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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:27 PM Original message |
Why is Chappelle's racism funny? |
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Placebo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. Comedians have ALWAYS used race... |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. I don't see a problem, either. |
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Taylor Mason Powell (681 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yes. That's exactly what it is. |
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aldian159 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. Reminds me of a Seinfeld episode |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. "This concerns you as a Jew?" |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. I think you're an anti-Dentite. |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. "If it wasn't my son's wedding . . ." |
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minkyboodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:17 AM Response to Reply #24 |
82. LOL |
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noahmijo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. Listen if you don't like it just sanction him okay? |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. "Gotta get that oil . . . hah!" |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 03:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
164. oil??? who said something about oil? |
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WMliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. b/c of rule #1 in becoming a great entertainer |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Good point. |
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Dastard Stepchild (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
157. yes.. good definition |
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buycitgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. hahahaha |
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buycitgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. BTW. chappelle, richard pryor, and many other comedians |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:08 AM Response to Reply #10 |
41. Yep. See this: |
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delhurgo (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
8. Wrong. |
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buycitgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. that's quite the racist spewage there, bud |
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ParisFrance (340 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Blacks use racist jokes towards whites |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Not possible since Blacks only react to the racism coming their way |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:49 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Yep. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:11 AM Response to Reply #23 |
42. I disagree with your definition of the word "racist." |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:16 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. That is because he is underscoring the absurdity through satire |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:20 AM Response to Reply #45 |
52. Well, he is damn good at it. |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:24 AM Response to Reply #42 |
89. 1...2...3...4........ |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:17 AM Response to Reply #23 |
50. I totally disagree |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:23 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Well, that's something worth thinking about. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:34 AM Response to Reply #53 |
57. It sounds as though you are using "racism" to mean |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:40 AM Response to Reply #57 |
60. You might be right. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:49 AM Response to Reply #60 |
64. Fair enough... |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:12 PM Response to Reply #57 |
158. the problem is: some only focus on the "lower levels" |
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ParisFrance (340 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. I sense you're telling there is nothing blacks are better at than whites |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:00 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. HUH? |
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ParisFrance (340 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:06 AM Response to Reply #33 |
39. I'll explain |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:14 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Um, that wasn't me, but since I agree with NSMA, I'll respond. |
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ParisFrance (340 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:17 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Is this your opinion or is this stated that the oppressed can't be racist |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:18 AM Response to Reply #46 |
51. That's correct. |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:48 AM Response to Reply #46 |
63. the racism card |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:14 AM Response to Reply #63 |
79. I wish I had your ability to say what I'm thinking. |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:13 AM Response to Reply #79 |
119. Thank you! |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:34 AM Response to Reply #63 |
98. I think I have to disagree |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:56 AM Response to Reply #98 |
110. additional thoughts |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:08 AM Response to Reply #110 |
116. OK, I think I understand you now |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:23 AM Response to Reply #116 |
122. it is late!! :) |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:26 AM Response to Reply #122 |
123. It helps that my girlfriend is a philosophy major |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:18 PM Response to Reply #98 |
160. i agree with what you're saying |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 03:41 PM Response to Reply #63 |
168. Chappelle.... |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:17 AM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Canasta! |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:35 AM Response to Reply #48 |
58. I should do the heavy lifting. |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:14 AM Response to Reply #28 |
44. Are you actually posting from France? |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:28 AM Response to Reply #44 |
55. And in that sense, I shouldn't have used that word in my original |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 03:40 PM Response to Reply #21 |
167. Both definitions are valid in this context... |
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w13rd0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Really? |
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buycitgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. good one.........you know how that always works: |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. I don't think that's true. |
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Tom Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Wrong. |
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jeffrey_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. Yes....good old reverse racism. |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Wow. |
