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northernsouthern

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19. No, it was a very valid question...
Tue May 3, 2016, 02:02 PM
May 2016

...people hated the Office from the BBC because if did not have a laugh track, there are many shows that have gotten hate for the lack of it. When you watch a comedy with out it and you are used to it, then you have a bias against the comedy. Laugh tracks are basically a trick to seed the laugh clouds. His stand up did not have much laughter because it was scathing satire directly at the target audience, and it was brave for a comedian to do this, it was not boiled down sugar snarkiness for some to get and laugh and the targets to be shielded, this was a direct critique.

No American doesn't bring baggage to either the word n*gg*r or its derivative nigga. To pretend otherwise ignores human psychology and the complex historical weight of American race relations encapsulated in that word.


Not sure of your point, you say there is no baggage, but you bacically defined it with the seond line..."To pretend otherwise ignores human psychology and the complex historical weight of American race relations encapsulated in that word."

Baggage definition
past experiences or long-held ideas regarded as burdens and impediments.
"the emotional baggage I'm hauling around"

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Why the hate for Larry at the WHCD??? [View all] northernsouthern May 2016 OP
He told some very uncomfortable truths and about the media Kalidurga May 2016 #1
Tapper was amused. northernsouthern May 2016 #7
He's not funny--he's not interesting... NewImproved Deal May 2016 #2
Have you watched it lately? northernsouthern May 2016 #8
Because virtually the entire audience knows they're living in a fantasy world. CincyDem May 2016 #3
I expected the media to have an issue... northernsouthern May 2016 #9
he was ok, had a few stinkers but dont they all. nice to hear him skew the media. but overall msongs May 2016 #4
who knows EdwardBernays May 2016 #5
"which is nothing close to the N-Word" -- Sorry, no sale Bucky May 2016 #6
Do you like shows with or without laugh tracks? northernsouthern May 2016 #11
The word Nigga is used both endearingly and disparagingly Bucky May 2016 #12
Are you saying it is used negatively by other people of color? northernsouthern May 2016 #15
Yes. That is what I say. Bucky May 2016 #16
I still think you have missed the point. northernsouthern May 2016 #17
baggage Bucky May 2016 #18
No, it was a very valid question... northernsouthern May 2016 #19
baggage Bucky May 2016 #20
So double negative? northernsouthern May 2016 #21
I thought he was great. polly7 May 2016 #10
That is exactly what I was thinking. northernsouthern May 2016 #13
Well said. polly7 May 2016 #14
He was very good. The audience was not. Nyan May 2016 #22
Forgot her said the predator line. northernsouthern May 2016 #23
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