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So_Do_You_Like_Stuff OP t1_j1utltt wrote

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That’s awesome! Representation matters. It’s really cool to find things like that out because it just brings their music to another level. I’m glad you and your daughter can find something in common with such a great band.

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tkingsbu t1_j1uwt4u wrote

You’re so right on the money. My wife and I have talked a lot about representation over the years… how it used to bother her as a little kid that ‘no one’ in tv shows or movies looked like her etc… but living in Canada now, as our kids have grown up, it’s SO much better, and both our son and daughter see representation all over etc…

And that one little thing… playing her sone killing joke tunes when she was so little, thinking nothing more than ‘oh I always loved this album, I’ll play this in the car and see what she thinks’ lol… it’s so cool to see that she looks at Jaz now and sees ‘hey… this cool successful singer is half Indian like me’ :) lol… years ago I made her t-shirt of the ‘brighter than a thousand suns’ cover with his face on it…, she still wears it all the time, and has gotten some of her friends at school into the band because of it :)

A new generation of killing joke fans :)

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So_Do_You_Like_Stuff OP t1_j1uy5l0 wrote

Well said. You sound like good parents. Your kids are lucky to have that. Not everyone gets to have that in their lives. Good on you, buddy.

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ThicctorFrankenstein t1_j21io91 wrote

I believe Coleman’s ancestry is partially the inspiration for ‘The Pandys are Coming’

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