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[technoir]

I don't know if it is a sign of age or what. I finally saw something so offensive from family guy that I wont watch the show any more. For those who want to know, it was the Mexican Superfriends skit. It is so racist that I am mildly embarrassed I even watched it and I have seen Birth of a Nation. It was not funny just offensive.


oh well.

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[technoir.livejournal.com]

I am always open to a rational discourse. That is to say I will argue at the drop of a hat...any hat. I am kind of known for it.

I can see your point on race sensitivity. I can joke around with Winston along with the best of them. I hang out with Ray. I am not someone who normally takes offense easily. I suppose the difference is Blazing Saddles

Blazing Saddles is one of the funniest movies ever. It deals with the same themes but where as Blazing Saddles does it with a strong sense of irony and humor is at the expense of the bigots they targeting. The Mexican Superfriends though did not seem to target anyone but the Hispanic characters. At no point did it seem to poke fun at the people who thought like this. It seemed oriented towards reinforcing that stereotype.

here is another question for you. Do you feel that maybe our relative comfort at joking about race has lowered our ability to tell when it goes too far? Is our willingness to joke about more and more offensive things lowered our perspective?

just a thought.