| Lo Fun Fact #1 |
| "Lolita Files" is my real name. It is not a pen name, as incredible as that may seem. There are plenty of Files family members and people who have known me for years capable of validating this. As for the "Lolita" part, my mother named me after the movie based on Nabokov's book, although she saw or read neither. For as long as she lived, she had no idea there was anything sexual or seedy about being called "Lolita". |
| Lo Fun Fact #2 |
| I love fried chicken and fabulous shoes (although obviously I can't eat fried chicken nearly as much as I'd like). If you ever want to get on my good side, send Popeye's or Church's (that's right, I said Church's) and a pair of
Christian Louboutins. |
| Lo Fun Fact #3 |
| Never show up unannounced or without a Pepsi. Better yet, how about not showing up at all? |
| Lo Fun Fact #4 |
| I hate the telephone. Don't get mad if I don't call you or take a long time to return your calls. I don't call anyone. Don't call me asking why I don't call. Just don't call, okay? (Exception: I will happily take all calls related to business or to share fun/exciting/major news. I'm just not one for jawing on the phone just to be jawing.) |
| Lo Fun Fact #5 |
| I love the internet!!! I love communicating through the internet!!! You can e-mail me and odds are I'll e-mail you right back (if I'm not in the middle of a major project). Makes up for my hangup about the phone, doesn't it? See, I'm not so bad after all!!! |
| Lo Fun Fact #6 |
| I can't stand IMing. Please don't IM me. I'm always on my laptop and connected to the internet as I work and when IM's pop into my screen out of nowhere, they break my concentration and often startle the sh*t out of me in the process. So don't do it. You will get the cold shoulder. I don't like giving people the cold shoulder, so please don't put me in that position. |
| Lo Fun Fact #7 |
I have four five six wonderful, slap-happy dogs and a cat, all of whom I love to pieces. I had a bird (a Roller pigeon that I rescued in LA on New Year's Day in 2004) named B-Bird (what? that's a good name!) who passed away in February 2009, which broke my widdle heart in half. He loved me so, as I did him. If you meet me and ask me about my dogs and cat, we'll be instant friends, and if you ask about B-Bird, I'll probably hug you (unless you smell...wash first). If you meet me and ask me why the f*ck I have four five six dogs and a cat, see the above fun fact for how I will respond. |
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| Oh Yeah, I Almost Forgot... |
| Wednesday, March 15, 2006 |
Y'all do know that actor/producer/gangsta rap icon and trailblazer Ice Cube...
 ...is remaking and starring in Welcome Back, Kotter, right?
Yep, folks. He's going to play Mr. Kotter, the role originated by Gabe Kaplan...
...a white man.
What, you got a problem with that? If JLo can play Sue Ellen, then Cube can be Kotter, dammit.
If you're gonna flip characters' races in one movie, may as well flip 'em all, I say. Hell, why not go all out and flip genders, too?
That way I can finally see that dream version of Lady Sings The Blues...
...starring Michael Jackson. Think about it. The original featured a phenomenal black woman.
And he's a white man.
 Now that's flippin' the script, for real!!!
Can't you just picture him standing there in drag in a smoky nightclub, shyly clutching the mike as a hand holds a dollar out from beyond the shadows and a deep voice coolly asks, "You want my dick arm to fall off?"
You know you can see it.
Variety.com - Ice cool with 'Kotter' redo
Previously: The Lo Zone: JLo can play Sue Ellen |
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no i know, i'm gonna get some heat on this...y'all know how i do!
cube as kotter?
stupid.
come on black hollywood. is this the best we can do, rehash old white sitcoms and movies in true "black" face? will smith as "jim west" in the "wild wild west", samuel l. jackson as "sgt. dan "hondo" harrelson" in "s.w.a.t.", "the honeymooners" and now this ice cube as "gabe kotter"? i wonder if cube is gonna do some old jew jokes for a laugh.
cube and others have enough clout (or preceived clout) in hollywood these days to make shit happened. how come cube couldn't have been a teacher, maybe with a reformed street background, in a comedy environment but can relate on a drama tip, with some serious social messages about street life and how to move beyond the drugs, gangs, etc.
even though fox tv is run by a buncha of converservative crackkka mutha-fuckas, they will, at least, give black shows a chance to be successful before lowering the noose.
martin lawrence was successful in "martin". bernie mac was successful in "the bernie mac show" as well as other comedies like "living single" and dramas like "ny undercover". nothing fake, all real, all new characters, (i was going to mention "the cosby show" or even "sanford and son" but that's like bringing out a shotgun to kill a fly!)
be real.
be original.
make shit happen.
if "uncle junior" dominic chianese" and "christopher" michael imperioli from "the sopranos" were to remake "sanford and son" as whites, black folk would lose their minds!!!
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no i know, i'm gonna get some heat on this...y'all know how i do!
cube as kotter?
stupid.
come on black hollywood. is this the best we can do, rehash old white sitcoms and movies in true "black" face? will smith as "jim west" in the "wild wild west", samuel l. jackson as "sgt. dan "hondo" harrelson" in "s.w.a.t.", "the honeymooners" and now this ice cube as "gabe kotter"? i wonder if cube is gonna do some old jew jokes for a laugh.
cube and others have enough clout (or preceived clout) in hollywood these days to make shit happened. how come cube couldn't have been a teacher, maybe with a reformed street background, in a comedy environment but can relate on a drama tip, with some serious social messages about street life and how to move beyond the drugs, gangs, etc.
even though fox tv is run by a buncha of converservative crackkka mutha-fuckas, they will, at least, give black shows a chance to be successful before lowering the noose.
martin lawrence was successful in "martin". bernie mac was successful in "the bernie mac show" as well as other comedies like "living single" and dramas like "ny undercover". nothing fake, all real, all new characters, (i was going to mention "the cosby show" or even "sanford and son" but that's like bringing out a shotgun to kill a fly!)
be real.
be original.
make shit happen.
if "uncle junior" dominic chianese" and "christopher" michael imperioli from "the sopranos" were to remake "sanford and son" as whites, black folk would lose their minds!!!