#Eddy Lawrence Manson

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. - What did you run away for? It was only a joke! - Why didn't you tell me?

Little Fugitive, Ray Ashley, Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin (1953)

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Little Fugitive - Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin (1953)

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“Space Seed” is one of the few episodes where Sulu is not manning the helm as usual. In his place is Lt. Singh who appears to be every bit as grim-faced as his colleague, Navigator Lt. Hadley. He appears to be every bit as competent as Sulu is as well. It is Lt. Spinelli Kirk orders to lock on the unidentified earth vessel with the tractor beam.

But Lt. Spinelli has a more social side too. Look at this guy, sidling up to Miss Uhura and finagling a way to sit beside her at the dinner in honor of their new “guest,” who just happens to be named Khan Noonien Singh. No relation, of course. And we know what else happens... Khan and his “supermen” take over, the Captain is thrown in a decompression chamber while Spock, McCoy, Scotty, Spinelli, etc. are forced to watch... but then McGivers frees Kirk, who in turn rescues Spock before he is thrown to the same fate, yadda yadda. But then, you get this great shot....

“Hey, they MADE me eat those beans, Spinelli!”

Tsk, tsk Doctor.  No wonder Kirk was going to give Spinelli (among others) a commendation before he passed out. He knew Bones had brought his famous Kentucky bourbon beans to the table. But all ends well, although after this incident Lt. Spinelli evidently asks for a transfer since we no longer see him after this episode. There’s only so much an officer should be made to endure.  However, we soon learn that Spinelli has a cousin from India who works down in the Auxiliary Control Room.

You can tell Lt. Singh is related to Lt. Spinelli - they both have that very intense look/scowl when either something is wrong or when concentration is needed. In “The Changeling” Lt. Singh doesn’t appear to be that thrilled when Captain Kirk leaves Nomad in his care.

That stare gets REALLY intense as Nomad starts to move around the Auxiliary Control Room. I mean, look at that crease going from one eyebrow over to the other via that deep crease across the nose. Now that’s some kind of scowl he’s got going on there.

Then Singh comes mighty close to getting a Nomad probe... just kidding. Actually, Nomad has just activated itself and Lt. Singh, as requested by his captain, asks it what it needs.  But later, when he realizes Nomad is headed in Uhura’s direction, he decides to call Captain Kirk.  At least his facial muscles seem to have relaxed. He’s not going to meet the same fate that some of his redshirt buddies will endure later in the episode.

But let’s back up... just who was this actor with the smoking hot stare and that razor sharp jawline? His birth name is Makee Kalaikinipeapal Blaisdell , but he was known by multiple variations of that name. Memory Alpha has him listed as Blaisdel Makee. Yet he also appeared under Makee K. Blaisdel, Blaizdel MaKee, Blaisdel McKee, and 6 other similar credits.  And as you may have guessed, he was a native Hawaiian. As the newspaper story above indicates, he graduated from Brigham Young University with a major in theater arts. Before that, he was a star athlete in high school as well as a swimmer and a surfer. But it seemed to take Makee Blaisdell a while to find steady work in acting. Glancing again at the newspaper article, we can see he was working as a salesperson while acting both in community theater and on television.

One of Blaisdell’s first television roles was that of Sgt. Alika in Hawaiian Eye. He appeared in several episodes before moving onto roles on other shows such as I Spy and Star Trek. But sadly, he seemed to be often cast as either a Native American or an Hispanic, such as in the role of Romeo Sangria in the Ironside episode titled “The Sacrifice” or as the soldier seen above at the checkpoint in the pilot episode of Mission Impossible. 

Hey, his buddy from “Space Seed,” Eddie Paskey shows up in this episode too. It’s one of the few acting roles Eddie ever had outside of Star Trek.

But does this guy ever smile?  Actually, you get the best Makee Blaisdell smiles ever in the following production.

