Am I a total dick for thinking that foreign culture stereotype/broken-english humor is the best?

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I don't consider myself racist, or an asshole (well, maybe I'm an asshole, but only like 38% of the time), but when I see a show or a movie that has some kinda cultural stereotype, I think it's funny as hell. For example, today my wife dragged me to go see "My Big Fat Greek Wedding". Usually I like my films to have Matthew MacConaughey bald fighting dragons in the future, but what the hey, gotta go see the wife's pick sometimes, right? And whenever the greek folk in that movie would do stereotypical greek stuff I thought it was hysterical. I've been around a few non-WASP people in my life (I spent 9 months doing an intensive Hebrew language program with real Isrealis, and then an intensive 6 month program learning spanish from real Guatemalans, Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, Colombians, and Argentinians, and my wife spent 1 1/2 years learning Arabic from real Iraqis, Saudis, Palestinians, and Syrians, plus all the guys I was in a punk band with in high school were pure-blood Italianos, I remember my bandmates dad, upon introduction saying, "Your name's Pavlik, you're an Serbian Orthodox Catholic, right?" I replied, "Uh, no, "Pavlich" is Serbian, I'm Czech, but I was brought up Presbyterian" to which he reponded, "A protestant? Get the hell out of my house. I'm just kidding, you can stay, just don't eat any of my food." Really funny stuff, I think.) and maybe that's where I find the humor in people saying "hairs" instead of "hair" and talking about weird food and stuff.

I dunno, I'm I a dick for thinking cultural stereotype humor is the best? Like all the Hindi cab driver things and such?

Helltime Producto (Pavlik), Sunday, 15 December 2002 07:15 (twenty-three years ago)

Que?

Queen G (Queeng), Sunday, 15 December 2002 08:21 (twenty-three years ago)

I LOVE the Croatian cab driver in the Kids In The Hall movie, if that helps-I have yet to find someone else that thinks it's funny. And I like Jewish stereotypes, but that's because I am one, and we're a morbid, self-punishing race of people.

Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Sunday, 15 December 2002 11:08 (twenty-three years ago)

the real thing is so much better than the stereotype tho! (eg. real greek weddings at the function centre where i work >>>>> my big fat boring crap greek weeding)

minna (minna), Sunday, 15 December 2002 13:23 (twenty-three years ago)

The Simpsons owns this thread

stevem (blueski), Sunday, 15 December 2002 14:11 (twenty-three years ago)

also Fucker & Sucker

Chupa-Cabras (vicc13), Sunday, 15 December 2002 14:45 (twenty-three years ago)

Like all the Hindi cab driver things and such?

It's paki, bro, say "pakis" - if you wanna slur, slur right.

But remember, only ABCs or ABCDs can ridicule FOBs with any sort of authority (Matt Groening = ultimate poseur), and if you can't help laughing, stay away from Uni. libraries, since there itz a FOBBY FOB WORLD

Vic, Sunday, 15 December 2002 18:44 (twenty-three years ago)

only ABCs or ABCDs

Explain slang, please.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 15 December 2002 18:50 (twenty-three years ago)

ABC = American Born Chinese
ABCD = American Born Confused Desi (Hindi for "Indian")

FOB = Fresh Off the Boat (those first two, words supposedly invented by FOBs in retaliation)

any sort of authority = some of us know what & who they're laughing about in the all-nighter computer-science Uni-lib. parteez due to language-knowledge (but we're never invited!!)

Someone's who's going back to work imme., Sunday, 15 December 2002 19:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Well, I tend to find it hilarious when a movie subtly points out stereotypes. But when they just use them for a cheap laugh (ala a the Asian waiter in 8 Crazy Nights), then it's moronic.

David Allen, Sunday, 15 December 2002 19:54 (twenty-three years ago)

I dug the elderly Chinese dude in Rush Hour who kept throwing out the phrase "punk bitch". Also Jackie's classic "whassup... my niggas?" botched attempt at bonding.

Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Sunday, 15 December 2002 20:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Long live Yakov Smirnov.

Kris (aqueduct), Sunday, 15 December 2002 23:48 (twenty-three years ago)

Rush Hour 2 however, was completely reverted to "HEY, IM BLACK. AND HEY HE'S ASIAN. AND IM BLACK. GET IT?"

David Allen, Sunday, 15 December 2002 23:57 (twenty-three years ago)

Vic, are you secretly Chinese, because the only people who know what ABC stands for are those damn slants. Or their high-nosed friends.

Leee (Leee), Monday, 16 December 2002 06:16 (twenty-three years ago)

um, Mickey Rooney in Breakfast at Tiffany's to thread.

James Blount (James Blount), Monday, 16 December 2002 06:24 (twenty-three years ago)


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