Should Comedians Be Held Accountable For The Things That They Say? - Page 9

Mirai Gen · 02-28-2010, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Premonitions

"lol racism" is..... it's not even a joke.

What's really sad is that some people don't know this.

When Noncon did his review of Duane and BrandO and called them out for the misognystic assholes they were, they and many of their fans kept commenting on the site saying "PRFT it's just a JOKE/SARCASM/RIDICULOUS."

It's pretty terrible how they honestly thought that it was funny and none of them believed that it was absolutely awful.

Funka Genocide · 03-01-2010, 06:52 PM

Well the humor comes in large part from the over the top performance of the pixie, it's pretty much blatant and obvious. The other side of it is, of course, the fact that he's mortified by the possibility of living up to a stereotype, to the point where he consciously tries to avoid it while, in all likelihood, no one around him cares because it's just a food choice.

He's trapped by the concept of a stereotype, a self inflicted victim of racism even when there are no "racists" around. He's not being the victim of any overt harassment or abuse, the existence of these racist paradigms has forced him to be continually self victimized.

This isn't a joke and really isn't funny, which I suppose is the point of the sketch.

The other ones were pretty stupid, and I don't feel they had the same impact. The hispanic one seemed more overtly racist, but maybe that's just because the character in question wasn't treated with the same level of dignity Chapelle had in his sketch. The asian one was just ridiculous, relying more heavily on the pixies over-reaction than any sort of cerebral impact the racist implications had. I didn't get through the white one, but it also seemed unfunny.

But basically, the initial concept in the first sketch seems to have been thrown away and turned into gaudy, ridiculous nonsense for the subsequent sketches.

03-01-2010, 06:52 PM	#82
Funka Genocide Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 4,566	Well the humor comes in large part from the over the top performance of the pixie, it's pretty much blatant and obvious. The other side of it is, of course, the fact that he's mortified by the possibility of living up to a stereotype, to the point where he consciously tries to avoid it while, in all likelihood, no one around him cares because it's just a food choice. He's trapped by the concept of a stereotype, a self inflicted victim of racism even when there are no "racists" around. He's not being the victim of any overt harassment or abuse, the existence of these racist paradigms has forced him to be continually self victimized. This isn't a joke and really isn't funny, which I suppose is the point of the sketch. The other ones were pretty stupid, and I don't feel they had the same impact. The hispanic one seemed more overtly racist, but maybe that's just because the character in question wasn't treated with the same level of dignity Chapelle had in his sketch. The asian one was just ridiculous, relying more heavily on the pixies over-reaction than any sort of cerebral impact the racist implications had. I didn't get through the white one, but it also seemed unfunny. But basically, the initial concept in the first sketch seems to have been thrown away and turned into gaudy, ridiculous nonsense for the subsequent sketches.