Blaisdell did have one outstanding although not well known film role - that of Johnny Lingo in the short film (23 minutes)  of the same name. Financed by the Church of the Latter Day Saints (of which Makee and many Hawaiians are members), it tells the story of a successful trader who also happened to be a highly sought after bachelor and a quite handsome one at that (who oddly also has an intense stare). One day he shows up at the hut of a poor farmer named Moki to bargain over how many cows he will offer in exchange for Moki’s daughter Mahanna. The villagers are amazed because everyone knows....

And that’s Moki saying that about his own daughter. So the villagers begin to debate just how many cows (or how few) Johnny will wind up paying. Because everyone knows he is a shrewd bargainer. The top price for a bride appears to be around about...

And then her friend just has to mention that her husband paid five for her. Oops. But that does establish the top price. Anyway, Moki is concerned he may be lucky to get one cow. And then Johnny Lingo arrives. The villagers all gather outside the tent while Johnny and Moki go inside to bargain. Moki opens with three cows and Johnny counters with...

Whoa... it turns out Johnny Lingo has been in love with Mahana since they were children and is not about to let anyone think she is not worthy, despite what they see when they look at her. So how well does this work out? Pretty well, actually. Before the couple left on their honeymoon, Johnny had ordered a rather ornate hand mirror for a wedding gift which the local trading post owner had to special order. When word spreads that the Lingos have returned, the merchant decides to bring the mirror to their hut. Johnny is quite pleased with the mirror and calls for his wife to come greet their guest. The merchant turns around and .... surprise!

Mahna has been transformed into quite a beauty. Or maybe she was actually a beauty and no one else saw it. This is the end result of Johnny Lingo being willing to build up her self-esteem by treating her as if she were beautiful all along despite what everyone else sees. As terribly dated and possibly culturally insensitive as this movie would be seen today, it does teach a good lesson in a charming way. And Makee Blaisdell turns in a very nice performance as the lead character. If you care to watch it, here is the YouTube link. https://youtu.be/pfahoLfrddU The movie has been remade into a feature length film with a slightly less offensive story but film critics still seem to think the original gets to the point a lot more clearly. And if you bother to look up the new version, its lead is nowhere close to being as handsome as Blaisdell. Plus FINALLY - we get to see that beautiful smile is its fully glory. Unfortunately, this was his crowning achievement in the movies. He managed to land the lead in one last movie based on the Charlie Manson cult murders.

(Poster courtesy of Duffy Films Limited) Many movies tried to cash in on the La Bianca/Tate murders committed by Charles Manson and his followers. The Cult is a soft porn version of the events with Makee Blaisdell (credited as Blaisdell Makee) as Invar who was plainly meant to represent Charles Manson. One third of the movie is devoted to Ivor picking up girls to be part of his family. The few bits of originality in the plot are 1) besides knives, the girls employ whips and medieval torture devices in the murders and 2) while the murders are going on, Ivor is lying inside a coffin in a hearse outside in the driveway and 3) Charlie...er, Invar.. is the way he is because of an earlier incestuous relationship with his mother . Yeah, it’s that bad.

The film is known by a host of other names, including the misleading title The Manson Massacres. Other names included The Love Cult and The Together Girls. It’s known in Germany as Töchter des Satans (Daughters of Satan). Oddly, the only way you can find this gem today is as a German dubbed version with no English subtitles. Yeah, it’s that bad. If you want to see how bad, be my guest.  https://youtu.be/aFXiSEI5B6o By the way, take a good look at the above publicity photo. That’s Makee Blaisdell as Ivor on the left, but do you recognize the only other male in this photo? That’s Sean Kenney who played both the disfigured Captain Pike in the two part episode “The Menagerie” and navigator/helmsman Lt. DePaul.

Unfortunately, this seems to have been the end of the road for Makee’s career in the film industry. It’s likely he continued acting in local community theater but there does not seem to be much on him after his last film in 1971. According to several sources he died in Ventura, California at the young age of 57 in 1988. No information can be found on a cause of death.

