary.

The jumper cat and the hammered dulcimer were good.

[sovay]

I'd never heard the phrase 'Jewish lightning', either.

What's that inadvertent relative of a dogwhistle, when the use of a term tells you something about the person who uses it?

I mean, not that a little anti-Semitism is good either, but they really packed it in, didn't they?

I was negatively impressed.

The cat video was very good, though!

An excellent cat, excellently accommodated!

[sovay]

I regret selling those winged monkeys.

We didn't even get the price of tickets to Baiae.

[sovay]

I *think* I'm MMR'd adequately (the Brits are obsessive about those sorts of things) but I'll double check with my GP...

I recognize that in some ways you exist c. 1837, but I appreciate your continued existence in this our futuristic hellscape.

I really don't give an arse about TV, but I *am* sorry that this is filled with antisemitism.

Thank you. I hadn't even planned to watch the show, but that doesn't mean I'm happy to know it's out there.

[sovay]

I don't know if it's naive to be so shocked at something that blatant on TV, but I am. That's horrendous.

I don't think it's naive. I brace for a lot of things these days and I was startled. You expect a little plausible deniability.

[sovay]

I'd never heard that term either. It seems very unnecessary.

If it's not even all that common a term, it was even more egregious of the writers to throw it into the script. Now a whole lot more people will know it.

The jumper cat and the hammered dulcimer were good.

I am glad!

[mrissa]

It would be bad on any series, but isn't Harley canonically Jewish herself? To me this means an extra layer of responsibility in choosing and supervising staff writers and therefore an extra layer of OH HELL NO at every level. You have the responsibility not to hand ANY series over to blatant anti-Semites--but especially a series WITH A CANONICALLY JEWISH PROTAG WTF.

[sovay]

You have the responsibility not to hand ANY series over to blatant anti-Semites--but especially a series WITH A CANONICALLY JEWISH PROTAG WTF.

I second your HELL NO. I hadn't actually realized Harley was canonically Jewish until I saw people start posting as much in reaction to the animated series. I am guessing she is not Jewish there.

[edit] Agh, this is sad: "On November 29th, Harley Quinn will debut as an animated series on DC Universe, once again giving us a new vision of this celebrated Clown Princess of Crime. Harley's Jewish roots may not be the central thrust of this particular take, but her heritage from the Catskill comedy circuit will always be a part of who she is, and the flavor of comedy we can expect from her. Zai gezunt, Harley."

[sbrackett]

I will be in Boston very soon and I think my two doses is sufficient? Of MMR that is. I sure hope so.

[sovay]

I will be in Boston very soon and I think my two doses is sufficient? Of MMR that is. I sure hope so.

According to the BPHC: "Those who have had measles in the past or have received two doses of measles containing vaccine are unlikely to become ill even if exposed."

If you have enough time before you travel, you can always get your immunity levels checked by blood test, just to make sure.