https://www.vox.com/2016/7/25/12270880/donald-trump-racist-racism-history
He said it.
>A book by John O’Donnell, former president of Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, quoted Trump’s criticism of a black accountant: “Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day. … I think that the guy is lazy. And it’s probably not his fault, because laziness is a trait in blacks. It really is, I believe that. It’s not anything they can control.” Trump at first denied the remarks, but later said in a 1997 Playboy interview that “the stuff O’Donnell wrote about me is probably true.”
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Here are two of the most direct examples of Trump being racist:
From an article in "The New Yorker": "Brown also used to work in the casinos, at the Showboat, bussing tables, and at Trump’s Castle, stripping and waxing floors. “When Donald and Ivana came to the casino, the bosses would order all the black people off the floor,”
Why would the Casino managers think to do this? Either they had been told to by Trump himself (A notorious micromanager) or they had been around him long enough to learn that having black employees in public facing roles would upset Trump.
From the book "Trumped!: The Inside Story of the Real Donald Trump" Trump was reported to have said: "Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day. … I think that the guy is lazy. And it’s probably not his fault, because laziness is a trait in blacks. It really is, I believe that. It’s not anything they can control.” Trump himself later said of the book: "The stuff O’Donnell (the author) wrote about me is probably true.”
That is textbook racism.
A 1991 book by John O’Donnell, former president of Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, quoted Trump’s criticism of a black accountant: “Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day. … I think that the guy is lazy. And it’s probably not his fault, because laziness is a trait in blacks. It really is, I believe that. It’s not anything they can control.” Trump at first denied the remarks, but later said in a 1997 Playboy interview that “the stuff O’Donnell wrote about me is probably true.”
> That's not true. I've already fact checked. Give me a source.
what source did you use to "fact check" this statement?
Ok friend, you NEEEEED, NEEEEED! to find a copy of Thomas Lennon and Ben Garant's book, "Writing Movies for fun and Profit"
It includes a treatment for what was going to be the 2nd Reno 911 movie, and it has something very similar to what you're talking about here.
Also it's really funny.
Lennon and Garant’s Writing Movies for fun and Profit has tons of this info, it’s really interesting. I got it for 50 cents on Amazon used last week.
Note: there are a handful of lines in the book that make it clear it was written pre-metoo. Nothing terrible, but there were a few moments I thought “geez guys you can do better” when talking about attractive women. I suppose the “geez guys” comment is also applicable to some of their movies, but that part I knew before reading the book.
Companies like A24 and Neon only buy scripts from agents and managers they know and trust. They ask (aka "solicit") these reps to bring good scripts to them. Any script that comes to them without their invitation is called an "unsolicited submission" and will be immediately rejected without being read. Reading an unsolicited submission opens them to potential litigation, so most companies are very firm in enforcing this rule.
Your best bet is to practice writing scripts until you are very good at it, then try to get an agent or manager to represent you. Even then, only a small percentage of all spec scripts ever get sold or optioned. It's more likely that your script will get you a chance to rewrite an existing project, known as an "assignment."
I recommend you read this book to learn how the business and the job of being a screenwriter works.
Good luck.
It's here on Amazon US.
There’s a book that’s free if you have amazon prime named “Johnny Carson” by Henry Bushkin ( https://www.amazon.com/Johnny-Carson-Henry-Bushkin-ebook/dp/B00CICPU4O) who was his lawyer and close friend around the time of this clip. It’s a little gossipy but a pretty good book. Seeing him here really puts into perspective some of the stories told in the book. It sounds like he had a great life.
That's rough. The e-Book is available from the Amazon US store. You may be able to make an amazon account on it (assuming you use amazon.de), and then read the book through a kindle reader. (PC kindle reader is free and not bad to use).
USA Link: here
*Edit: Goofed up the link format
Showbiz parents are loons! Read I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (iCarly). Her mother hated giving up the money/power/control. It sounds like a LOT of those Nickelodeon kid actors were fucked up behind the scenes :(
Eating disorders start early. Just finished Jeanette McCurdy’s book. Crazy read about show biz families. https://www.amazon.com/Im-Glad-My-Mom-Died-ebook/dp/B09JPJ833S/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
It’s a book by Jennette McCurdy and it was really good.
I remember reading about this in a biography of him; Johnny made lots of money from the clothing line but eventually stopped when he got tired of having to do photo shoots a few days a year.
“Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day. … I think that the guy is lazy. And it’s probably not his fault, because laziness is a trait in blacks. It really is, I believe that. It’s not anything they can control.”
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I would recommend starting with this wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sound_recording
And why not strictly a history book, Geoff Emerick's book Here, There and Everywhere takes you from the days of two track tape to 8-track tape, from mono to stereo and many technical changes over the 60s.
> I'm curious about stuff like why back in the day bass was panned
WAY back in the day there was no stereo, so there was no panning, everything was mono for a long time, far longer than stereo has existed.
> when multitrack desks were invented
Probably somewhere in the late 50s, early 60s since multitrack tape recording was first invented in 1955.
> how new technology like synths affected music and so on
That's more of a music making thing, you can probably find several books on the modern history of music.
I mean, there are still musicians and bands who don't resort to the comforts of endless edits, tuning and quantization. Jack White definitely comes to mind, for many years he would record all analog like in the old days, no computers.
The Foo Fighters made an album to tape in 2011, Wasting Light. And the Red Hot Chili Peppers made Stadium Arcadium also to tape.
If you are interested in the analog days of music making I recommend you check out the documentary Sound City, which I think you can find in full on YouTube. And I super recommend this book: https://www.amazon.com/Here-There-Everywhere-Recording-Beatles-ebook/dp/B000OVLIQU/ written by The Beatles' engineer. It was a super interesting period of time in recording which went from two track tape to four track, to 8 track, and from mono to stereo. It's a fascinating read.
