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Where We Started
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Nostalgia I Don’t Remember
Imagine seeing something that you don’t remember. A brown beautiful chocolate man leading a television series that few people ever talk about.
The man is Georg Stanford Brown. The series is The Rookies. It is the trials and adventures of three young police officers. The show is from 1972. (granted I was just 7 years old at that time or this show would not have been on the list of anything I wanted to watch.) But here was an African American actor as a lead in a show.
Needless to say this show became my boyfriend for the weekend.
I thought the show was very cute looking at it from my 2021 brain. I mean attractive. George wore that afro. He looked good in the uniform and his street clothes were nice.
It was fun because of all the actors who guest starred on the show, like Jim Nabors, Tyne Daly, Richard Hatch, Annette O’Toole and John Saxon. And some even looked like me Margaret Avery, Kim Hamilton, Eric Laneuville, Louis Gossett, Jr and Teresa Graves. One of the co stars was Kate Jackson who later became one of Charlie’s Angels.
It reminded me of how simple life was back then. It is not a place I want to return to, but just interesting seeing what innocence looks like on a nation.
The best part of the Decades Channel is that they run weekend binges so that you can really get to know a show. As much as I hate to admit it, I watched more of Decade this weekend than any other channel. (I did cheat on my boyfriend with Hacks). I loved spending time in the 1970s.
Are They Still Riding Into the Sunset?
Did you grow up with westerns like The Lone Ranger? Did it teach you see the world in black and white? Good guys and bad guys? The Sistas talk about how modern day westerns tell a different story.
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Episode Season 2 Episode 8
Tips For Your Road Trip
In the 2020 Issue, Queen B Travel gave us some great tips for road trips. We know many people are about to hit the road for the summer.
Before I Go
by Brenda Derrick
I prepare for a road trip about a week before. Packing clothes, getting snacks, checking distance and mapping stops along the way.
If driving my car, get it serviced a few days before leaving.
After we arrive and check in at the hotel, we go to Walmart to get some things.
Buying things when you get to a location makes packing easier and the car not so crowded. We got boogie boards, snacks and went to the beach.
Just getting away from your regular routine expands the mind. Just do it.
I became a travel agent because I love to travel. I help make dreams come true.
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The Sistas talk about shows that had performers who could sing, dance and act. This is something that doesn’t happen much today.
We Are Telling Stories
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Food + Travel = The Best
This episode combines two of the things the Sistas love, travel and eating. They talk about two shows that examine the cultures and the food that comes from them. Are these places you want to go or foods you want to eat? Listen and hear.
Season 2 What’s For Dinner?
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YAASSSSS!
Even in the world of comic books and superheroes racism can’t hide in the shadows any longer. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is wrapped in battles with super soldiers and arch enemies. They are out to stop world domination, again. Yet through the lens of the Black Falcon, we get to see the world through a character who gets his own eyes opened to the world around him.
There is not a girl to get. Or a bomb to keep from exploding. It is way better than that.
Does the color of the skin or hair determine if someone will be a good superhero?
The story doesn’t preach.
They just tell a good tale that examines who can be a superhero. I am a Marvel fan, so I started watching the series because it is Marvel. I love the Avengers. I mean Black Panther.
Side note: Anthony Mackie is having a moment. He has a dozen or so projects out, especially those where he is the lead. He found a good rhythm with Falcon and the Winter Soldier. I find him very believable.
Cheers to Marvel for putting the African American in the lead and not ignoring the fact that he is African American. Cheers that he is not the only African American in the film with a good role.
There is a moment in the film where Falcon says that Our people built this country, bled for this country and he should have the right to fight for it.
Truth is we fight for it every day. With every injustice we protest. With every struggle we join with others. We have not stopped bleeding or building.
I won’t give away the ending, but just know we have the right to be any damn body we want to be. I give it two fist pumps in the air and suggest you check it out.
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