Two final interesting pieces of Star Trek trivia.  First, a piece of background to Makee’s role as Spinelli in “The Changeling.” This episode was taped before the appearance of Chekov. Makee had heard George Takei would be gone for many weeks during the taping of his part in The Green Beret. This led him to believe perhaps he might be hired as Takei’s replacement during that period of time since he had already filled the navigator’s chair before in “Space Seed.”Sadly, he found out that was not meant to be. Walter Koenig was waiting in the wings to appear as Chekov in the next episode to be filmed, “The Apple.” But that didn’t mean Blaisdel had not made a good impression on the production team. Several sources say that Makee was one of the people along with  Lawrence Montaigne who was considered as a replacement for Leonard Nimoy in case Nimoy made good on his threat to leave after the second season. And take a look at those faces above. Could even Mr. Spock sustain a stare that intense?

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below the cut you can find a compiled list of 100+ problematic fcs and receipts to support the claims as well. we are by no means telling you not to play these fcs, (apart from the obvious racists, abusers, etc.), however, it is necessary to acknowledge that everyone on this list is problematic, thus, they should all be held accountable for their actions. it is imperative the community is aware of who they’re using and then they can make an informed choice of whether or not they would like to continue using said fc. without further ado, here’s the List™ you’ve all been anticipating / dreading from us.

alex pettyfer - domestic abuse

alexis ren - n word

alissa violet - n word

arnie hammer - in a movie that glorifies pedophilia adapted from a novel written by a straight man

ash stymest - dated a minor for 2 years (lily rose depp)

bella hadid - n word, racist tweets

bella thorne - n word, made fun of eating disorders, cultural appropriation

blackpink - mocked native american culture in their boombayah song, jennie’s use of the bindi in ddu du ddu du video

blake lively - got married on a slave plantation, said woody allen empowers women

brendon urie - rape / racist jokes, fat shamed

bts - did a photoshoot with nazi symbols at a holocaust museum, said the n word alot, colorism, general racism, misogyny, lyrics contributing to rape culture, fatphobia, made of eating disorders, rm wore dreads once and more

camila cabello - n word, bullied normani

camila rowe - dressed as a pregnant sharon tate for halloween and idolizes both manson and roman polanski, n word multiple times

cardi b - transphobic, racism

chantel jeffries - accused of allegedly stabbing someone

charles melton - fat shaming tweets

claudia tihan - n word

cole sprouse - made insensitive/racist jokes about tyler the creator, compared blm to cannibalism, emotional abusive to ex girlfriend, discredited jughead’s canon asexual identity

colton haynes - blackface  

demi lovato - sex worker prank to her bodyguard involving sexual assault

dinah jane - made fun of black women / dark skinned woc on her twitter, claimed she was black despite not being black, culture appropriation, and supports trump

dom sherwood - said a homophobic slur

donald glover - made rape jokes / said a man can't get raped, fetishizes asian women, ableist, said the f slur & r slur

dove cameron - said depression is a choice

dreamcatcher - profits off native american culture

dua lipa - appropriated gay culture with “homo” shirt, n word

dylan o’brien - stole native american artifacts and laughed about it, starred in american assassin (an extremely islamophobic film)

dylan sprouse - racism

eddie redmayne - played a trans chara despite being cis

eiza gonzalez - blackface

elle fanning - worked with woody allen, played transgender teen despite being cis herself, refused to apologize for working with woody allen

emma roberts - domestic abuse

emeraude toubia - culture appropriated, lashed out when ppl were trying to educate her

exo - multiple instances of racism, colorism, homophobia, blackface, ableism and more

gal gadot- zionist, accused of emotional abuse

(g)i-dle - used henna in their latata music video  

gigi hadid - made fun of asians, other general racism

gregg sulkin - said n word in snapchat, dated bella thorne while she was still a minor

hailey baldwin - n word, racist tweet

halsey - kissed underage fan

harry styles - white feminist, ignored a black fan and only interacted with their white friend

