#american performance

[en-wheelz-me]

#1967 #chevrolet #nova #blownaway #ls376/525 #crate engine #car #cars #fast car #fast cars #tuning #american #american muscle #muscle car #muscle cars #american performance #classic #classic car #classic cars #history #historic #historic car #legends #chevy #chevy nova #chevrolet nova

[toiletpotato]

The 2023 American Girl Doll of the Year is Kavi Sharma, a South Asian American theatre kid who loves Wicked SO SHE HAS A REPLICA ELPHABA COSTUME. I am absolutely ecstatic that kids get this.

edit: SHE ALSO HAS A GLINDA COSTUME

SHE ALSO HAS THIS!! BECAUSE SHE PERFORMS A TRADITIONAL DANCE ROUTINE WITH HER FRIENDS AT SCHOOL AND SHE LOVES BOLLYWOOD

#as someone that dressed up as (specifically wizard and I) elphaba (but bought a witch hat so people would know who I was) #this would make middle school me so incredibly excited #the costume was designed in collaboration with Wicked!! #the day Broadway has a South Asian performer play Elphaba I fear I will combust out of joy #desiblr #musical theatre #overjoyed that I get to use those two tags in conjunction with one another #wicked #ozposting #American girl dolls are soooo expensive though which is a bummer

[sbrown82]

The Jackson 5 used to cut up on stage!!! 🙌🏿

#jackson 5 #walk on #live performance #1971 #motown #michael jackson #music #black music #dancing #black culture #1970s #70s #african american #afro #soul #indiana #video #sbrown82

[waymond-wang]

THE CREATOR (2023) dir. Gareth Edwards ↳ Wanna play a game? It's called, "Save your friend Joshua from being killed by the fuckin' police".

#filmedit #filmgifs #the creator #the creator 2023 #cinemapix #cinematv #userfilm #userstream #junkfooddaily #filmtv #mgifs #mdiary #7.5 out of 10 #more anti-american imperialism messaging pls 🤲🤲🥺 #these VFX for sub 100M? wow! #that kids performance was caaaaaptivating. toe to toe with JDW!! #and the protag's name is Joshua. which I had such a hard time with #Joshua what r u doing mourning your wife and being a puppet of the American military machine? you should be in the club!! #third act was sloppy :( a few more rewrites and this could have gone all the way.

[laundrybiscuits]

Eddie’s doing some dumb trick with a couple of wooden spoons, clever hands making them move through the air in improbable ways, and Steve’s about to bite his whisk in half. 

He’d thought for sure that Eddie would be going home the first week; Edward Munson, 29, bartender/musician from Brighton with mismatched tattoos and wild hair, seemed like exactly the kind of pretentious asshole who would flame out early with some ill-advised hipster experimentation. If Steve (28, social worker from Indiana, USA) had been a complete asshole, he’d have said that Eddie didn’t have the fundamentals. That he was all sizzle, no steak. 

It’s a good thing Steve’s not a complete asshole, because Eddie’s been blowing the technicals out of the water so consistently it’s actually pretty fucking embarrassing. His signatures and showstoppers are making a very respectable showing too, except for the time he tried to incorporate some fresh pandan extract and fucked up the liquid ratio, leaving him with a dripping mess that Mary’d declined to even try. 

Afterwards, Steve had seen him leaning against a tree and struggling to light a cigarette. Steve went over for no particular reason, flicking on his lighter and holding it out like a peace offering. Eddie looked at him warily, but bent over the offered flame. 

“Can’t believe I made it through this one,” Eddie said after a moment, white smoke curling out of his mouth.

“Yeah, I feel like that every week.” Steve leaned against the tree next to Eddie. It was a big tree, the kind that’s probably been growing in this field since before England was even England. 

“Nah, but—c’mon, you know what I mean.”

