Tag: Baltimore

• Groucho Marx Inspires Me: An Ode To Groucho

  Apropos of nothing, as I sat down to work this morning, a song popped into my head: Groucho Marx singing “Whatever It Is, I’m Against It” in the movie “Horse Feathers“. That song inspires me especially in these here times. How can it not? In fact, Groucho Marx inspires me. He always has. I wonder…

  A L Katz

  August 1, 2022

  Branding, Corruption, Culture, Movie Reviews, Showbiz Stories

  Baltimore, Chico Marx, Duck Soup, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Horse Feathers, Marx Brothers, Monkey Business, Muhammed Ali, Speakeasy, Swordfish, The Coconuts, Tsunami, WJZ TV

• A (Minor) Celebration Of My Native Tongue: “Baltimorese”

  I wasn’t born in Baltimore, Maryland, but I grew up there. Back in the 60’s, it was a lot less cosmopolitan than it is now (not that it’s “cosmopolitan” now). It wore its blue collar a lot more prominently then. Racism has always been alive and well in crab town. I remember when Randy Newman…

  A L Katz

  July 14, 2020

  Uncategorized

  American Accents, Baltimore, Baltimorese, Female Trouble, John Waters, Pink Flamingos, Randy Newman

• Every White Person Has To Own Their White Privilege If They’re Ever Going To NOT Be Racist

  First things first: racism, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. It’s not up to the racist or the person who might be racist to decide whether or not they’re racist. They’re a little too close to the subject to judge. So — no white person can say “I’m not a racist”. It’s…

  A L Katz

  June 29, 2020

  Live Bullshit Free, Political Commentary, Racism, Showbiz Stories

  Baltimore, Center Stage Theater, Fathers and Sons, James Baldwin, Racism, Racism In America, The Amen Corner, The Outer Limits

• Dear Donald Trump – Coming From QUEENS Is No Better Than Coming From Baltimore

  Let that sink in for a second — a bloated orange schlub from QUEENS is throwing shade on Baltimore. Screw you, Donald Trump and drop dead (from either the heart attack or the stroke you’ve been working on — it’s time already)! Even coming from Brooklyn has more cachet than coming from Queens FFS. I…

  A L Katz

  July 29, 2019

  Back It Up Or It’s Bullshit, Election 2016, False Patriotism, Live Bullshit Free, Political Commentary, Trump

  Baltimore, Crabcakes, Donald Trump, Harbor Place, Pikesville, Racism, Rouse Company

• What WASPS Look Like

  I grew up in a bubble.   It’s true.  Pikesville, MD (just outside northwest Baltimore) was so predominantly Jewish that clever (non-Jewish) people called it ‘Kikesville’.  Get it? My public high schools — Pikesville Junior High & Pikesville Senior High — were so predominantly Jewish that even the non-Jewish kids took the Jewish holidays off because…

  A L Katz

  December 6, 2018

  New Ways of Thinking, Political Commentary, Republicanism, The Branding Age

  Annie Hall, Antisemitism, Assimilation, Baltimore, Brooklyn, California Culture, Culture, Culture War, Vassar College, WASPS, White Christian Male Culture