Is it wrong to laugh at Carter's racist jokes?
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koffeenkreame41-1 — 17 years ago(July 09, 2008 11:14 PM)
LOL! But, it was Carter who started it in the beginning of RH2, when he asked if they were doing another job and he said 'I'll b!tchslap you back to Beijing.' LOL!
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mathura529 — 17 years ago(September 30, 2008 02:09 PM)
He didn't say it to Juntao. Juntao was the alias of that British guy who worked with the Consol. The blonde Asian's guy was named Sung [or Sangsomething like that] and Lee said that "Blackenese" line to the guy who was escorting him upstairs.
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RKOexpert — 13 years ago(January 01, 2013 04:10 PM)
I think it's mostly Tucker's delivery of those lines that make us laugh. Also take in to consideration the fact that Jackie Chan was fine with having the script inclusive of those jokes.
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Soodinum — 13 years ago(January 19, 2013 01:40 AM)
There's racism in the Bible - nothing wrong with it. My dad is a man of colour and he tells the best racist jokes (about people the same colour as him).
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Fusion72 — 12 years ago(February 05, 2014 03:26 AM)
It depends on context and intent. It wouldn't be funny if he just stood still and said these random things to an Asian person that came by him.
So, its okay to laugh because you're seeing it from the characters perspective - One from his point of view and another retrospectivily. -
Totemkauf — 12 years ago(March 01, 2014 02:35 PM)
Ya I consider them racial, not racist. Carter didn't 'hate', just teasing with jokes.
I agree with the 'characters's perspective' . People hate South Park or call it racist when really its usually the character Cartman that is the reason. Its not like South Park or this movie started with a "hey kids, this show/movie is ment to hate the chinese/etc". -
Catgurl22 — 12 years ago(March 28, 2014 09:30 PM)
I'm curious, hypothetically, what if the roles were reversed and it was Chan who was making the majority of the racial jokes about African Americans? Would people be just as cool with it as they are now?
Apparently I have always found that it is generally tolerated if one makes racial jokes about other races
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African Americans. That is a complete no-no and would immediately be labelled racist.
Why the double standards??? A black guy can makes jokes about whites and that would be called funny but a white guy making jokes about blacks is immediately deemed distasteful and racist.
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hannahjb1310 — 11 years ago(February 06, 2015 06:02 AM)
That's an interesting question. I think it would actually be ok though, as long as the casting is the same.
I was going through some of quotes today, and was shocked at how many race-themed jokes there were. I wondered if it would fly today. But I think because Jackie Chan was the good guy and co-hero, it went over a lot better. Even though it was a black guy saying the jokes, Jackie Chan was ok with it, so why shouldn't everyone else be ok with it? I think the same reasoning would apply if the roles were reversed. It definitely helps that they're both minorities though.
Also though, it seemed to me that Chris Tucker was making fun of himself/black stereotypes throughout the film. -
NikolajCostas1005 — 11 years ago(March 21, 2015 11:48 PM)
You hit the nail on the head. It's funny because we're supposed to be laughing at how dumb he is making those jokes. Now if one actually finds the jokes themselves funny or clever, they're on a different bus
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Arvin-G-Borkar — 9 years ago(July 23, 2016 11:40 AM)
Minorities cannot be racist, only prejudiced. If it is said from one minority to another, it is not as big of a deal. If it is said by a white majority to any minority, then it is racist. True story.
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