hayley kiyoko - n word, general racism

herizen guardiola - dated a minor

hilary duff - multiple instances of culture appropriation, dressed as a pilgrim with her husband as a native american

holland roden - racist

ian somerhalder - threw away his wife’s birth control without her consent, sexism

jack gilinsky - verbally abusive to his ex, madison beer

jared leto - is cis and played a trans person, sexual assault

jared padalecki - rape jokes

jason mamoa - made comments/jokes about rape

jennfer lawrence - sexism, transphobia, misogyny, ableism, culture appropriation, fat shaming and more

jensen ackles - rape jokes

julianne hough - blackface

justin bieber - animal neglect (left his monkey in germany and never claimed the monkey after being told he needed the proper documentation), wrote he would’ve hoped anne frank would’ve been a belieber when he visited the holocaust memorial, pissed in a mop bucket, egged his neighbor’s house, cultural appropriation, dreadlocks, punched a pap, almost ran over a pap, said “being gay is a choice”, doesn’t believe in abortion, used the n word and the word kkk in a song, spat on his fans, spit in his neighbors face and threatened to kill them after being told to drive careful, made prince’s death all about him, pretended to be in a wheelchair to cut lines at disneyland and has a diu

keith powers - said men can’t be bisexual

kelsey chow - claimed to be native american and she isn’t

kendall & kylie jenner - racist pepsi ad and victimized herself after being called out for it (kendall), offensive wheelchair photoshoot (kylie), stole designs (kylie), cultural appropriation: used pictures of tupac and notorious b.i.g. (without permission) for their fashion line, appropriated chola culture for their fashion line, designed a handbag shaped like a chinese takeout box, used a tan emoji despite being white (kendall), wore dreadlocks, wore cornrows multiple times despite being called out (kylie) and for a photoshoot (kendall), blackface (kylie), put the n word on a birthday cake for her friend (kylie), wore a bindi (kylie), wore indian nose ring to coachella

kiko mizhuara - blackface, culture appropriation

kj apa - liked fat shaming comment, posted a misogynistic picture, dating a minor, liked a slutshaming post

lana del rey - culture appropriation and more

lauren jauregui - rape jokes, homophobic slurs, n word, henna photoshoot, called psychiatry a joke and tweeted vaccines give autism and more

kristen stewart - worked with woody allen

lili reinhart - discredited lesbians by calling them “fanfic”, queerbaits fans, minimized depression on twitter

little mix - culture appropiation for their salute tour, culture appropiation again, perrie has multiple counts of culture appropriation, jesy wore dreadlocks

lily macapinlac - racism

lucky blue smith - trump supporter

lucy hale - bodyshamed herself on instagram, appropriated baby hairs

machine gun kelly - n word, sexualized black women

maggie lindemann - accused kesha, a rape survivor, of lying of rape

mamamoo - multiple instances of blackface, culture appropriation and more, hwasa said the n word in irreplaceable cover

marina diamandis - culture appropriation and blackface

megan fox - biphobia

melissa benoist - homophobic comments about ship ‘supercorp’, played a muslim character in islamophobic film, patriots day

melanie martinez - accusation of rape, problematic lyrical content

michael fassbender - abuser

momoland - culture appropriated in their baam video, nancy made jokes about eating disorders

naya rivera - domestic battery assault charge

nct - jaehyun sang along/mouthed the n word

neels visser - trump supporter

nicki minaj - shamed sex workers, culture appropriation/fetishization of kimino, racist stereotypes in song and snl performance of chun li

nicola peltz - dated a minor (anwar hadid)

nina dobrev - johnny depp supporter, culture appropriation

noah centineo - claims to be latino and took a latinx role when he is in fact white, supports logan paul,

rihanna - multiple instances of culture appropriation

ronni hawk - trump supporter

sabrina claudio - n word, racist remarks

sara sampaio - n word

selena gomez - all lives matter, woody allen supporter, wore a bindi multiple times despite being called out and more

