Comments on: FUNNY WOMEN #2: A Play About Post-Racial America in Seven Acts

By: sanabituranima

sanabituranima — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 04:58:46 +0000

“Their distinguishing characteristic is stupidity, not whiteness, so since you only share the whiteness and not the stupidity, not to worry.”

Not quite.

Their distinguishing chaacteristic is BEING ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH STUPIDY (evil, bigoted stupidity that actively harms PoC) because they are in a privileged position.

PoC would not “get away with it” if they did it “the other way round” beacuse they are not in a priviledged position.

By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 02:04:58 +0000

I would have to agree with Nate on this. This is a lot more sad than it is funny. There was absolutely nothing about it that made me laugh.

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:51:12 +0000

I know her!

By: alan

alan — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:46:35 +0000

This is really articulate, ha ha.

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:36:30 +0000

Gail,
You should not be embarrassed to be white because of these people – that’s just buying into the same type of stereotyping and racial grouping that you find so abhorrent. Their distinguishing characteristic is stupidity, not whiteness, so since you only share the whiteness and not the stupidity, not to worry.

Also, I agree with a couple people that, no matter what Chris Rock says, I don’t find it racist to express pleasure that our president is articulate, considering the last guy. I bet if Obama was white, the person would have said the exact same thing.

By: Shinobi

Shinobi — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:52:10 +0000

I frequently remark on what a great speaker Obama is and how proud I am that he is our president, not because he is well spoken compared to racist expectations of how a black people speak, but because he is such a huge improvement over our previous president.

I would probably try to avoid the word articulate, because I am aware of the racial overtones, but I might forget in my joy at having someone represent our country so well.

Just saying, there is more than one reason to observe that Obama is articulate, one is racist, the other is….Anti- Bush? Bushist?

By: Gail

Gail — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:26:54 +0000

Why do I continue to be shocked at this kind of nonsense? I do not think the way these people do, I do not talk the way these people do, I do not act the way these people do and yet I still feel completely embarrassed to be white because of idiots like that.

By: Nate

Nate — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:59:50 +0000

Janine,
I agree with you that this is a relevant and necessary topic, and I am not an expert (self proclaimed or otherwise) on the tenets of comedy, but I’m not drawing the logical line from relevant to necessary to funny and I think that’s what the point of this column is, to be funny. That’s not to say that comedy can’t, or shouldn’t, be socially relevant but when the outcome is just to beat that old “white people be stupid” drum then I’m sorry it’s just tired. It might just be me, but I when I read about startling ignorance I’m more inclined to shake my head in embarassment than laugh, even with sarcastic quips from the author.

By: Janine

Janine — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:49:47 +0000

Nate,
It’ll stop being “fucked out” when it stops being relevant and necessary. But thanks for stepping in to tell us all what counts as respectable satire, sir.

By: jess

jess — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:12:47 +0000

Nate,
Dont be an ass. geez