oh will you?
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
no I won't, falling back now
― pplains, Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
is this wiki page racist? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American
― Mordy, Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
trying to imagine a black guy on a zipline or wearing khakis or eating sandwiches even LOL
― He's sick of the Swiss. He don't like em. (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ha, and I just realized that you were just taking blackhealthzone.com from the comment made about 30 Rock.
I don't watch 30 Rock, so I haven't been paying close attention to this thread lately.
― pplains, Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
pplains, it's all love
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
er, xpost
pplainslovezone.com
― Bandersnatch Cumberbund (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 17 May 2012 20:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
don't click on that at work
― pplains, Thursday, 17 May 2012 20:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
pplains got chastized for clicking on pplainslovezone.com at work. repeatedly.
― He's sick of the Swiss. He don't like em. (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, 17 May 2012 20:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://rareseeds.com/ching-chang-bok-choy.html
― mh, Thursday, 17 May 2012 20:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
last nights 30 rock episode was pretty great in terms of the stuff we were talking abt itt
― max, Friday, 18 May 2012 13:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
i mean in terms of "being smart and challenging about race"
that being said margaret cho's kim jong il is..... something
― max, Friday, 18 May 2012 13:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
― mh, Thursday, May 17, 2012 4:55 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
this is probably just a romanization of 清江白菜 using a wade-giles type system
― dayo, Friday, 18 May 2012 13:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
xp that something is straight up horrible. i mean, at least they got an Asian to play it (i still remember Amy Poehler), but ugh, still
― Nhex, Friday, 18 May 2012 14:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
thx dayo!
― mh, Friday, 18 May 2012 14:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
why are you laughing at me, I thought we were friends
*sob*
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Friday, 18 May 2012 14:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
*sobs*
*ziplines away across Cambridge*
― pplains, Friday, 18 May 2012 14:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Little known fact, DJP ziplines to work every day.
goddamnit, xp
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Friday, 18 May 2012 14:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha
― pplains, Friday, 18 May 2012 14:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
Pictured: Boston, MA [citation needed]
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Friday, 18 May 2012 14:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
Those don't look like khakis.
― pplains, Friday, 18 May 2012 14:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
But his pockets are full of sandwiches.
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Friday, 18 May 2012 14:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
i agree that sho's accent is iffy but isn't it basically the same accent cho uses in her stand-up to imitate her parents? i don't think that excuses the 30 rock bits but it's not like she's in yellowface. but it's not as for her characterization of kim jong il, it's at least focused on a specific person, not a race in general, and it's mostly about his ridiculous megalomania instead of a parade of general asian stereotypes?
― judas, a homo (elmo argonaut), Friday, 18 May 2012 14:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
garbled that. but it's not
― judas, a homo (elmo argonaut), Friday, 18 May 2012 14:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah
― max, Friday, 18 May 2012 14:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
xp i don't disagree with your facts, but i'm still going with my gut here
― Nhex, Friday, 18 May 2012 15:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
counting down to korean blackface youtubes….
― pplains, Friday, 18 May 2012 15:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
specific character parodies can become metonymic of a larger group pretty easily tho. wouldn't be surprised if most people remember just haha funny accent. nb haven't seen any of the pop American culture parodies of Kim Jong but uh have encountered them second hand after team America
― dayo, Friday, 18 May 2012 15:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
I know the impersonation from MADTV and Team America.
It must be hard though to impersonate someone whose voice was almost-never heard, but it can go too far.
Dayo, have you seen the semi-regular opening skit on SNL where Bill Hader plays the Chinese premier appearing side-by-side with Obama and talks about the U.S. not paying their debt?
― pplains, Friday, 18 May 2012 15:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
no but sounds great
― dayo, Friday, 18 May 2012 15:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
It was Forte and Hader. They don't stretch their eyes out or anything, but it's still odd to see four white comedians play Asian and African-American figures.
― pplains, Friday, 18 May 2012 16:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
i had reservations about cho's kji last week, but decided not to air them during the earlier part of the discussion. the fact that it's a fairly accurate parody of a specific, horrible and rather bizarre person does help justify the approach. i'm with nhex, however, in that something about it still doesn't sit quite right.
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Friday, 18 May 2012 16:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
Margaret Cho is one of the worst comedians
― Bandersnatch Cumberbund (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 18 May 2012 18:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
sad but tru
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 18 May 2012 19:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
cho vs. chang
― polyphonic, Friday, 18 May 2012 20:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
chage match
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 18 May 2012 20:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
Who is chang? Not the tennis player I assume
― Bandersnatch Cumberbund (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 18 May 2012 20:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
Chang is the name of Ken Jeong's character on "Community"
― the girl with the swag and tattoo (some dude), Friday, 18 May 2012 20:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh yeah I haven't watched the greatest show in the history of human kind that often
― Bandersnatch Cumberbund (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 19 May 2012 02:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
know what that makes you?
― pplains, Saturday, 19 May 2012 02:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
man that is some comedy.
i had reservations about cho's kji last week
compared to last year?
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Saturday, 19 May 2012 02:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
― judas, a homo (elmo argonaut), Saturday, 19 May 2012 17:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
defend the indefensible: ASIA
― judas, a scary ho (some dude), Saturday, 19 May 2012 20:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
not true, i am facebook friends with that kid.
― ♆ (gr8080), Saturday, 19 May 2012 21:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
How do people think that kid learned how to live?
― mh, Sunday, 20 May 2012 15:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
Gr80 thread most likely
― bailiwick bill (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 20 May 2012 16:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Exactly
― mh, Sunday, 20 May 2012 16:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.cholafied.com/
― ♆ (gr8080), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 23:44 (1 year ago) Permalink