“You had some bad luck with your showstopper. Happens to the best of us, man. Your signature hand pies looked sick as hell.” Steve’s own hand pies had turned out pretty well, so he was feeling generous. It had only been the third week; plenty of time for Steve to snag Star Baker, though even by that point, Steve had been getting the creeping feeling that he was being a little too American about the whole thing. Everyone else seemed to think competitiveness was some kind of deadly sin. It was—actually kind of nice, to get the same kind of nerves he’d always gotten before high school basketball games, but know that he wasn’t really fighting against anyone except himself in the tent.

Anyway, the very next week, Eddie had done some kind of kickass gothic castle with a shiny chocolate dragon and gotten Star Baker for the second time. Steve had clapped him on the back, appropriately manly. Eddie had pulled Steve into a real hug, arms tight around Steve’s shoulders and his whole lean body pressed up close and warm. It had only lasted a moment, and then Eddie had bounded over to Mel and Sue, both of whom he’s been thoroughly charming since the get-go. 

Steve thinks that when this season—or, uh, series—airs, no matter where Eddie places, the entire country is going to be just as charmed. Eddie’s going to get whatever kind of cookbook deal or streaming show he wants. Sponsors will take one look at that handsome face and charismatic grin, and a whole world of possibilities is going to open up for Eddie. 

Steve’s not in it for any of that, of course. He’s here kind of by accident, because Robin pushed him to apply, and it’s a goddamn miracle he’s been holding his own. Hell, it’s a miracle he’s in this country at all. When Robin had started looking at the Cambridge MPhil program in linguistics, she’d said wouldn’t it be great if and he’d snorted, yeah right, like I could ever get whatever job I’d need to move to another freaking country, but then—well. Things had happened the way they’d happened, and now Robin’s almost finished with her degree and Steve is taking time off from the London charity he works at in order to be on Bake Off. 

He’s told all this to the cameras, plus the stuff about how baking started as a way for him to connect with the kids he used to babysit in Indiana, blah blah blah. He thinks it’s probably too boring for them to air, but he gets that they have to try to get a story anyway. 

Eddie Munson, on the other hand, is probably going to be featured in all the series promos. Steve is rabidly curious about what Eddie’s story is, but he hasn’t worked up the nerve to just ask. It should be the easiest thing in the world. They’ve got kind of a camaraderie going, the two of them; a bit of a bromance, as Mel’s put it more than once. 

It’s true they get along pretty well, and the cameras have been picking up on it: on the way Eddie’ll wander over to Steve’s bench like a stray cat whenever they get some downtime, how they wind up horsing around sometimes, working off leftover adrenaline from the frantic rush of caramelization or whatever. There’s the time Eddie had hopped up on a stool to deliver some kind of speech from Macbeth, of all things, and overbalanced right onto Steve, who had barely managed to keep them both from careening into a stand mixer. Sue had patted Eddie on the shoulder and said, “Well, boys, that’ll be going in the episode for sure.”

They both get along with the other contestants just fine, of course, but they’re two guys of about the same age with no wife and kids waiting at home. It’s only natural that they’re gravitating together, becoming something like friends, Steve figures. It’s pretty great that he’s getting at least one real friend out of this whole thing.

It would be even greater if Steve could stop thinking about Eddie’s hands in decidedly non-friendly ways. With all the paperwork he’s signed, he can’t even complain to Robin about how Eddie looks with his sleeves pushed up to show off the tattoos on his forearms, kneading dough and grunting a little under his breath with effort. Steve had almost forgotten to pre-heat his oven that day. 

Two benches away, Eddie fumbles the spoons he’s been juggling with a clatter, and he bursts out laughing, glancing over at Steve like Steve’s in on the joke. Steve grins back, heart twanging painfully in his chest, and thinks: well, fuck. Guess this is happening.

