i thought everyone itt was a lady and that is literally why i said that, my bad
― Streep? That's where I'm a-striking! (darraghmac), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 08:17 (twelve years ago) link
the voice over sounds like someone doing a very bad imitation of morgan freeman, cannot BELIEVE someone landed that job with that voice, smdh
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 13:35 (twelve years ago) link
guy at bbq restaurant wearing shirt:"My Indian Name Is Runs With Beer"
― mh, Thursday, 15 March 2012 13:58 (twelve years ago) link
Accent. Verbal blackface.
I think this is one of those situations where claiming something is racist is more offensive than the thing itself
― frogbs, Thursday, 15 March 2012 14:26 (twelve years ago) link
frogbs noooooooooooooo
― mh, Thursday, 15 March 2012 14:27 (twelve years ago) link
down the brer rabbit hole
― Wesley Crusher: Teenage F#ck Machine (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 15 March 2012 14:33 (twelve years ago) link
http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2010/10/22/f16399cf-95c0-4785-974c-4fd1ba68848e.jpg
― flag post sitta (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 15 March 2012 14:40 (twelve years ago) link
frogdude, you have made me laugh hard twice today and i want you to succeed at ilx so i wish you would reconsider participating in this thread
― free societies must let drunken gay Texans have sex (Je55e), Thursday, 15 March 2012 15:07 (twelve years ago) link
cmon guys, we're all friends here :sunglasses:
― frogbs, Thursday, 15 March 2012 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
considering that frogbs plainly stated something I implied, I get the sense that people are freaking out solely because of subject matter and not because of what was actually said
― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Thursday, 15 March 2012 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
http://images.uulyrics.com/cover/s/silverchair/album-frogstomp.jpg
― aka vanilla bean (remy bean), Thursday, 15 March 2012 15:15 (twelve years ago) link
considering that frogbs plainly stated something I implied
yeah it crossed my mind that it could be read that way - i was hoping it was clear i wasn't saying the guy was doing a "black voice" but was doing the voice of a notable and famous black man.
― A BIG JOE JORDAN TYPE OF POSTER (onimo), Thursday, 15 March 2012 16:47 (twelve years ago) link
So anyone doing an impression of Darth Vader is guilty of verbal blackface?
― pplains
No.
― Three Word Username
But, but, that's the voice of James Earl Jones!
― Aimless, Thursday, 15 March 2012 18:09 (twelve years ago) link
vader was white btw
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 15 March 2012 18:11 (twelve years ago) link
Are the people in the Star Wars movies humans?
― pplains, Thursday, 15 March 2012 18:13 (twelve years ago) link
TWU baldly stated that he thought dude was doing a "black voice", though; that was the post that caused my reaction and, while I can't speak for frogbs, I thought he was just piggybacking off of the existing conversation.
― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Thursday, 15 March 2012 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
I'm kind of dying here because I ended up on some odyssey of jumping through "related videos" on youtube last night and ended up watching a segment about the guy who voiced the baby on the tv show Dinosaurs, who also voices Elmo, and is a large black man
So when I read "black voice" I am thinking Elmo atm
― mh, Thursday, 15 March 2012 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
Kevin Clash. There's a fascinating recent documentary on him called Being Elmo.
― we can be gyros just for one day (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
it is true that james earl jones is black, but it's only verbal blackface if you're impersonating a james earl jones character who is black, like mufasa
― the late great, Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
can we stop using the phrase "verbal blackface", it is seriously killing me bit by bit
― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
a james earl jones character who is black, like mufasa
ha
― Sexess - Sexual Success Or; Successful Sex (crüt), Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
Was Amos n Andy racist
― Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Thursday, 15 March 2012 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
On the radio I mean
sho nuff
― Wesley Crusher: Teenage F#ck Machine (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 15 March 2012 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
What about Robert Plant.
― pplains, Thursday, 15 March 2012 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
On the radio
AAA AAAA AAA AAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH
― Wesley Crusher: Teenage F#ck Machine (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
Robert Plant was racist on tv.
