Hilarious on Graham Norton
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SeriousDuke — 13 years ago(June 27, 2012 02:02 PM)
I hope you're joking.
She was totally embarrassing and completely ignorant.
It's 2012 and she's talking to Will I Am like he was an alien, just because he was black. And when she even brought it up about not talking to a lot of black people, I cringed pretty hard. Yet somehow she pulls off the whole "I'm an elderly British woman so I can get away with being an ignorant racist, laugh at my cuteness" thing.
If you think ignorance is hilarious, then she's pretty hilarious.
If you think racism is hilarious, then she's pretty hilarious.
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ciocio-2 — 13 years ago(January 08, 2013 03:58 PM)
It's been awhile since I watched that Norton episode, but I didn't feel she was being racist (and I'm pretty sensitive about that, especially when people appear totally unconscious about saying or doing offensive things, and particularly when they advocate ignoring our differences or history, because everything's just hunky-dory now, and ethnic or 'racial' issues should be ignored). One particular peeve of mine in the realm of 'dealing with differences' is the idea that we should be "color blind." One of the best satires of that attitude is Stephen Colbert's ongoing schtick, "You know, viewers, I don't see color; people tell me I'm white, and I believe them because _______________." The convincing reasons he and his writers come up with are often hilariousone that comes to mind now is "because I get great service at the Cracker Barrel." (In case you don't know about the Cracker Barrel, it's a chain of restaurant-stores, that has been accused of having policies and/or practices that are negative towards non-white folks and non-straight people; there have been numerous reports and accusations of very bad treatment and discrimination against folks of African heritage. At least that was not codified formally, unlike the anti-gay stuff: They fired a very long-term worker with an excellent work history with them, when they found out she was lesbian. The anti-gay policy was codified in a 1991 company-wide edict from founder Danny Evins, ordering firing of employees "whose sexual preferences fail to demonstrate normal heterosexual values." When they suffered bad repercussions, Evins eventually apologized for that edict.)
I don't think ignorance, racism or idiocy are hilarious. Well, sometimes ignorance and/or idiocy can be hilarious (though usually also sad), and satire of racism can be pretty damned funny (perhaps also often sad).
Multiplex: 100+ shows a day, NONE worth watching. John Sayles' latest: NO distribution. SAD. -
BritishFilms1 — 13 years ago(July 03, 2012 02:46 PM)
I certainly don't think she was being racist. All she said was "I don't know many black people". I don't find that offensive, she was just being honest. A black person could just as easily make the same comment to a white person. She seemed to genuinely like will.i.am, taking an interest in his music career and his charity work, and he seemed to like her style and eccentricity. It's not as if she called him offensive names or looked down her nose at him. Anybody who finds this interview offensive seriously needs to get a life.
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Camargue — 11 years ago(June 02, 2014 05:44 PM)
Anybody who finds this interview offensive seriously needs to get a life.
People have a right to post their opinion without being insulted.
We are NOT forced to adopt the same standard; nor are we expected to "feel" the same emotions about performance art.
The "rules of engagement" for argument exist for a reason.
Following your lead, we could also say that "anyone who is not offended by Ms. Margolyes is devoid of standards."
But that would be very mean; let's just allow others to post their opinion without telling them to "get a life," which is a terrible insult.