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jeffrey_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:56 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Tim Wise writes some great stuff... |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:05 AM Response to Reply #30 |
38. Thanks. nt |
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Momgonepostal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:03 AM Response to Reply #8 |
36. I don't buy it. |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
156. What utter bullshit |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
19. There was a great segment on In Living Color |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:59 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. Yeah, I guess it is "one of those things." |
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Must_B_Free (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
22. I love when someone does "the robot" dance |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
26. What nonsense. If Foxworthy told Chappelle's jokes, he'd be... UNFUNNY. |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I agree. |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Foxworthy couldn't pull off sketch comedy 1/20th as good as Chappelle |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:05 AM Response to Reply #31 |
37. I think you're missing the point. |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:07 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Save yourself the trouble, its a fuckin' atrocity. |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:17 AM Response to Reply #40 |
47. It doesn't matter. |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:40 AM Response to Reply #47 |
59. The person doing the joking most certainly matters. |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:46 AM Response to Reply #59 |
62. I'M NOT! |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:53 AM Response to Reply #62 |
65. What he does is "ok" because he's funny, sporadically brilliant, and SELLS |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:03 AM Response to Reply #65 |
71. We agree on Quinn's show. |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:05 AM Response to Reply #71 |
73. are you saying Chappelle DOESN'T lampoon white people? The hell? |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:12 AM Response to Reply #73 |
76. Dude, calm down. |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:14 AM Response to Reply #76 |
78. Calm down? I'm cracking up. |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:19 AM Response to Reply #78 |
83. For example: |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:22 AM Response to Reply #83 |
87. huh? If he wrote and produced something so witty, it'd get laughs |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:28 AM Response to Reply #87 |
91. If it was something as funny as Blazing Saddles, you're probably |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:29 AM Response to Reply #91 |
92. and as we all know, comedians tremble at the thought of posts on FR |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:31 AM Response to Reply #92 |
94. You knew what I meant. nt |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:32 AM Response to Reply #94 |
96. no, I don't. The original argument was wrongheaded... |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:34 AM Response to Reply #96 |
97. How? |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:44 AM Response to Reply #97 |
103. I don't accept the premise that what Chappelle does is racist. |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:39 AM Response to Reply #92 |
99. Way to miss the point |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:40 AM Response to Reply #99 |
100. Exactly. |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:42 AM Response to Reply #99 |
101. Is there some sort of National Assocation for the Advancement of Rednecks? |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:46 AM Response to Reply #101 |
104. Well, there's the Republican Party. |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:52 AM Response to Reply #101 |
106. Again, missing the point |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:53 AM Response to Reply #106 |
107. That wasn't the question in the original post at all. |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:56 AM Response to Reply #107 |
109. No, that WAS my question. |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:57 AM Response to Reply #109 |
111. It is okay to make fun of your own, their own, and anything anyone owns. |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:00 AM Response to Reply #111 |
113. Alright then! |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:00 AM Response to Reply #107 |
112. If you read my other replies to you |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:01 AM Response to Reply #112 |
114. I'll be sure to study your future posts like the Dead Sea Scrolls |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:08 AM Response to Reply #114 |
117. You don't have to go that far |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:12 AM Response to Reply #117 |
118. nah, I'd rather just use 'em as straight lines |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:18 AM Response to Reply #118 |
120. Again with this? |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:33 AM Response to Reply #120 |
126. yeah, bizzare that people would continue arguing about the subject line |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:42 AM Response to Reply #126 |
131. It didn't take dozens of posts |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:49 AM Response to Reply #131 |
134. Forgive me for replying to my posts using, uh - "My Posts" |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:53 AM Response to Reply #134 |
137. See, I actually read all of the thread I'm posting on |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:54 AM Response to Reply #137 |
138. Well, I'll be sure to nominate you for a Nobel or something. |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:55 AM Response to Reply #138 |
139. Cool! |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:55 AM Response to Reply #139 |
140. or pedantic, anyway. |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:56 AM Response to Reply #138 |
141. So he's the bad guy now? |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:58 AM Response to Reply #141 |
142. no, he's the good guy... I've got the evil moustache in this little epic. |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 03:03 AM Response to Reply #142 |
143. You did a pretty good job, Snidely Whiplash |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 03:05 AM Response to Reply #143 |
144. As opposed to your harping on and um, on? |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 03:13 AM Response to Reply #144 |
149. Not really |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 03:22 AM Response to Reply #149 |
150. Guess not. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 03:34 AM Response to Reply #150 |
151. Deleted message |
Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 03:06 AM Response to Reply #142 |
145. When we elect Kerry. |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 03:08 AM Response to Reply #145 |
146. The wording of your question cost us the election! |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 03:10 AM Response to Reply #146 |
147. LOL! |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 03:12 AM Response to Reply #147 |
