The Official Blog of Charmane Star

It is here.

As you can see if you click on that (warning, there’s nudity over there), it hasn’t been updated since June 8, 2010, and that post was one of those unwisely enthusiastic “Woo!  My blog’s up!”-type posts of which we are all guilty.  I don’t know how committed Charmane Star really is to being an exciting Internet personality.

She also has a fairly dull Twitter feed here.

You’re all better off sticking with me and my fake Charmane Star disguise, if you ask me.

This'll Work

It is very obvious that the reason my Tumblr is not more crush-worthy is that I am not either an attractive woman or a young man with an upper body seemingly carved from solid mahogany.  Sex sells, as they say.

To that end, whenever the need arises to represent myself visually on these pages, I’ll be using the following stand-in: sexually appealing adult performer Miss Charmane Star.

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For all intents and purposes, that is me now.  Remember that the next time you’re wondering if you should like or reblog something of mine, or whether my blog is of a high enough quality to recommend.  “Oh, yeah,” you’ll think, “Kevin is a beautiful Asian slut.  I should totally let everybody know that he’s my friend.”

ALWAYS THINKING.

Any of You Ever Read a James Ellroy Novel?

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They can be quite the eye-opening experience.  Though they are written nowadays, they are set mostly in the 40’s through the 60’s, and the racial language is shocking.  All blacks are “niggers”, “coons,” “boogies,” “jigs”, etc.  Mexicans are “spicks,” “wetbacks,” “taco benders,” or “beaners.”  Homosexuals are “queers,” “fags,” “dykes”, “swishes”, you name it.

Ellroy uses these words in his books not because he’s a racist, but because that is the language of the people in the time and place that he writes about.  As a reader, I know the difference between a book this is “racist” and one that is merely racially honest about the time-period it chooses to play in.

But anybody siding with the censors in this Huckleberry Finn debate would probably claw their eyes out if they tried to read Ellroy, because no historical context would forgive the fact that the “n-word” was used by his characters.  In fact, the way that I just used several epithets for the purpose of illustration would sent these people into paroxysms of outrage.  For some, the use of “nigger” is never justified.  Except sometimes it is, whether the use be intended to evoke history, or a certain cultural dialect, or any setting that is not exactly the same as the one the reader lives in.

I understood this when I read Huckleberry Finn as a child.  I had teachers and parents willing to discuss these things with me, and I never called black men “niggers” (and I even had a jagoff stepfather at the time who was pretty free with the racist jokes and comments).  With just a little bit of effort, it was made clear to me the difference between the novel and reality.  Now, I know it’s easier to just white-wash it all and pretend it never happened, but wouldn’t it be more rewarding to start a conversation about why Huck calls Jim, his friend, “nigger”?  Wouldn’t it be healthier to explore and understand the racial politics of that time and place?  Isn’t reading about being exposed to different worlds?

Censorship is always evil.  Good intentions don’t make it any less so.

Let’s all grow up.

40's around the Corner

I hate to keep reminding you, but since you’re all down to exactly one day to aquire or concoct something for my 40th birthday, which is tomorrow, I figured you might need a heads-up.  I’ll take anything: messages, questions, slutty photos, birthday texts, raunchy birthday texts…I’m not picky.  Email and actual addresses and telephone numbers can be provided for you special few.

Spread a little joy tomorrow.  I need some.

Hey, I Haven't Crashed the Daily Movie Pitch Yet

If you can make it through the first week with something like this, signs are good for continuing it for a good length of time.

Remember: every day, with occasional weekends or holidays off, I post an idea for a movie.  I’m starting to figure out the structure of the pitches, and I’m starting to put a little more information in there, so that you have a better idea of what I’m going for.

It’s just for fun, but hey: if you have $20 million sitting around not doing anything…

The Daily Movie Pitch.