Blackface is not satire. It is, & always has been, racist. Peddled in AUS & USA to critique from POC, rejected by NZhttp://junkee.com/chris-lilley-new-zealand/110907 …
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...You can make fun of your own group or other
#POC or "mean" racists. But joke about White people in general & you won't get much work.
MANY years ago I was at a show by popular #POC comedians. Audience in stiches over race stereotypes in their community ("uncle this...LOL")
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Joke on ANZAC Day shut drew audible gasps and almost everyone stopped laughing. They remarked on this, making audience more uncomfortable.
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White people don't like comedy that challenges the taken-for-granted, everyday & sacred aspects of their superiority in race relations.
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I notice how comedians like Lilley precondition us to lateral violence as well.
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Absolutely! The "joke" with Ricky Wong character was exactly this; ha ha Chinese "model minority" puts on cringeworthy play, "Indigeridoo."
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