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My grandmother would babysit me certain weekends. For my mother, it was freedom from the drudgery of doing nothing. My grandmother acknowledged me with derision but in comparison to the others (cousins) I would do. I would be the servant to her and the child. I was privy to privileges. The favorite grandchild had curls spun from gold and the smile of an angel. No cousin/grandchild could compete with it.

My grandmother once announced to her 15 grandchildren that they would not receive a Christmas present from her because she could only afford to give it to one so she was giving it to the most deserving. Seven of my cousins later became Jehovah's witnesses and never celebrated anything ever again because she made us so angry. The two year old prince won't remember that day but that's the day his life started. The two year old prince from nowhere (nobody knows the father, my father is in the running, so is her brother and some made-up greek guy named Hercules) was granted grandma glee and exquisite presents. We were so angry at her. She could have shared that gift with him at anytime. They lived together. Why did she choose to humiliate us. "Because she's a witch." "She hates us." "I'm nothing!" The family dynamic was set. Avenge the Sith.

We could see her coming. Through the windows. Before the elevator dings. "Here comes that demon mother of yours. It was almost a countdown on how many bad things my grandmother could say about my mother before she arrived to terrorize her. Ding!

My mother would make her account for every mistake (the cheating, the twins, the lying and the pastor) she ever made. It happened a lot. It was horrible. I didn't really understand grandma's sins but I forgave her. My mother obviously could not.

My grandmother taught me how to live a successful miserable life. 22-Jan-2021

Mother and housewife interjects freedom when her husband surprisingly loses his job. Whomever gets a job first will be the breadwinner. He's the mommy and she's the daddy. He doesn't whiz parenting but neither did she. The children don't matter much. "Keep them alive and survive another day" is the motto of the day. Michael Keaton and Terri Garr have star watt which zaps most of the blues away. The wattage is enough to sell it. 22-Jan-2021

Was Hamilton aware he was great? This is the fine food you throw up when you overindulge and never want to eat again. I spent most of the time being old and looking at crotches. I actually caught a few silhouettes. Whatever planet I'm from, please beam me up. I really wanted to like it. 22-Jan-2021

A family film split in half. The adults receive culturally defined animation and the kiddies get dots reimagining the meaning of life. It's bold to reinforce a belief on someone, it's even bolder to downplay it so I can believe it. 21-Jan-2021

Can you be the King of Staten Island if you hate it? Davidson has the balls and the bite but the creators cowered. They didn't want Staten Island to hate them so they fluffed up the drama. 21-Jan-2021

Jolie's Maleficent is a sublime creature that never got a good movie written about her. Her work remains unmatched. Jolie, learning etiquette was funny and bright. The dinner choreography didn't make sense. Maleficent overreacted when the prospective in-laws hadn't hit her soft spot yet. Her denial of murder should have been the catalyst. Once the scene is set, it skits, stalls, enchants and sentimentalizes. It's better than the first one.

Also, don't call a witch evil unless she eats babies. 21-Jan-2021

There is no reason to call her because she is the primary that needs parenting. Mother can make a dirty cheese muffin, attention grab the hell out of parental privilege and retract the independence from her children. A sexless black gay token is hired to fawn over white mama madness and the other is relegated to immobile chat calls as mama's bestie. The younglings have no idea how to create a spark and the son should have been gay. What's a crappy mother without a gay son? Boring. 21-Jan-2021

I keep wondering if the punishment would have been less traumatic had they not been caught. 21-Jan-2021