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HELLO??? IM TWEAKING. I saw this on my instagram feed and I had to go check out the actual article to see the rest of the news about this! I’m so excited for this opening of the Blues brothers graphic novel (*^▽^*)

Me and a buddy of mine watched Blues Brothers and this scene is stuck in my head

The Blues Brothers is a movie centered around two white men but is a direct and loud love letter to black people and black culture. It’s the definition of appreciation not appropriation. Like the scenes where black people are on screen for a majority of the time and they’re the focus and then Jake and Elwood join in and they’re dancing and singing with the folks but never trying to outshine them or anything. And it’s not even from the musicals scenes solely, look at the pictures Elwood has taped on his wall of different black blues legends and artists, this movie is a love letter and I love it.

No other movie could pull this off today.

The silverfish in my basement

Photocard pic with my Jake Blues photo card with my cake, since today is John Belushi’s B-day today!! 🎼

(I got homemade strawberry shortcake today that is in the background + currently watching the film Neighbors 1981 that is in the back too)