> Aye, I got to ask when do you start getting MIDI/computer integration readily available a la DAW. Not counting like Fairlight CMIs and stuff, but how new is the DAW grid??
I'm not sure exactly, because when DAWs first came around it didn't instantly change how music was made. People would just use the computer as a tape machine, for easier recording and faster edits but they would still very much play with the expectation that they had to do good takes and be on time.
I imagine that snapping to grid was already a thing by the late 90s, but I think people going crazy/lazy with quantization didn't happen until the last 15 years. Rick Beato has a good rant about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFaRIW-wZlw
> I want to learn about what they were doing
Recording in studios with great microphones, through great preamps of great analog consoles, into tape, using all analog processing (or outboard digital) and summing analog into another tape.
Everything was a lot less processed generally speaking, because they plainly were physically limited by the amount of processing they had available.
I mean, you can go read about how some great records of that time were made. Geoff Emerick's book on recording and mixing The Beatles. There's the "Classic Tracks" series of articles from Mix Magazine, where they go into some detail into how they were made. And certainly the fact that many of these were made by great engineers is probably the biggest factor in getting that sound, but if you are talking generic great analog I think the key is not so much in the particular techniques of any engineer but in the tools/technology they used being the common denominator.
This thread is truly delightful. I knew there's a reason I love playing a rogue. I read a book about the making of written by Elwes. It was a pleasant read and full of good trivia: As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IWTWOI2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_uE79Fb9VP9C56
One book you may get some insight from on how and why is Geoff Emerick's Here, There and Everywhere. He was their primary engineer for the bulk of their career at Abbey Road.
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Having watched this article has AOC actually called out pelosi as a racist.....no she has not. Has she said that there is a pattern to the way that pelosi has singled out 4 women of colour.....yes she has and she is right and i agree with AOC. Now i have two snippets for you first.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumped!_(book)
This is about the book in question and has a few little tid-bits for you to sink your teeth into and incase you would like to read it.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Trumped-Inside-Trump-His-Cunning-Spectacular-ebook/dp/B01DD2P5DI
Sorry i don't own the book myself but i did find something absolutely amazing. Did you know that there is a book about poetry by.....yep you guessed it d.j.trump. And if you want that (why would you really i mean come on) that is on Amazon as well. It has a wonderful front cover and everything. Enjoy!!
They certainly did use compression on their vocals. You can read a bit about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_practices_of_the_Beatles
and I personally recommend this book by one of the main Beatles engineers, Geoff Emerick.
Pro screenwriter here.
>I’m 16, and up until this quarantine, I have no idea what I wanted to do in life.
You still don't know. We'll come back to this.
>I’ve spent my entire life daydreaming about movies and writing and creating stories but I’ve now come to terms that it’s what I want to do in life.
Nope, you don't know what you want to do with your life, you know what seems interesting and exciting. Nothing wrong with that, but there's more to finding your life's mission.
Many people get obsessed with their "dream job," only to find that they fell in love with the results, or the trappings. Before you can make up your mind about any job, you need to learn what the day-to-day work is like.
You should read every word of this book. It's a good read, and pretty funny. It also tells you the most honest description of what it's like to be a working screenwriter. If you like the day-to-day that they describe, you should go for it.
>But everything about it just seems soul-crushing and impossible.
Doesn't have to be. Go in with the knowledge that you're going to have to work harder on this than anything you've ever worked on before. Expect to write 10 screenplays before you get any attention at all.
Become devoted to becoming a really good writer. Like Steve Martin says, the secret of succeeding in show business is to Be So Good They Can't Ignore You.
Do that.
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Lets strip away everything after 2016 then, and just look at two elements of public record trump.
Stripping everything else away: If someone else did what he did in the seventies and said what he said, would you call that person a racist? If not, why?
Edit: Whoops, what I meant to say was "would you call that evidence of racism, and if not, why." Man, I need a self-editor some days.
Edit #2: For what it's worth, Here is the book that quote was from. If you don't want it to alter your amazon browsing history, follow that link in an incognito tab.
the new book by russell brand is really good. takes you through the 12 steps. it's helping me tremendously. https://www.amazon.com/Recovery-Freedom-Addictions-Russell-Brand-ebook/dp/B06W5P7384/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1523470708&sr=8-6&keywords=addiction
I recommend this
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Russell Brand talks about a non-Godly 12 step program and puts it in terms that are easy to understand and of course funny in a dark and "been to rock bottom" kind of way.
He was addicted to a lot of stuff and got clean.
I was reading this a couple of days ago before I had a nerve ablation on my spine (L3-L5, bilateral) for pain. It definitely resonated with me, as does a great many comments in this thread.
5 days can become 6. There's a line back there between the previous and the current you. It's going to be the hardest thing ever to not stagger back over the line and say "I'm Home". But you know you're not. It's the worst kind of prison because it feels so free. But you do have the strength to get through to day 6, or 7, or 700. Because you made it through 5 days.
I don't know you personally but I feel like I've lived you and met you a million times over. I can do it. So can you.
Also, if you're in the mood for a book, I'd pick up Recovery by Russell Brand.
He's listed out The Program for free on his website. I found the book tremendously helpful...almost a 12 and 12 written for today's society.
Cary Elwes' book As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride devotes a lot of time to Andre, including his infamous drinking. He had his drink called "The American," served in pitchers. He would drink several of them like a normal person would drink a regular glass of beer, and the bars he visited all knew the recipe.
I don't know Enneagram types. But I have enormous respect for & appreciation for ISTJs in general, and esp. for a few I've known...
Also recently bought this book about ISTJ Johnny Carson, whom I loved as a kid: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CICPU4O/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1