shay mitchell - n word

sophia turner - made a joke about coming out as pansexual on instagram, n word

tana mongeau - filmed dead body and later deleted the video

taylor hill - made fun of indian accents, made fun of a muslim man with her bf, culture appropiation

taylor swift - cultural appropriation, romanticized imperialism, victimized herself at the expense of a black man, white feminist, posed w someone wearing a swastika on their shirt, more culture appropiation, slut shames constantly in her music, said in a song, picture to burn, she would tell her friends her ex was gay as if it were an insult

thomas doherty - said depression is a choice

timothee chalemet - worked with woody allen, in a movie that glorifies pedophilia adapted from a novel written by a straight man, lied about his contract forbidding him from speaking out on woody allen

tyler posey - came out as a joke on social media

uriah shelton - alm, abuse allegations

vanessa hudgens - countless instances of culture appropiation

wendy (red velvet) - made fun / stereotyped black girls

wjsn (cosmic girls) - appropiated indian culture

zayn - alm, racism, fat shamed, appropriated black culture and more

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There are many reasons to praise Graeme Manson and John Fawcett’s science-fiction thriller Orphan Black, which is barreling through its final season on BBC America, but the first is that it gave its brilliant star Tatiana Maslany the role(s) of a lifetime. This piece will make a case for Maslany as not just the most impressive actress on TV today but also the most fun to watch, so we should start by reiterating something that every fan of the show has said or thought at one point or another: No matter how many hours of Orphan Black you watch, and no matter how aware you are of the behind-the-scenes machinations that allow one performer to interact with multiple versions of herself, there are still stretches when you forget that almost every clone on the show is played by the same actress.

In five seasons, we’ve met a small army of Orphan Black characters who were created as part of the mysterious Project Leda. Most are portrayed by Maslany: The major players include Sarah Manning, a street punk raised in an English orphanage who serves as our guide through the show’s labyrinthine conspiracies; the Canadian-accented Beth, a tough, depressive cop whose identity Sarah assumes; Sarah’s twin sister Helena, an Anglo-Ukrainian raised in a convent, used as a birth surrogate, and trained to kill clones, but became a wild-card “sestra” of the others; Cosima, a tattooed, dreadlocked American lesbian and Ph.D. student who suffers from a respiratory illness; Alison, a tightly wound former valedictorian and cheerleader who married her college sweetheart Donnie (Kristian Bruun) and adopted two kids, and who blurts out Marge Gunderson–style folksy declarations (“What the dickens?”); Rachel, a cold, manipulative “pro-clone” clone raised as a child by the Neolution corporation, who acts as a foil to the rest; Katja, an icy German with burned-out-rock-star charisma who tracked Beth down and tipped her to the conspiracy to kill off the other clones; Krystal, a comic relief and/or exposition character who remains blissfully unaware that she’s a clone even as she feeds information to the others; Tony, a transgender clone who identifies as male; and Jennifer, a high-school teacher and swim coach who died of medical complications that also afflict some of the other clones, and whose tragic story is revealed through video diaries.

Many actors who play multiple roles rely on hyperstylized voices and movements to sell the notion that we’re looking at a different character each time the camera cuts or moves to reveal another iteration. Sometimes this is part of the fun: When we watch, say, Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, or Martin Lawrence play more than one character in a cartoonish Hollywood lark, the laughs stem partly from our recognition that the characters are all played by the same cutup. But it’s rare to watch a hall-of-mirrors performance that allows us to stop thinking of it as a comic or dramatic stunt and instead concentrate on what’s happening to each individual character intellectually and emotionally from one minute to the next.

That’s exactly what Maslany achieves on Orphan Black. Some of her characters are “small” in a dramatic sense, and others are big, but none are caricatures. We believe in each of them as people.

