kach22i |
12-16-2006 05:09 AM |
Re: First Michael Richards, and now Rosie!!!?
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Originally posted by jluetjen
"ching-chong"
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For kicks I did a Google "image" search on the term. It turned this up from Feb 2006.
http://rangelife.typepad.com/rangelife/culture/index.html
http://rangelife.typepad.com/rangeli...atesasians.JPG
The staff editorial in the current AsianWeek (not my usual read, but who could resist that explaination-begging cover?) demands the firing of Adam Carolla from his radio show. His offense: a sketch that might be a little insensitive to a couple billion people.
On Jan. 24, Carolla went on the air and introduced a recorded bit spoofing the Asian Excellence Awards.
“I know it sounds like a joke,” said Carolla. “But these are real. They hand them out for movies, for acting.”
Then he said he had an advanced clip of the show to be seen on AZN TV. “Play the best male actor of a TV show ... ”
The audio played with some Asian-sounding music, but with a slight big-production echo sound. You can imagine, that next would come, just like any awards show, a big booming announcer reading off nominees, and then announcing the winner.
But because these were the Asian awards, we hear a sonorous announcer in his most fake show biz voice speak: “Ching chong, ching chong, ching chong ... ” .
Look, I think Carolla can be funny, especially when he's doing his schtick on radio. (Loveline was just about the best thing on during his run.)
But comedy in general has taken a bit of an ugly turn in recent years. Sure, it was cathartic a few years ago to see a shift towards smart, politically incorrect humor that acknowledged that races, genders, and orientations are different from each other, while also mocking the racism of the past and present by ironically invoking it. South Park, TV Funhouse, Da Ali G Show, and Will Ferrell-era SNL all made racial comedy edgy but still goodhearted, because they distinguished between laughing at racism and celebrating it.
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Link:
http://rangelife.typepad.com/rangelife/2006/02/ching_chong_ada.html#more
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