Counter-Racist Film Review: PRECIOUS-The Bluest Comedy

>From Wikipedia: “Blue comedy is comedy that is off-color, risqué, indecent, profane, or obscene. It often contains cursing and/or sexual imagery that shocks and offends many audiences.

>>Golden Rain: If you know about R. Kelly’s alleged pleasures, you know what “golden rain” refers to.

>>>Blue Rain: If you’ve seen PRECIOUS, and you’re black, you’ve experienced Blue Rain. Not by chance, “Blu Rain” (spelled with no “e”) is the name of the lead character’s teacher in her alternative school. Precious Jones asks, “What alternative is?”

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Hey, Colored kids, The Man does not need to request anything of you. In the system of racism/white supremacy, are there any people who are not white who are also not kids?
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The Man: “You boys quiet down.”
Black Male Student: “I ain’t your fu@*in’ boy!”
Precious: Normally very quiet in the corner, barks and attacks the student for not being a good boy for The Master. (maybe a breed of Saint Bernard? Note the mop over her eyes and other breed characteristics.)
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Chaos in the residential kennel. Some incorrect/nasty inbreeding is about to occur. Unrestrained sexual impulses make it necessary to separate younger members in the kennel. Quite unfortunate and scarring for Precious.
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Precious copes with the brutality of the kennel and the wild by going to a fantasy world where she is adored and celebrated by The Men and The Women. Kind of like Scooby Doo fantasizes about solving mysteries with Sherlock Holmes.
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It is not uncommon for this breed to assume the characteristics of the opposite gender. This specimen has stopped shaving under her arms and has even role-played as a male in-breeder to Precious –which she only passively engaged in when the “Father “ was in the residential kennel.
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What’s a crime? Can you guess before the buzzer?
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Correct! There is great concern about the overpopulation potential of this breed.
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Theresa!! Right, right. That’s a name associated with the selfless generosity of a white person—like Mother Theresa. Precious is sent here with high hopes of getting the help her white counselor referred her to while the only “white music” of the film is playing. More sinister, however, is that this was the address for Malcom X’s Organization of Afro-American Unity. Racist Man and Racist Woman never forget.
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There are dark clouds in the sky. “See” Precious Jones. Get it?
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This is another escape fantasy after being pushed to the ground by some young black male brutes after Precious’ first visit to the alternative school at the Hotel Theresa. Precious inquired of the clerk at the school, “What alternative is?” When being informed by her white counselor that her white teacher had recommended her she said to herself “I knewed he liked me.” These are verbatim quotes. Yes. Precious speaks unintelligibly when it is convenient for the script. Note the theatrical poster to the right in this fantasy scene. In it, Precious is sitting with her legs wide open on what looks like a toilet.

In bold red letters:

“SOLD OUT”
Feels like Bamboozled (Damon Wayons, Savion Glover, Jada Pinkett-Smith) all over again. I’m not buyin’ this ticket. Racist Man and Racist Woman are doing all the selling. To avoid being identified as the r e a l producers of this vicious propaganda, Racist Man/Woman tell the black actors and directors what to say when marketing the film (see the next to last panel for evidence).
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This is part of the same fantasy scene occurring while Precious is still down on the sidewalk after being pushed by one of a pack of young, darker-skinned black males. Yeah, this male is lighter-skinned…b u t… a dog is a dog, right? See below.
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Getting up from the sidewalk and waking up from the fantasy. Is that you, honey?
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More fantasy. Question: Why does Precious transform her appearance to a white, blond non-obese woman in this fantasy only?

Could it be that doing this in all the fantasy scenes would ruin the on-going blue joke in the T.V. appearances of Ms. Sidibe? The planned “life- imitating- art” cartoon. See the images at the end of this post.

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This is one of the four very short scenes with a white person. This guy does not say anything. He just washes windows of the chicken shack that Precious steals a bucket from. Racist Man and Racist Woman really enjoy making cameo appearances. So, I suspect this fella did more than just play an extra. But, even if this was it, I’m sure it is one of the funnier scenes to Racist Man/ Woman. A white man washing the windows (with blue liquid) of a chicken shack in Harlem…zoo/kennel-keeper credits.
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The television selections in this film are meticulously chosen. Talking dogs and criminals in the same quick scene. Amazing.,,but then they do have a staff of hundreds. Let the credits roll…and roll…and roll.
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Cats, cats, pussy cats…..everywhere in this film. Disgusting, huh?
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Another television scene…It’s a foreign language film. So, the name “Michele” gets a pass by the conscious mind. More gender bending. Translation: “What is Sarah to you, Precious, we can’t tell. Father, brother…what?” An old french language film in this apartment? Now, THAT’S funny. Isn’t it?
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Precious eating the pigs feet she cooked for dinner. Her abusive mother/father/cat/thing would not eat it because it had “so much damned hair” on it. Stop being shocked. Haven’t you gotten it by now? These are animals. Darned, if we really were animals, the white supremacists would punish each other for mistreating us. They enforce their laws against animal cruelty.
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Lenny Kravitz, as Nurse John. His only memorable line is here when delivers a comic line by stopping the gurney and telling the sixteen-year old, Precious, who is wailing in labor, “Stop screaming.” His kiss to the forehead and little Christmas gift to Precious later in the film can’t change the grade he’s already given her existence with that statement.
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“Blu Rain”, Precious’ kind, generous, new teacher (who is both light-skinned and lesbian), writes, “Dear Precious, you are not a dog.”
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Remember, in this blue comedy, Precious’ teacher said that Precious is not a dog. Oh. Yes, we see the walls of the newborn ward of the ( veterinarian?) hospital now. Cats are everywhere in this film.
Maybe, Precious is now a stray pussycat.
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Spay and neuter for a healthy, happy animal. See how fun(ny) this is for Racist Man and Racist Woman?
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SPAY & NEUTER!!
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Precious: “So are you Italian? What color are you anyway? Are you some type of black or Spanish?”

Ms. Weiss (German for white, haha): “What color do you think I am?” (said with a smirk.This critical question was never answered)

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ROLL THE CREDITS. AND KEEP THE JOKE ROLLING TOO.

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When now President Obama made his debut on the national scene in 2004, at the moment shown in this clip, he referenced his two precious daughters:
“And I stand here today, grateful for the diversity of my heritage, aware that my parents’ dreams live on in my two precious daughters.”
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At the very beginning of the film, Precious says,“I want to be on the cover of a magazine.” …
Why all the applause?

SHE BANGS? (This is a reference to former American Idol contestant, William Hung who received acclaim for the joke that he was for Racist Man/Woman without his knowledge of this reason for the attention he was receiving)

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This red motivational poster on the wall behind Precious at the alternative school explains the circular psychology: “Feeling good about yourself will lead to more reasons for feeling good about yourself will lead to more reasons….”

Actress, Gabourey Sidibe, tells March 2010 Ebony Magazine readers about how she had become a fabulous person before she was “discovered.” “I found something about myself that I liked…then I harped on it so much that I eventually loved it. Then I found more things I liked about myself.”

I smell the slick marketing plan of Racist Man and Racist Woman. Would a white woman be encouraged to stay 400+ pounds? This is not funny. This is a matter of life and death. Ms. Sidibe needs medical attention and she needs work that is not a spot in a blue carnival.

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The caption of this Ebony Magazine photo begins “SHE’S GOT JOKES.”

WHO’S GOT JOKES? RACIST MAN & RACIST WOMAN DO.

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A counter-racist audio review of PRECIOUS can be found at CREE radio w/ Sonny: PRECIOUS, the Bluest Comedy.