[scifinoir2] Re: Goofing around with Web searches on Doctor Who

2006-03-22 Thread Meta
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In what way are (is?) The Netherlands headed the Hollywood route? In terms of treatments of peoples of color, or just in general? If the former, is it portraying us as from the stereotypical 'hood, or the unrealistic

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Goofing around with Web searches on Doctor Who

2006-03-22 Thread KeithBJohnson
Thanks for the info, it was very informative! -- Original message -- From: Meta [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In what way are (is?) The Netherlands headed the Hollywood route? In terms of treatments of

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Goofing around with Web searches on Doctor Who

2006-03-22 Thread Martin Pratt
Informative, indeed. Wonder where this all ends? I just read an article recently (sorry, can't remember the source) written by a man of Moroccan descent who was born in France. He writes of being regularly subjected to the usual profiling horrors, even detailing a conversation he had with a

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Goofing around with Web searches on Doctor Who

2006-03-22 Thread Martin Pratt
I liked Rose as well, but all companions will come up short in my eyes against Sarah Jane Smith and Turlough. They stood out for me, for no real reason I can state. Meta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, let's just call me a collector

[scifinoir2] Re: Goofing around with Web searches on Doctor Who

2006-03-21 Thread Meta
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, let's just call me a collector and collator of facts obscure and wondrous! I knew that about Piper after reading her bio at the Dr. Who site. I like her as Rose. Whaddya think? I actually want to see more of her boyfriend. The

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Goofing around with Web searches on Doctor Who

2006-03-21 Thread KeithBJohnson
I agrree. I saw actor Steve Harris (The Practice, the wife beater from Diary of a Mad Black Woman) on Tavis Smiley last night, and he said much the same thing. He was talking about Hollywood tendencies to stereotype Blacks at both ends of the spectrum: either bad to the bone streetwise (I've

[scifinoir2] Re: Goofing around with Web searches on Doctor Who

2006-03-21 Thread Meta
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agrree. I saw actor Steve Harris (The Practice, the wife beater from Diary of a Mad Black Woman) on Tavis Smiley last night, and he said much the same thing. He was talking about Hollywood tendencies to stereotype Blacks at both ends

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Goofing around with Web searches on Doctor Who

2006-03-21 Thread Keith Johnson
, 2006 17:05 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Goofing around with Web searches on Doctor Who --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agrree. I saw actor Steve Harris (The Practice, the wife beater from Diary of a Mad Black Woman) on Tavis Smiley last

[scifinoir2] Re: Goofing around with Web searches on Doctor Who

2006-03-20 Thread Amanda
That's cool --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is funny. I went to the search site Rose used in Doctor Who to look up info on the doctor: Search-Wise.Net. Turns out it's not a real search site at all, just a name that TV and film productions can

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Goofing around with Web searches on Doctor Who

2006-03-20 Thread Martin Pratt
There's more I could say about this, but it would definitely fall into spoiler territory. I'll drop a line on it in a few weeks. Amanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's cool --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is funny. I went to the search site