#this is a TRULY bonkers AU like wtf even is the venn diagram of steddie fans and people who exclusively like the BBC GBBO #I know nothing about the process of creating reality tv so I most likely will not be continuing this #(plus ST is just so intrinsically American to me) #but I saw the GBBO musical last week and that's what prompted this little abomination #steddie #GBBO AU #ETA: ftr I rated the GBBO musical 2.5/5. I have a colour-coded spreadsheet. #decent songwriting & solid performances but the emotional beats/pacing were all over the place and it did some weird revisionist callbacks #plus the level of assumed thirst for not!Paul Hollywood was wildly off-putting to me #a person who finds neither his personality nor his appearance in any way attractive #anyway I paid £15 for my ticket and that felt right to me. I will see literally any show for £15.

[kecobe]

Nancy Wilson on Hollywood Boulevard, 1963 Photo: © Ken Veeder/Capitol Photo Archives

#Nancy Wilson #American singers #jazz singers #jazz #American jazz singers #Ken Veeder #Capitol Records #Hollywood Walk of Fame #Hollywood #performing arts photographers #performing arts photography #color photography #1960s #1960s music #1960s Hollywood #Ain't She Grand? #color photographs #Veeder #performing arts #legends #icons #singers #stars #1960s style #taxis #yellow taxicabs #cabs #boulevards

[wazzi2ya]

Angel Dust, stealing the stage in Cannibal Town: Alright, sickos, my friend Charlie here told me you like a good show, so I'm here to deliver the most pussy-popping, toe-curling, pillow-biting routine any of youse have ever seen in your vintage postcard looking ass lives.

Cannibals: ...

Charlie: ...

Alastor: ...

Rosie: ...

Everyone: ...

Susan: ...I like this guy.

#liberal use of youse here i guess it fits angel??? italian american brooklynite?? #i just found the idea hilarious. susan liking the most unlikely person to be of her taste lmao #she appreciates his moxie. a performer to the core #he proceeds to deliver an 18+ comedy routine that has her on the floor laughing #hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel angel dust #hazbin hotel susan #hazbin hotel alastor #hazbin hotel charlie #hazbin hotel rosie

[sleepyconfusedpotato]

49ERS WIN RAHHHHHHHH

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH BANG BANG NINER GANG 💥💥💥

Me and @alypink watching that game was like

and then the comeback happened....

(based on this real conversation on discord 🤣🤣🤣)

Now onto the Super Bowl vs Chiefs!! I do think it's gonna be a dog fight between Niners and Chiefs. I surely want Niners to win, but Mahomes and Kelce and Andy Reid has more Super Bowl experience, so it's gonna be HARD.

but hey, at least Usher is performing in the halftime show. I LOVE HIM.

oh yeah almost forgot. Me and Aly also made a few discord touchdown stickers! 🤣

#GRAHHHH #i was so done with that first half defense oh my god the RUSH DEFENSE IS ASS. #I literally was about to go to sleep since I also watched the Chiefs vs Ravens at 3 AM my time. And then Niners vs Lions at 6.30 AM. #Aly my beloved convinced me to keep watching the game from halfway around the world what a queen 🙏😭 #seeing that performance makes me MAD bro. #BANG BANG NINER GANG #nfc championship 2023 #nfl #american football #san francisco 49ers #niners #49ers #detroit lions #call of duty oc #cod oc #original character

[ishouldhateyou]

GRACIE ABRAMS performing American Teenager by Ethel Cain for Triple J's Like A Version

#tsusermels #ayastag #userthelasttime #usersar #userelena #userlizkhalifa #gracie abrams #gracieabramsedit #userjl #my edit #cover #american teenager #ethel cain #triple j #performance

[empressofkalumina]

hands over my knees in a room full of faces

#motherrr #i'm kinda obsessed #ethel cain #who do i have to fight to get tix when she performs at the opera house #i just found out last week :( #mcgif #american teenager

[daughterofcainnnn]

