TV & Film
I watch and comment on the documentary John Lewis: Good Trouble Recorded February 19, 2021 Notes: -Real life superhero -I will comment during the doc but this podcast won’t be the length of the doc -What he’s been through -That mugshot — https://twitter.com/repjohnlewis/status/622844317162434560?lang=en -Pre-COVID -Elijah Cummings -Organize, mobilize, legislate -Being brutalized by cops for waiting on line to vote -Knowing the risk -The power of voting -Pettus bridge and unlawful assembly -Parading permit -Troopers advancing with weapons -Civil disobedience -Bashed in the head -Present day voter suppression -Constant struggle -“There’s so much more progress to be made” -“My greatest fear…” -Misinformation, hatred, and cruelty -Comic Con story -Equity -Getting involved -Ripple effects -Good trouble -Say something, do something, good trouble, necessary trouble -2018 and the blue wave -Change from then to now (so much more to do) -Preaching to chickens -Picking cotton -Nashville and non-violence -Non-violence as offense, not defense -Starting locally to desegregate downtown Nashville -Systems versus an individual -Under a constant threat -Training -One big temper tantrum from people in power -Fear and insecurity -First Nashville sit-in -Optics -Doing everything you can -AOC -How racism morphs -Barriers -Voting requirements -Senator Warnock -Beto O’Rourke -Election Day 2018 and 2020 -James Clyburn -John Lewis Voting Rights Act -Republicans want to suppress votes -AOC and the speed of freedom -Moving slow versus moving fast -Results of the Supreme Court gutting the Voting Rights Act -Long wait times to vote -HR1 -Opressors framing themselves as victims -Freedom Singers -How music lifts the spirit -Thurogood Marshall -John F. Kennedy and intentions -We cannot be patient -Democrats vs. Republicans -Fast vs. Slow -Wife and son -Lawlessness and hypocrisy of the “law and order” Trump administration -Viral videos -Julian Bond and the danger of registering people to vote -Rise into politics -Becoming an “insider” -Tense moments with Bonds -Activism from the outside and inside -Protest on the floor and the non-coverage of Fox “News” -Stacey Abrams and the power of Lewis’ story -The resistance to the right to vote -The more who show up… -President Obama -Looking back 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 -Paul Wyrech - he’s not from AIPAC, he’s from ALEC and he didn’t want everybody to vote -Removing the filibuster -This is not a time for despair -The struggle -2019 Edmund Pettis Bridge (Trump wasn’t there) -Putting in the work -Medal of Freedom -A good start -A giant -There were post credits -Inspiring -Equity and progress (and justice) -Plugs! Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2 Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com Get your news from credible sources (New York Times, USA Today, BBC, NPR, etc.) #GoodTrouble © MMAMPodcast 2021 All Rights Reserved