EZ has Twitter feet.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:02 (twelve years ago) link
it explains my horrible typing.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
haha i did not know enough (ie, anything) about 'hairspray' to recognize the problem
― mookieproof, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
how they weren't going to bow to "political correctness"
This tells you all you really need to know, tbh.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
it's a pretty huge problem
in some ways, it's more problematic than doing an all-white "Porgy and Bess"
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
omg lol
― Full Frontal Newtity (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
Rodenbaugh said they might do To Kill a Mockingbird with an all-white cast or Othello or The Wiz (three shows I mentioned to him that feature African-Americans either in prominent roles or as a majority of the cast).
― spiced with KNOWING THAT YOU'VE PAID YOUR BILLS (I DIED), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:11 (twelve years ago) link
an all-white "The Wiz"
let's just ponder that for a while
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
incisive! daring! innovative!
― Aimless, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
He was probably just trolling the reporter at that point, or some twisted one-upsmanship. "Oh, we'll do that too!". "And that one!".
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
Raisin in the Sun!
― Full Frontal Newtity (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:15 (twelve years ago) link
"might get together with a certain mayor and do a version of West Side Story where we just eat tacos for dinner"
― spiced with KNOWING THAT YOU'VE PAID YOUR BILLS (I DIED), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:16 (twelve years ago) link
someone inform The Corner of this brave display
― mookieproof, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:17 (twelve years ago) link
There was a good episode of Strangers With Candy where they do an all-white A Raisin in the Sun, and the school's black students are trees on the set.
― polyphonic, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
but guys guys is it racist?
― teaky frigger (darraghmac), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
Golden Raisin In The Sun
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
True, but I've never seen a French person wear a stripy jumper, clutch a wicker basket full of baguettes etc xp
― Autumn Almanac, Monday, January 30, 2012 4:45 PM (46 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
http://www.google.com/search?q=marcel+marceau
― You got to ro-o-oll me and call me the tumblr whites (Phil D.), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:33 (twelve years ago) link
tbf the baguettes + basket were *imaginary*
― Full Frontal Newtity (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
all white cast the color purple?
― Mordy, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
ooookay.
― pplains, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:38 (twelve years ago) link
all purple cast of the color white
― teaky frigger (darraghmac), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:41 (twelve years ago) link
i don't know for sure but there's like a 90% chance that there's a south park about this
― frogs you are the dumbest asshole (frogbs), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
there's a boston legal about it but
― teaky frigger (darraghmac), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KBYGLvTKzrg/TF1Wx4zh0hI/AAAAAAAACA0/tSE3S_Tj_xc/s400/grimace.jpg
― Mordy, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:44 (twelve years ago) link
I can't believe I haven't mentioned this until now: I have a coworker who is probably in his 40s, Chinese, and is somehow still kind of naive about some American customs and culture. He's super friendly.
His name, I kid you not, is L4ng D3ng. As in, pronounced extremely closely to Long Dong.
I'm doing a facepalm thing just thinking about it
― mh, Monday, 30 January 2012 23:18 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzC5HT1Qhmo
a (britishes) counselor had us perform this song at summer camp one year. but before we did - he singled out and asked the lone asian kid at the camp if it would be OK. the kid said yes. I am pretty sure he was Korean.
― bnw, Monday, 30 January 2012 23:26 (twelve years ago) link
Malaysian-born school friend's dad's name was Ch1ng Ch0ng
― Autumn Almanac (Schlafsack), Monday, 30 January 2012 23:34 (twelve years ago) link
He used to go by an abbreviated nickname because obv he would have been faced with a wall of shit every single day
Chinese 'velly solly' gags – DEAD SILENCEIt seems to be down to whether the culture is *perceived* as a minority; to view e.g. the Chinese as a 'minority' in this day and age is condescending and absurd imo. Sorry if this ends up as another giant clusterfuck but I seriously dgi.― Autumn Almanac, Monday, January 30, 2012 4:37 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
It seems to be down to whether the culture is *perceived* as a minority; to view e.g. the Chinese as a 'minority' in this day and age is condescending and absurd imo. Sorry if this ends up as another giant clusterfuck but I seriously dgi.
― Autumn Almanac, Monday, January 30, 2012 4:37 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
this was the appropriate response btw. and uh, what are the demographics of australia? because asians and asian americans make up only about 5% of the american population.
― dayo, Monday, 30 January 2012 23:45 (twelve years ago) link
I don't know the exact number but people of recent east Asian descent are high against other immigration paths.
― Autumn Almanac, Monday, 30 January 2012 23:49 (twelve years ago) link
okay, and that makes chinese people not a minority in australia because...?
― dayo, Monday, 30 January 2012 23:50 (twelve years ago) link
think the point is that french/italian ppl are also a minority in australia
― teaky frigger (darraghmac), Monday, 30 January 2012 23:52 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, but being a white person of european descent in a country consisting largely of the same typically makes a huge difference.
― his hands are a dirty fountain through which lives spurt (contenderizer), Monday, 30 January 2012 23:56 (twelve years ago) link
french/italian ppl were never 'coolies'
when china takes over the world it may ultimately become 'okay' to do ching-chong stuff, but it's going to be a long while
― mookieproof, Monday, 30 January 2012 23:57 (twelve years ago) link
there's a Wing Wong Chinese Takeout somewhere around here.
― tinker tailor soldier sb (silby), Monday, 30 January 2012 23:58 (twelve years ago) link
hey don't look at me this is AA's 'idgi' igi
― teaky frigger (darraghmac), Monday, 30 January 2012 23:58 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't say that, and it's not even the point I was making
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:22 (twelve years ago) link
then what point were you making?
― dayo, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:23 (twelve years ago) link
do chinese people face discrimination in australia?
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:23 (twelve years ago) link
australians never discriminate against non-whites they are too polite
― tumblring dice (crüt), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:26 (twelve years ago) link
btw I accept that I didn't explain myself properly but please understand that I'm not supporting or even defending nasty race jokes. My point was expressly (but stated badly) that the response to various types of racial 'humour' can come from that person's idea of what constitutes a minority, and that I find it woefully depressing that e.g. a nation of 1.2bn people is still viewed as a racial minority by so many in the west etc etc. Yes I know representation of Chinese genealogy in Australia/America is rah rah % or whatever.
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:30 (twelve years ago) link
australia is disgustingly racist fyi, look at our political agenda on any given day
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:31 (twelve years ago) link
uh, would just like to point out that being a racial minority in a western country has no relationship at all to the country from which that person came. I accept, though, that you weren't making that observation from a bad place. I looked it up, and according to wikipedia, chinese people only make up 3.5% of australia's population.
― dayo, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:33 (twelve years ago) link
i'm not trying to poo on you, but . . . no matter how many chinese ppl there are in the world, they are minorities in anglo-saxon countries and have historically not been treated particularly well by said caucasians there (or even at home).
at any rate, there are probably better barometers of progress than acceptance of racial joeks in polite company.
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:36 (twelve years ago) link
(i know you know this, i just think your original statement was put awkwardly)
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:37 (twelve years ago) link
mookie, I do understand and I completely agree with you. I'm genuinely sorry for making my point so badly.
re australian race relations: remember that sydney erupted against people of lebanese descent a couple of years ago. basically if you're not white anglo in australia you're regarded by scores of southern cross-tattooed thugs as unwelcome.
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:39 (twelve years ago) link
xp yeah
I was joking :)
― tumblring dice (crüt), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:41 (twelve years ago) link
canadians, however . . .
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:42 (twelve years ago) link
if you think that's bad, you should see how the kangaroos treat those of british descent
― mh, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:54 (twelve years ago) link