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Originally posted by: Gtroop
Great find!
How NOT to get your a$$ kicked is one of the funniest things I have ever seen!
And with the risk of turning this thread into something it's not suppose to be, iamjn and Fritzo: if comedians often take oddities of society and present them in hyperbole, what is more odd than the discrepancy of race that defines how we interact with one another on a daily basis. In other words, it's just jokes about life as it. Kick back and relax. my two cents...
Eddie Griffin's Voodoo Child is also a scream if you can find it.
don't worry, be happy
If it was funny AND TRUE then some people would be offended, but most people would laugh.OK..if I...as a caucasian male...went on stage and started telling jokes about the problems with black people, what do you think would happen?
Steve Harvey, Bernie Mac and others have used race in their acts but most of their act isn't only about white people. Sure there are some that use mostly race in their routine, curse continuously (SOME of the comedians on Comic View for instance), but that gets tired fast.Why do ALL black comedians have to base their material on the tired old race card?
Shouldn't that be one of the funniest comedians around? I think Jerry Seinfeld (lucky!! ingenue007)is one of the funniest guys around. It never occurs to me to say Jewish comedian. You may have stated it that way because of the discussion, but I hear a lot of people of both races make that type of statement. Whether or not we like it race is still a very big ceal in this world. :-(Bill Cosby is probably STILL one of the funniest BLACK comedians around, and you'll never hear anything about race come out of his mouth.
Originally posted by: NarsDaD
Hi, Fritzo. I felt that you deserved a reply.
If it was funny AND TRUE then some people would be offended, but most people would laugh.OK..if I...as a caucasian male...went on stage and started telling jokes about the problems with black people, what do you think would happen?
Steve Harvey, Bernie Mac and others have used race in their acts but most of their act isn't only about white people. Sure there are some that use mostly race in their routine, curse continuously (SOME of the comedians on Comic View for instance), but that gets tired fast.Why do ALL black comedians have to base their material on the tired old race card?
Shouldn't that be one of the funniest comedians around? I think Jerry Seinfeld (lucky!! ingenue007)is one of the funniest guys around. It never occurs to me to say Jewish comedian. You may have stated it that way because of the discussion, but I hear a lot of people of both races make that type of statement. Whether or not we like it race is still a very big ceal in this world. :-(Bill Cosby is probably STILL one of the funniest BLACK comedians around, and you'll never hear anything about race come out of his mouth.
Originally posted by: Fritzo
I dunno...Chris Rock's voice reminds me of scratching fingernails down a chalkboard. I also hate his "White people do this...white people do that...." act. Why do so many black comedians rely on racism for their material?
OK..if I...as a caucasian male...went on stage and started telling jokes about the problems with black people, what do you think would happen?
caucasian males got their jokes about black people written into federal law. If any group wants to tell jokes as a way of socially coping with the deleterious effects of those laws and injustices, while many injustices still exist, then that is their right.
Yep, and if they had WET.Originally posted by: SliderBob
Originally posted by: Fritzo
I dunno...Chris Rock's voice reminds me of scratching fingernails down a chalkboard. I also hate his "White people do this...white people do that...." act. Why do so many black comedians rely on racism for their material?
Imagine if the roles were reversed and there was a white comedian doing off-white jokes? Watch the sh** hit the fan.