Rosie Revisited
First Rosie was on Brian Lehrer. Then we blogged about it. Then she led a panel at WNYC. Then New York Magazine cornered her and blogged it. Here’s a clip from the New York Mag post: Perez got pretty slammed on the Brooklyn blogs for her comments. As much as I find Rosie Perez to…
First Rosie was on Brian Lehrer. Then we blogged about it. Then she led a panel at WNYC. Then New York Magazine cornered her and blogged it. Here’s a clip from the New York Mag post:
Perez got pretty slammed on the Brooklyn blogs for her comments. As much as I find Rosie Perez to be a decent actor, sexy and certainly part of NYC’s charm, I must say comments like these make me want to kick her in the shins, wrote one commenter on Brownstoner. We cornered Perez after the show, and she was happy to clear up what she worried was a hostile comment. What I really wanted to say was that, yes, I’m nostalgic for the past, but I’m also excited about the present and hopeful for the future,” she explained. “Things do change. Water always has to flow or else it becomes stale. But with change, you can bring along some of the good minerals that came from the top of the waterfall.” She said she’d read some of the blogs and seen the nasty comments. “I think it’s their guilt of being the gentrifiers. They don’t know how to take it,” she said. “But I had to look at myself and I realized it came off a little hostile, to be honest.
Her parting words? “Even if you’re in a bad mood, just give me a nod. We’ll do one better: Come to the Flea tomorrow, Rosie, and we’ll buy you a pupusa!
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*checking in as only poster who doesn’t think rosie is hot*
White women with strollers also love it when you walk up to them on a quiet street and say,
“Don’t I look normal? I’m a total psychopath. Can I play with your kid?”
Biff – true
but if you have ever been to CT Muffin on a Sat morning on 7th avenue in PS, you would know what I am talking about. You can’t get in the door b/c of all the moms and their strollers blocking the entrance on the outside. But wait, then you get to particpiate in “Stroller Duel Saturdays” when you have 2-3 stroller moms on the inside cramped at the 2 tables they have inside.
it’s a zoo
sorry if I am offending anyone – but it’s too much
We need more minerals from the top of the waterfall!!!
Have a peaceful weekend, you nut jobs; your collective productivity on a Friday must be staggering.
“There is a scene in White Men Can’t Jump where you catch a glimpse of her bare shirt fillers. I might have to go home and dig that DVD out.”
shwing.
There is a scene in White Men Can’t Jump where you catch a glimpse of her bare shirt fillers. I might have to go home and dig that DVD out…
actually it was more unsafe in the apartment i lived in harlem than it was OUTSIDE for both me and my dog, mentally and physically, i had to get out of there. i originally was looking at shares in bushwick but i stumbled upon a very perfect share in park slope and jumped at the chance for it. i had no intention of ever living in park slope. but i will admit i do love it. stuff happens! it’s fun to hate on park slope moms but really ive never actually had a real problem with any of them. are they crazy? yes. do i look them in the eye? hells to the no!
*rob*
I’m actually beginning to feel sorry for the stroller moms. They’re taking a lot of hits. Weren’t all of us in strollers at one time being pushed by (hopefully loving) moms and dads?
” i dont even talk to people in park slope, unlike how i used to talk to everyone in harlem. people in park slope are in general just not my kind of people, that’s fine. ”
OK, so you left Harlem because it wasn’t safe and clean enough for you and your dog. But you don’t talk to the locals in your new neigborhood because they’re not your kind of people. Oh, and while you’re not talking to them, you’re plotting ways to TAKE THEM DOWN A NOTCH. That’s just hilarious. Keep fighting the good fight, Degentrification Man!