Aretha Franklin

That's not stereotyping, at all.

 

winner!!

 

Guess we should be thankful they didn’t call her Urethra Franklin.

 

Move slightly to the right and they did.

The Week That Perished - Taki's Magazine

 

That post links to a Tweet I won't post out of respect for Aretha Franklin.

Ari Shaffir is very funny.

 

Going to Aretha Franklin's funeral? Might want to pack a lunch.
And dinner.
And maybe breakfast for the next morning.

https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.co...ha-franklins-funeral-is-the-most-o-1828718192

 

What's the record for longest span between death and funeral?

 

That article is a very amusing read, BTW.

while the service is already scheduled to be as long as the Easter Sunday service at a southern Baptist church with a new pastor trying to prove himself (9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.), I’d bet good money that it will last at least 12 hours. And I’m not even being facetious.

Chaka Khan has 5 minutes? She has runs longer than 5 minutes. On accident. Ask Rufus.

 

It's not that unusual for there to be a long gap with black people. I'm not sure if it's a practical thing, like lots of people having to come in from out of town, or just a traditional cultural thing that goes way back. I work in an area with a large black population and I've seen services scheduled two or three weeks after the death.
Black funerals are also famous for lasting for-EVER. Lots of music, lots of dramatic speeches and sermons. Somebody's aunt usually falls out, either from emotion or heatstroke, somewhere around the 90-minute mark. If Aretha Franklin's funeral is scheduled for what looks like a tightly-scripted 5 1/2 hours, you can bet your ass it's going at least 8.

 

I have seen that Ms. Franklin is wearing a different outfit with each posthumous viewing or “show”.

The image of one person holding her up and the other changing dresses; two weeks after her death, is a bit morbid.

Imagine when Diana Ross passes and the costume changes.