― we can be gyros just for one day (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:01 (twelve years ago) link
I guess he wasn't referring to Bobby "Boris" Pickett, was he.
― pplains, Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2481212608286&set=a.1898171272617.76086.1791714244&type=3&theater
again not really 'is this racist'
― iatee, Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
how is that not fake
― the late great, Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
Is this racist?
I just saw a guy wearing a t-shirt that said "Did I really just ask A MEXICAN for directions?!" and I'm sure it's racist/xenophobic/offensive, but I'm having difficulty understanding its point altogether.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
comments link to this: http://www.stumpysstickers.com/
― iatee, Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:46 (twelve years ago) link
woah
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
like the original boys n the hood
― the late great, Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100921132925AApBpSk
― the late great, Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
Not everything is racist, you old turd. It's a cultural issue.
frogbs is on Yahoo! Answers too?
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
only direction they know is el norte amirite
― the late great, Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
seriously though i can't imagine living in a place where you see stuff like that on a daily basis
i mean i know living in california i'm surrounded by secret racists but at least nobody puts shit like that on a shirt or a car
otoh i remember speaking to a coworker from the south and she was saying that at least in the south you *know* who's a racist
― the late great, Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
why did i say "on a daily basis", i meant "out in public"
If you go to the weirdo desert areas of California, you see some of that stuff.
― mh, Thursday, 15 March 2012 23:34 (twelve years ago) link
that's true, i always forget about the lovely vibe in places like lancaster and lompoc
i guess i also forgot about the time in kindergarten that i brought cookies for a party on our schoolbus, the entire bus started chanting TAKE YOUR COOKIES BACK IRAN and the busdriver just grinned at it
― the late great, Thursday, 15 March 2012 23:50 (twelve years ago) link
tbf it was just after the hostage crisis, and the iron sheik was mounting a major challenge to hogan's title
There's something about Casa de mi Padre, Will Ferrell's new movie that bothers me.
― JacobSanders, Thursday, 15 March 2012 23:52 (twelve years ago) link
i bet it's the fact that they're using ethnic stereotypes as the basis of comedy?
― the late great, Thursday, 15 March 2012 23:58 (twelve years ago) link
uh, yeah. for whatever reason, comedy based on comically stereotypical mexicans still seems to fly in the US - even when the mexicans are portrayed as dumb & lazy, even when they're played in brownface.
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Friday, 16 March 2012 00:47 (twelve years ago) link
Just this morning, the local classic rock station had a news break where they mentioned Ohio law enforcement breaking up some meth labs and, in the process, rounding up a bunch of undocumented workers; they did a throw to what was supposed to be a sound bite from the scene and -- in the middle of what was ostensibly news -- played an old Cheech Marin clip from a Cheech & Chong movie.
― butvi wouls (Phil D.), Friday, 16 March 2012 01:55 (twelve years ago) link
was it born in east la? maybe it was a nod of sympathy to the workers.
― the late great, Friday, 16 March 2012 02:01 (twelve years ago) link
When Nacho Libre came out I was like ugh! I saw it and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.
From the previews "Casa de mi Padre" the big laugh is the "gringo" speaking Spanish and portraying a Mexican. Having lived in Austin for so many years, reminds me of drunk frat boys enrolled in a Spanish course being obnoxious on a Saturday night.
I wish more Mexican movies were translated. From the Cantinflas films to all those trucking films with fighting female truckers from the 70's. To correctly translate a Cantinflas film and get the word play across seems like a difficult task and I think that is why it has not been done.
― *tera, Friday, 16 March 2012 02:09 (twelve years ago) link
I have watched "Breakfast at Tiffany's" at the Paramount with a full house three times in the past 15 years and each time people just audibly cringe when Mickey Rooney appears as Mr Yunioshi. It is written off to, well, that is 1961 for you. Just not cool that brownface doesn't solicit the same reaction or is even recognized as insulting.
― *tera, Friday, 16 March 2012 02:15 (twelve years ago) link