tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post7233537252422593800..comments2024-01-17T02:39:06.048-05:00Comments on rude truth: watching it (not quite being there)JJThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920416765778868736noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-60360565457234018342009-01-21T13:37:00.000-05:002009-01-21T13:37:00.000-05:00I did notice that! Brent and I both looked at eac...I did notice that! Brent and I both looked at each other and said, what was that about? It's probably uncharitable to assume it's just the whole white-person-thinks-black-names-are-funny thing. But that's certainly how it came across to me.<BR/><BR/>Much nicer was Rev. Lowery's reference to "our little angelic Mahlia and Sasha" but even so, I found myself wondering if it feels invasive to these little girls to suddenly be talked about as if they are somehow the emotional property of a whole nation. It's a little weird, the whole notion of first family, first lady, first daughters--even though they evoke a sense of maternal protective attachment in me as well, I admit. But if I were Michelle, I would be all about trying to defuse that national interest/ownership stuff.JTBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05977180734561873789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-75362673399713932692009-01-20T17:34:00.000-05:002009-01-20T17:34:00.000-05:00I assume you noticed Warren's strange pronunciatio...I assume you noticed Warren's strange pronunciation of Sasha and Mahlia's names? Not sure what the deal was there, but I find it hard to graciously interpret anything he does. We were watching at Pacific Standard in Brooklyn, and the whole bar got a belly laugh out of it.Justin Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04532881461650705372noreply@blogger.com