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Post by valiens on Jan 16, 2007 11:40:48 GMT -5
Granted they didn't do anything disgusting this week but isn't it kind of an oxymoron to have an MLK tribute montage to open the show and then have Cryme Tyme anywhere near it?
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Post by Avalanche Alvarez on Jan 16, 2007 11:42:30 GMT -5
And Vince probably had a Jesse Jackson impersonator lined up before someone said "we will get sued!", promptly scrapping the idea and making sure Vince took his meds.
That's a good Vince.
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Post by heffer111 on Jan 16, 2007 12:09:27 GMT -5
Not really, because Charlie Hass and Benjamin are THE WORLDS GREATEST! As a white, and black man.
Thread finished.
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Post by Avalanche Alvarez on Jan 16, 2007 12:19:09 GMT -5
Not really, because Charlie Hass and Benjamin are THE WORLDS GREATEST! As a white, and black man. Thread finished. Wha...? But what about Cryme Tyme? |
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Post by BrianZane on Jan 16, 2007 12:57:57 GMT -5
I think WWE thinks that by airing that little MLK tribute at the beginning of the show, that absolves them of any guilt associated with propagating stereotypes like nobody's business for the year.
"We're not racist...just look at that graphic we did at the beginning of the show! Just look at it!!"
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Post by duxgutz on Jan 16, 2007 13:13:17 GMT -5
"We're not racist but..." = The four biggest 'Cop out' words in the English language!  |
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Post by "Hollywood" Cactus Matt on Jan 16, 2007 13:28:42 GMT -5
"We're not racist but..." = The four biggest 'Cop out' words in the English language! It's funny you bring that up. I saw a stand-up comedian (I forget who; I think it was Patton Oswalt, but if anyone knows for sure can ya help me out?) who said something like, "Why do all stereotypes have to be negative? Why can't we have some good stereotypes? like, I don't know ... 'You know what they say about Puerto Rican people. They're made of candy! Ands what about those Asians? They can fly!'" (not a direct quote, but close.) That's really all I had to say about this; sorry if it seems like a thread-jack, but that's exactly what the above-quoted post reminded me of. Stereotypes don't have to be bad, but usually they are. That's all. I don't know how to end this post, so that's it. |
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Post by "St. Louis Viper" Buck Summers on Jan 16, 2007 13:30:11 GMT -5
The World's Greatest Tag Team is proof the Dr. King succeeded.
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Post by EJS on Jan 16, 2007 13:37:10 GMT -5
I have a dream, that one day, career mid-carders who have been lingering on WWE.com Heat will rise up and live out the true meaning of their creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all superstars and extremists are created equal.'
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Post by Christianv2 on Jan 16, 2007 14:08:45 GMT -5
"We're not racist but..." = The four biggest 'Cop out' words in the English language! It's funny you bring that up. I saw a stand-up comedian (I forget who; I think it was Patton Oswalt, but if anyone knows for sure can ya help me out?) who said something like, "Why do all stereotypes have to be negative? Why can't we have some good stereotypes? like, I don't know ... 'You know what they say about Puerto Rican people. They're made of candy! Ands what about those Asians? They can fly!'" (not a direct quote, but close.) That's really all I had to say about this; sorry if it seems like a thread-jack, but that's exactly what the above-quoted post reminded me of. Stereotypes don't have to be bad, but usually they are. That's all. I don't know how to end this post, so that's it. Lewis Black? |
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Post by Lance Uppercut on Jan 17, 2007 5:20:57 GMT -5
"We're not racist but..." = The four biggest 'Cop out' words in the English language! It's funny you bring that up. I saw a stand-up comedian (I forget who; I think it was Patton Oswalt, but if anyone knows for sure can ya help me out?) who said something like, "Why do all stereotypes have to be negative? Why can't we have some good stereotypes? like, I don't know ... 'You know what they say about Puerto Rican people. They're made of candy! Ands what about those Asians? They can fly!'" (not a direct quote, but close.) That's really all I had to say about this; sorry if it seems like a thread-jack, but that's exactly what the above-quoted post reminded me of. Stereotypes don't have to be bad, but usually they are. That's all. I don't know how to end this post, so that's it. yeah what's up with all the over sensitivity... sometimes those stereotypes are true, or we inflict them on themselves cause we see it all the time in our own culture... I'm sure most black men wouldn't go "why how dare you suggest that I have a giant penis? Cause I'm black?" or that an englishman go "you know, I don't know where you guys got the idea that everyone from the Uk with an English accent is somehow more refine than any of you americans and in some way better than you, and that women somehow find it endearing, but we're not..." |
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Post by Andrew is Good on Jan 17, 2007 7:05:15 GMT -5
Sigh.
Again, it's the characters of Cryme Tyme, not the colour of their skin. Why did JR say that he better keep check of his wallet when Cryme Tyme is in the ring, but not Shelton Benjiman? That would be racist, but it's not said like that. Shelton is always refered to as this great athlete with a bad attitude.
Cryme Tyme is all in good fun.
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Post by Avalanche Alvarez on Jan 17, 2007 10:36:08 GMT -5
Sigh. Again, it's the characters of Cryme Tyme, not the colour of their skin. Why did JR say that he better keep check of his wallet when Cryme Tyme is in the ring, but not Shelton Benjiman? That would be racist, but it's not said like that. Shelton is always refered to as this great athlete with a bad attitude. Cryme Tyme is all in good fun. I respect the wrestlers. The gimmick IS racist and moreover just Wrestlecrap...which is why it gets discussed here so much. I don't see fun in perpetuating stereotypes. |
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