Juxtaposition and the absurd are all well and good, but the way he’s depicting the stereotype is not at all new; we’ve seen the buck-tooth look before since before Twitter, YouTube, or likely any of the users were born.
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Replying to @BorisBorisxl @StaringMary and
So surely the joke can’t hinge on the depiction of this appearance as an absurd caricature...the “shock” would just be in someone pulling the same “joke” again in 2019
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Replying to @BorisBorisxl @BorrowUsernames and
I dont think shock is what you are attempting to derive from absurdity. Absurd things are just amusing, so long as they are close enough to something real to have some reality. But there is a meta element which I wrote of in my other tweets.
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Replying to @StaringMary @BorisBorisxl and
Best to just take a look at his actual podcast, if you are still having trouble understanding, here is the africa introhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTcMiPs6iPg&list=PL3e1orPYt_4YwSmw1vhXbxfm4fHZdlCkP&index=154 …
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Replying to @StaringMary @BorisBorisxl and
Of course the people who are asking you to explain are really just making the point that the only real joke here is "Chinese people look funny". If you don't believe that then you won't find this "joke" funny.
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Replying to @Chris_Hubris @BorisBorisxl and
That's not the joke, the joke is the absurd caricature and the other things I mentioned. He caricatured 5 different cultures. Including the british.
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Replying to @StaringMary @BorisBorisxl and
The "absurd character" is a well established racist stereotype.
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Replying to @Chris_Hubris @BorisBorisxl and
A caricature. Similar to any caricature.
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Replying to @StaringMary @Chris_Hubris and
Yes but caricatures carry racial and nationalist themes which are loaded with bigotry and xenophobia.
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Replying to @BorrowUsernames @Chris_Hubris and
Not necessarily. You are making that insinuation. My point is that you can mock and caricature without sincerely believing someone is inferior to you. But as you said before you believe humour must have criticism in it, which I do not believe. So we disagree on this point.
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I also don't believe nationalism is a bad thing. You have to be able to understand people have different views than you, to understand how this can be a joke.
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