The other night, a few of us were talking backstage about Jeff Dunham; specifically, whether his act could be characterized as little more than racism with puppets. That debate, like most of its kind, is unresolved and ongoing.
The conversation segued to the general topic of racial humor, and we spent a little while feeling sorry for ourselves over how politically correct Seattle audiences tend to be. Then my friend Dan Sapegin told us about this online clip from Daniel Tosh, host of Comedy Central’s Tosh.0:
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So, is it racist? Uh, yeah, pretty much (you can vote in their online poll). But it doesn’t really seem malicious, and it’s pretty funny. Does that make it OK? The debate continues…
What’s the point of it?
I don’t see it as necessary.
I didn’t think it was all that funny either.
Andrew J Rivers
March 10th, 2010
I didn’t realize that the title of the clip isn’t the same as on the Tosh.0 homepage, where they ask “Is it racist?” and there’s an online poll. That’s the ostensible point of it, for better or worse.
Maybe this makes me a bad person, but I laughed when he explained about using cash for tipping.
CJ
March 10th, 2010
I mean parts of it could be funny, but to do it from a POV standing instead of him talking to a black guy. I dunno. It didn’t seem like it lived up to the gags full potential.
It was just weird. and random.
Andrew J Rivers
March 11th, 2010