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u pretty sensitive whiney

i think katt williams voiced the pigeon?

Yeah, sounds like him. Silly voice /= racism.

And yeah, it is Katt Williams def.

Yeah dude, not feeling it.

Sorry Wieney.

sorry whiney : (

I think the casting choice of making the token "sassy black dude" character out of the pesky, dirty, unwanted, germ-carrying ratbird in a movie about cuddly-wuddly hero pets, yes is a little racist.

but if y'all are ok with it, i'll fandango my tickets for Cats & Dogs 2 now.

Yeah, sounds like him. Silly voice /= racism.

― you gone float up with it (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, December 21, 2009 6:28 PM (48 minutes ago) Bookmark

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yeah, it's less about the voice and more about why can't the black dude be a dog or a cat or an animal that people to cuddle, and not some puke-eating street pest that everyone hates

i mean, i know it's not Song Of The South or whatever, but there's no thread called "encyclopedia of institutionally racist products"

i see only institutional cuteness

pigeons are urban.

whiney I think you're bringing some personal issues about pigeons to the table here

I mean dogs lick their assholes, pigeons don't afaik

advantage: pigeons

pigeon btw

shocked this thread wasnt bumped for this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4DT3tQqgRM

Not feeling it on the pigeon front. His voice wasn't too wacky & didn't seem to be imitating any type in particular. Nor can I say I am familiar with any associations of pigeons and any particular race (unless you count "Palomar" in Los Bros Hernandez comics, which is near as big a stretch as the one being presented here). I would, however, like to point out that like Emperor penguins and flamingos, pigeons give 'milk' to their young.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/39/95108900_e5fabdfa96.jpg

There's nothing racist about speaking pidgin.

^not that the actual character is speaking pidgin, although surely different species would need to rely on some kind pidgin to communicate. Purring is not barking after all.

yeah, it's less about the voice and more about why can't the black dude be a dog or a cat or an animal that people to cuddle, and not some puke-eating street pest that everyone hates

i mean, i know it's not Song Of The South or whatever, but there's no thread called "encyclopedia of institutionally racist products"

― wordy fappinghood (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, December 21, 2009 6:25 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

That, plus the voice is right in line with the old trope of the ignorant, pandering Negro.

This thread is causing my AV software to flip out, warning me that it is blocking IP address 90.156.153.34.

Malware Bytes does not care for racist pigeon characters.

I am so not watching this when it comes out to determine if the pigeon is really a racist character or just a regular lactating freak of the bird world.

I really like pigeons.

O_O @ the HP face-recog snafu

wkiw desi and wendy

lol at that HP face tracking

tbf I don't think that HP face tracking thing is intentional

wkiw desi and wendy

― wordy fappinghood (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, December 22, 2009 1:50 AM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I think whiney is part of the cats & dogs 2 promotional street team and has just tricked us into getting hyped for this movie

Let everybody in the world know this movie exists and think it sucks is a better condition than having a few people think the movie’s great before it comes out - James Cameron Whiney G. Weingarten

The HP fuck up does beg the question: does Hp have no one of dark complexion working anywhere in the R&D, testing, and marketing process? I mean, you'd think this would have been discovered at some point. I wonder if the thing needs to be "calibrated" or something.

HP calibration settings: "normal", "black"

psyched for cats & dogs 2

What the fuck is wrong with you, Australia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FftZt-Dw_hQ

Harry Connick Jr. to thread

Hey if there was an Aussie offering me fried chicken I'd let him off.

That is just... I mean... Wow

"too easy"

conjudalad (22 minutes ago) 0 Reply
Get over yourself Americans. You are commenting on an ad you know NOTHING about. The world does not revolve around you and your dumb stereotypes. Get the chip of your ignorant shoulders

KingMacintosh (1 hour ago) 0 Reply
If anyone one, especially blacks think this is racist, crawl back in that shell you came out of, this is not a bit racist whatsoever...

tramtrackharry (1 hour ago) +2 Reply
it's not an american ad; it is in australia and they're at a cricket match. the black people are west indian. u dont understand the ad thats all.

i'd be willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, but, and i understand cricket, i have no idea what the joke the ad is trying to make.

If anyone one, especially blacks think this is racist,

seriously, assuming the ad is not saying the obvious thing that stands out to an american audience, wtf is it saying?

kfc (and fried chicken as a thing) probably arrived in australia in the 80s or 90s and i'd be staggered if even 5% of the population was vaguely aware of lol fried chicken racism. this is why i'd give the benefit of the doubt, assuming i could parse the rest of the advert, but i can't.

You could have inverted the black and white people and the core joke it was trying to go for would have been clearer (wiggle your way out of an uncomfortable situation by offering your enemies our food!). It's kind of massively unforgivably stupid that they didn't do this.

This is reminding me of another great KFC ad of old:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkxvxV-S4wM

(of course, Hammer did that one to himself)

unforgivably stupid is a bit harsh. the only way an australian would be aware of this is by reading ilx racism threads or watching ghostworld.

my guess is the guy is a fan of one team sitting alone in a crowd of opposing fans?

^^ yes

KFC is a global company based in the US; I'm sure someone in their organization is aware of both the Internet and how this commercial would play on an international level.