Right. And that’s key because shock humor absolutely can be funny but it needs at least one of two things: an unexpected twist, or an unexpected source.
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Replying to @BorisBorisxl @StaringMary and
Or absurd humor hinging on offensiveness, if you don’t want the word “shock” here.
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Replying to @BorisBorisxl @StaringMary and
Now obviously there’s no twist here, no surprise spin on the stereotype. And as for source, if he were opposed to cultural appropriation then there could be some decent juxtaposition or self-deprecating humor at work here.
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Replying to @BorisBorisxl @StaringMary and
But his usual audience know upon seeing the title of the video that he’s not about to be a beacon of sensitivity, and he knows they know. So there’s no surprise twist and no surprise source.
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Replying to @BorisBorisxl @StaringMary and
Which means that what we get is a racist dude, being expectedly racist in the exact same way that racists have been for decades. There’s no joke here. Just the dumb thud of people that laugh at insults just because they’re insults.
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Replying to @BorisBorisxl @BorrowUsernames and
Well you are likely defining racist in a way I would not, so I can't agree. I dont think making funny absurd stereotypes is racist, especially when you are willing to lampoon a variety of cultures.
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Replying to @StaringMary @BorrowUsernames and
I don’t believe making some of these stereotypes can be anything but racist, given that they were literally born out of racism. Look at his “Chinaman” deal and look at any wartime superhero comics where the artists were actively trying to villify Asians.
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Replying to @BorisBorisxl @BorrowUsernames and
Of course it takes another group to caricature your own. That or perhaps someone reflecting upon their own group from within another culture, Im thinking here of comedians like russel peters.
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Replying to @StaringMary @BorisBorisxl and
That being said, It depends on what you mean by racist. Did those wartime cartoonists think asians were inferior, probably. Does crowder? or is he merely taking an over the top caricature to invert the cultural appropriation theme, as in appropriating but in an offensive manner?
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Replying to @StaringMary @BorrowUsernames and
Well this goes back to what I was saying about shock humor needing a surprise source. Good-natured comedians can land the vilest jokes because of the “trust” they have with the audience that there’s no mean-spiritedness. From what I know of Cr*wder he doesn’t use that approach
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I believe that even if he himself isn’t racist he at least isn’t afraid to give his audience the impression that he has no consideration for racial parity.
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