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 Posted: Mon 15:09, 05 Aug 2013 Post subject: it's like |
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because this is such a cartoon world. The only thing that's really made me queasy this season is the China Garden character, who fits a certain kind of unpleasant racist depiction of Chinese people. I'd like to think that I missed some joke that absolves the show on that count. But the more interesting thing,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], either way, is that the arguably problematic stuff is rarely what's actually hilarious in an episode.Eleanor: Yes. They're just eye-roll moments. Spencer: Though it's funny to see these horrible characters be blithely racist or homophobic or whatever. Eleanor: But then the joke is on the racist or homophobe. Like when George doesn't tip black guys,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], it's like, George is an idiot... not black people don't need tips. Same with Lucille when she scapegoats "the homosexuals" for her problems. Spencer: Yeah of course. One of my favorite eventual reveals in this season is in the final episode. There was this one element that had had me worrying this whole time that the show was racist, but it turns out,
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