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Jake In Drag??
ednbarby:
--- Quote from: latjoreme on January 15, 2007, 04:33:05 pm ---The one thing I've never heard him tell is a racist joke. I wonder why he doesn't get the difference.
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I think it's because it's no longer socially acceptable to be a racist, but it still is to be a homophobe and a misogynist.
dot-matrix:
Screen Cap of Uncle Jake in his Ramona shirt for anyone who missed it. :D
Scott6373:
I'm not sure if this is a debate or not, but, while I am certainly not a person who would be considerred "politically correct", when it comes to offensive humor, there is a very fine line between what is funny and what is based (albeit subconsciously) in hate and fear. Also, it has, in recent years, become a socially accepted behavior to poke fun at marginalized factions of society in order to make them feel "like one of the gang". The problem with this (especially in the case of GLBT people) is that the humor is often derived from amplifications of stereotypes that, I am sure, we would all rather not be associated with. Now, the gay community is not blameless on this. We are as intolerant a group of people as any other, and in some cases more so. Jake in drag? Who cares? I can tell you one thing however. He did that skit, much for the same reason that "Casanova" was released on the heals of BBM. Career, money and a continued fear of being objectified and pigeon holed into a certain type...a certain STEREOTYPE.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: ednbarby on January 15, 2007, 04:35:34 pm ---
--- Quote ---Quote from: latjoreme on Today at 02:33:05 PM
The one thing I've never heard him tell is a racist joke. I wonder why he doesn't get the difference.
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I think it's because it's no longer socially acceptable to be a racist, but it still is to be a homophobe and a misogynist.
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Clearly. And most of the audience doesn't seem to mind. But I think Jay Leno is, appearances notwithstanding, a fairly intelligent guy. And his wife is a feminist global activist, right? You'd think this stuff would cross his mind from time to time.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: latjoreme on January 15, 2007, 04:33:05 pm ---Then again, Jay tells lame-ass sexist jokes, too -- of the "men are Neandrethals who burp, can't ask directions and hog the remote" and "women get stuck with all the housework and worry about whether clothes make their ass look fat" variety. I find those offensive, too. And they're certainly based on tired, tired stereotypes.
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Just a thought. If he was an equal opportunity offender on stereotypes, does it count? Haven't some comedians made a living on offending pretty much everyone?
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