148. Likewise! A highly enjoyable thread. I love talkin' comedy. |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:19 AM Response to Reply #118 |
121. If you're accusing me of something, just spit it out. |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:27 AM Response to Reply #121 |
124. what subtlety? I just think you're wrong. Chappelle isn't racist. |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:34 AM Response to Reply #124 |
127. I was wrong for saying it. |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:36 AM Response to Reply #127 |
128. your lack of understanding of my lack of understanding speaks even more! |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:41 AM Response to Reply #128 |
129. Your beef with me is that I don't understand comedy? |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:41 AM Response to Reply #129 |
130. your ferociously witty reply kinda proves my point. |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:45 AM Response to Reply #130 |
132. Start a thread, big. |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:50 AM Response to Reply #132 |
135. I'm too busy with my Symposium on "Full House" |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:50 AM Response to Reply #135 |
136. Fair enough. |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-12-04 11:25 AM Response to Reply #91 |
174. I doubt you could make "Blazing Saddles" today |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:23 AM Response to Reply #83 |
88. Wait, you're saying Chapelle is racist because of the word... |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:25 AM Response to Reply #88 |
90. maybe we should label Jackie Mason a vicious anti-Semite |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:30 AM Response to Reply #88 |
93. No. That post was about Foxworthy. nt |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:03 AM Response to Reply #71 |
115. um, Chapelle DOES lampoon white people |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:16 AM Response to Reply #47 |
81. What about Don Rickles? |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:19 AM Response to Reply #81 |
84. I never thought he was funny. |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-12-04 11:30 AM Response to Reply #81 |
175. Rickles is like a historical artifact now |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:58 AM Response to Reply #40 |
68. Holy shit! |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:05 AM Response to Reply #26 |
72. "If you've based an entire career on a flimsy paradigmatical framework |
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fob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
34. Because you have to know a subject very well to be able to lampoon |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:29 AM Response to Reply #34 |
56. That's probably true. nt |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
35. Racial, not racist, humor |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:26 AM Response to Reply #35 |
54. I can't argue that. |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
49. What's racist about Chapelle? |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:41 AM Response to Reply #49 |
61. maybe he uses "them" in quotes or something. |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:54 AM Response to Reply #61 |
66. Are you trying to say that post 47 is racist? (n/t) |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:56 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. no, I'm referring to the giant ant movie. |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:00 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Right |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:02 AM Response to Reply #69 |
70. so is Chappelle racist, then? |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:10 AM Response to Reply #70 |
75. Because the poster admitted it was a poor turn of phrase |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:12 AM Response to Reply #75 |
77. Speaking of dead horses... |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:20 AM Response to Reply #77 |
85. Silly me |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:07 AM Response to Reply #67 |
74. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
80. Here's another 2 cent deposit: |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:21 AM Response to Reply #80 |
86. That's probably right. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
95. Both Dick Gregory and Lenny Bruce had funny racist bits |
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Outward Bound (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:44 AM Response to Reply #95 |
102. Racism is racism n/t |
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praxiz (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:52 AM Response to Reply #102 |
105. Good humour makes you think. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:55 AM Response to Reply #105 |
108. Yes--I doubt anyone would call Gregory or Bruce a racist. |
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Placebo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:30 AM Response to Original message |
125. IT SCARES ME... |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:54 PM Response to Reply #125 |
153. Me too |
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deacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:48 AM Response to Original message |
133. When you do stand-up, YOU are always the joke-it's the formula n/t |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
152. One last nitpick... |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:56 PM Response to Reply #152 |
154. Neal Brennan, a white guy, writes joke for Chappelle |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
155. It's not funny. I've never found it funny. And I never will. Just like |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
159. Mel Brooks has been doing it since before Chapelle was born |
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West Coast Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
161. Chappelle's humor is just over the top in general....... |
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TheDonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
162. I'm black and I'm offended by Chappelle |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 03:23 PM Response to Reply #162 |
163. Yes, because Dave Chappelle is the first black comedian |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 03:32 PM Response to Reply #163 |
166. Ummm, what do you think you read? |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 03:54 PM Response to Reply #166 |
169. The Donkey should be able to reply for himself/herself |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-12-04 11:05 AM Response to Reply #169 |
173. Ahh, I get it now |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
165. It is. |
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election_2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-12-04 03:26 AM Response to Original message |
170. I've been reading all the posts here... |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-12-04 04:59 AM Response to Original message |
171. I sure don't look at it that way, I think Chappelle is making |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-12-04 09:59 AM Response to Reply #171 |
172. Chapelle Mocks Racial Stereotypes |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-12-04 06:11 PM Response to Reply #172 |
176. " It could be the white guy or the black guy or both." |
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