The Case for Tatiana Maslany 

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face claims

face claims 

mostly for me that i  have them all somewhere 

Nedra Surana - Lindsey Stirling; Jennifer Lawrence (skyrim), Camren Bicondova (fall out) Narya Lavellan -game face, Emilie de Ravin Quiet - quiet, Stephanie Joosten Diana - diana , Gal Gadot Mei - mei , Kelly Marie Tran Belle - Emma Watson, Belle, Emilie de Ravin Selina Kyle - Camren Bicondova

Hay - Hera Hilmar Gigi Trevelyan - Sarah Bolger, game face Rufus Trevelyan - Rufus Seawell Adam Hawke - Garrett Hedlund Anders - David Garret, game face Dorian - David Gandy, game face Bella Lupus - Emeraude Tobia Marcus Lupus - Matther Daddrio

Architect  (Appius Trius) - Hugh Dnacy

Janus Lupus - Luke Evans Alceon Lupus - Ansom Mount Adrian Lupus - Tom Pricone Luca Lupus - Aidan Turner Merlyn Lavellan - Eddie Redmayne Litriel Lavellan - Alina Kovalenko Guy Gyader - Eion Bailey Anna Alerion - Gemma Arterton

Alan Bearhold - Manu Bennett Valerie Bearhold - Rachel Weisz Nellie Cousland - Rose Leslie Regina le Bail - Maia Mitchell  Tasha Tissel - Chrishell Stubbs Nedra Shepard - Emily Browning Vivia Bonisis - Penelope Mitchell 

Nolus Abgius - Brant Daugherty 

Nedra Shepard - Emily Browning Tunar Abgius ( Chede) - Aleksander Skarsgard Camilea Octatus - Clara Delvigne Camephilia Octatus - Anna Von Klinski Jirida Avequa - Whoopi Goldberg Nyx Avequa -Yaya de Costa Lisell Avequa - Tracy Ifeachor/ Danai Gurira Han xanis vas astra - Logan Lerman 

Max Kryik - Sebastian Stan Titus Faion - Charlize Theron Luc Laxius - Meryl Streep Nigel Shepard - Eddie Redmayne Serlio Salvilus - Josh Bowman Silia Salvilus - Lyndsy Fonseca 

Tibesius Suldonis - Nathan Fillion Lucius Suldonis - Tyler Hoechlin Quilitia Suldonis - Bridget Regan Caius/Cosna - Christian Bale 

Anaya Kiuk - Naomi Scott Sunip Molane - Allysson Hannigan Bono Baffabar- Jake Gyllenhaal Tokol- a hanar 

Garrus - Andew Garfield Liara - Yara Shahidi PB - Senait Gidey Drack - Jeff Bridges Avitux Rix - Charlie Hunnam

Mei Ling Zhou - Kelly Marie Tran Justice the Spirit - Ben Dahlhaus Aila Synelis - Dasha Sidorchuk  Kai Kresge - Ian Bohen

Kaisa Kresge - Elise Aarnik Armando Fiorenci . Greg Berzinsky Francisca Fiorenci - Oona Chaplin RinRil Seraya - Winona Ryder Nova Lavellan - Lauren de Graaf Lesi Aras - Isabela Moner Millicent Cadash- Amy Manson

Magnar Shepard - Chris Hemsworth  Jacob Rivera - Jarod Joseph Albany Perdue - Erika Linder Ashe - game face Baptiste - game face

Lilah Bearhold - Julie Kennedy(young) Rachel Ward (old) Nagini Nabila - Nathalie Emmanuel (young) Angela Bassett (old) Snake Devon Trevelyan- Richard Madden Neville Longbottom - Matthew Lewis Augustus Rookwood - Tom Payne Lisetta Walgan - Karen Gillan

Ailla Longstar - Milla Jovovich Zara Andromeda - Cladia Black  Red- Meghan Ory  Lilo Young - Nyakim Gatwech  Wilhelm Marble - Santiago Carbera  Serafina Rosario - Manni L. Perez/sim

Hermione Granger - Emma Watson