I wanna talk about the cliché. I'm sure many of you have heard of the term cliché. Its when you say or do something that's typical of the situation you're in. For instance, if you're sitting at the table with a group of people eating red beans, rice , and cornbread, and someone yells out to another "You gon' eat yo CORNBREEEEAD" then that would be considered cliché, because of the former popularity that line had. Its was not cliché in 1997ish...or so because the line originated from a movie called "Life" starring comedian Eddie Murphy. There was a scene in which a group of prisoners were sitting around eating cornbread and another inmate yells out to Martin Lawrence, another famous actor in the movie, "ARE YOU GONNA EAT YOUR CORNBREAD"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmMT0ZbNOHY
.......................ok so its funny at this time and can now be used at dinner tables across the country with humor. As time passes, the consensus is that you sort of let this die out on its own, but some sayings sort of linger on. So now 2014, almost 17 years after the movie came out, repeating that line is not going to get you as strong a laugh as say maybe 15 years ago. People are still saying this stuff. But after watching one of Sara Bareilles's interviews, I can announce that we now have a champion to put an end to this epidemic of cliché behaviors, attitudes, and word phrases. It surprises me that its a woman that has stood up to this problem. However, with Sara Bareilles's attitude, and being armed with sharp verbal stuff and things and stuff, we can join the fight and take steps to removing this vermin of cliché bullshit from planet Earth.
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