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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Replying to @OtherSociology
The best comedians speak truth to power - I notice how anyone who claims to be on the 'edge' of comedy never seeks to confront white people.
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Replying to @helpmeskeletor
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#POC comedians in Oz speak to this: they are only allowed to make a niche for themselves making race jokes - but only to a point...2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @OtherSociology @helpmeskeletor
...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.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @OtherSociology @helpmeskeletor
MANY years ago I was at a show by popular
#POC comedians. Audience in stiches over race stereotypes in their community ("uncle this...LOL")1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @OtherSociology @helpmeskeletor
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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Replying to @OtherSociology @helpmeskeletor
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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