#ethelcain #preachers daughter #live performance #live music #live #southern gothic #southern gothic aesthetic #hayden anhedönia #hand tattoo #tattooed #tattoo #finger tattoo #tattoed girls #sun bleached flies #god loves you but not enough to save you #ethel cain ptolemaea #crush ethel cain #american teenager #inbred album

[en-wheelz-me]

#1967 #chevrolet #nova #blownaway #ls376/525 #crate engine #car #cars #fast car #fast cars #tuning #american #american muscle #muscle car #muscle cars #american performance #classic #classic car #classic cars #history #historic #historic car #legends #chevy #chevy nova #chevrolet nova

[mastersoftheair]

on the point of including black people in the show (or any period show), a lot of the outrage can sometimes come across as performative to me. it's one thing to feel upset about how little screentime black characters get compared to white characters (a valid criticism, believe me, I Know! give me an hour and i could talk your ear off about how this constantly annoys me as a black person who's damned to enjoy period pieces), but it's another to Only get upset while not actually creating content for said black characters, Especially when fandom (not just hbo war, but in general) is famous for taking Extremely minor characters and creating entire worlds with them, to the point where you wouldn't know they're minor characters at all until you check out the source yourself. richard macon, alexander jefferson, and robert daniels each have only 20 or less posts about them (at the time of publishing this post). in my own fandom experience (within fandoms both big and small and old and new, whatever), i've seen more content (posts, art pieces, analyses, fics, etc) made for minor white characters in less than a mere week's time (it's not a competiton lol i'm just giving a perspective here). so idk. obviously, there's nothing anyone here can do about a show that's already been filmed and released. we got what we got. thas it. at least in the great wide world of fandom, you can actually do something about it, turning the big into small. there's precedent for that. otherwise it just feels like complaining for the sake of complaining

#alexander jefferson only Just reached 20 posts according to tumblr's tagged search. macon's at 17. daniels is at 9 #i'm jaded in a way bc when you're black you learn to expect this when it comes to black characters. like as a rule. #but it's for that reason that a lot of these complaints feel kinda sorta performative #at the end of the day it's a show largely about white guys created largely by white guys #if you want to see blacker shows and movies- many Do exist. hbo war isnt the end all/be all of ww2 media #six triple eight will be coming soon. there's the 90s tuskegee airmen movie. watch overlord if you want a fun (and very fictional) time #and there's dee rees' own 'mudbound'. these aren't 'hbo war' but they're worth watching #i actually feel it's more worth being upset about the lack of representation of nonblack people of color during ww2 #i still want a show about the 442nd! i'd like to see more about native american soldiers! #we just barely saw some sikhs in this episode. they're often sprinkled into the background but they ought to be front and center too #and with that!!! i'm going to bed gnight #masters of the air #hbo war #alexander jefferson #robert daniels #richard macon

[sbrown82]

Marsha Hunt, circa 1969.

#marsha hunt #model #singer #writer #actress #black actress #black woman #black women #african american #black culture #black is beautiful #black beauty #brown sugar #mick jagger #the rolling stones #live performance #afro #1969 #1960s #60s #vintage #photo #sbrown82

[elinbean]

Pro-Palestine demonstrators disrupt the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Nov. 23 2023 (x) (photo by Brendan McDermid)

#Thanksgiving #Palestine #free palestine #israel #the one damn year I purposely avoid watching the parade huh #not a lot of info on this atm since it just happened a couple hours ago but keep an eye on it. don’t let folks pretend this didn’t happen. #the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade is a pretty widely recognized cultural event here in the US #(also generally a massive display of ‘national pride’ and capitalism/consumerism) #so the fact this happened on live TV during a major US cultural event with millions of Americans watching is something #(even though news networks seem to be doing their damndest to bury it under ‘ooo look Cher performed’

[inzombniia]

i think theyd get along

#my art #popee the performer #popee the clown #american psycho #patrick bateman #this makes me think abt my hurricane psycho au.... #sigh....... #ill work on it soon #i wanted to post this so bad for ages hehfvvevgvdvrv