am i the only one who doesn't get the joke?
Eddie Murphy is indeed a master of comedy. He has the uncanny ability to transform himself into different characters and adopt various voices, personalities, and dialects. But am I the only one who doesn't find the "Flip Wilsonesque" tradition of dragging as black women in ways that promote stereotype and caricature NOT FUNNY? Some Tyler Perry fans (yes I have met some) have defended his Madea routine as flattery and a show of fondness for his granny. I also think most folks were too doubled over in belly laughs to pay very much attention to the way Martin Lawrence's ghettofabulous alter-ego "Shanana" or Jamie Foxx's "Wanda" caricatured certain types of black women. Now, I'm not hypersensitive about this stuff. I just don't get the joke. I don't understand what's funny about black men making fun of their grannies, the girl down the block, or the booster next door. Maybe it's me. Can someone please clue me in?
posted by colored me @ 10:01 AM
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I don't think it's funny either.
I'm also losing respect for Thandie Newton for being in this crap although I know a girl has to work.
It's an insult. Just like bitches and hos reproducing Sapphire, this crap reproduced Mammies.
I think that Black people need to step up and take responsibility for how much we, yes we, have bought into these ideologies. There is an ingrained resistance to this and also a tendency to argue/assume that if Black men/people do it then it's not offensive or harmful. To the contrary, it's even MORE harmful.
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