how-allergic-are-you-to-cinnamon:
Dan: I wanna know, in my white brain, like why do I want it to be a white guy? Uh, and I don’t think it’s ‘cause I’m a hero.
Kumail: I think it’s less of a threat if it’s a white guy.
Dan: Uh- yeah, it – it just feels more like, more like a comic book. It feels like a Batman movie. It’s like –…
“Here’s the one thing I want to say, is that I grew up in Pakistan, and […]—look, Americans have this assumed sense of security, which is a huge privilege, it’s a luxury, and most of the people in the world do not have that. I know I didn’t have it. And there were bombs in Iraq today, and 42 people died. And I’m not saying this to make this [Boston’s] tragedy smaller, but when you read about a bomb happening in another part of the world…try to remember how it felt here.
[…]
You read about bombs all the time, like bombs in Syria, and it always just goes off of you, you think it’s like some other world—but that’s the world! People are living their lives there, and they love their kids, and they love food and have favorite ice cream flavors. So just remember how awful this [Boston bombing] is, and how even now you are so distant from it, and how it happens to people all over the world.”
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| — | Kumail Nanjiani, Episode 53 of Harmontown (via loudfull-heartedbitching) |
Pleasant discovery for today is Dan Harmon’s podcast; It’s pretty good and quite hilarious! They have a roundtable discussion about the Boston marathon tragedy, and I was worried at first at how it’s going to be addressed with comedy, but it’s actually done quite well and with much honesty (The reasoning behind the “I HOPE IT’S A CRAZY WHITE GUY!” consensus is thoughtfully explained), especially about the larger implications beyond the event itself.
And they’re discussing Zardoz right now, and the batshit insane description is actually moving me to find and see it!!!
It feels like an extended radio-play of classic Community :)
Just in case though, they talk a bit about bombings and violence, so head’s up if those are triggering. Also, filthy language for the delicate-eared :)
National Tragedy Special (Kumail Nanjiani)
Episode 53
Mayor Harmon finds out about terrorism after everyone else. Plus: cake making, tentanus, Kumail, and making love to spiders!
