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Is America Ready for Chang the Blackface Elf?

Started by John Morrow, February 02, 2011, 08:32:57 PM

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John Morrow

February 02, 2011, 08:32:57 PM
The controversy surrounding people playing Drow in blackface at RPG conventions comes to the prime time NBC sitcom "Community" tomorrow night:

http://splitsider.com/2011/02/is-america-ready-for-chang-the-blackface-elf/

Episode trailer for "Game On" here:

http://www.nbc.com/community/video/game-on/1281978

That's a pretty deep geeky controversy to be dealing with on a mainstream sitcom.  I haven't watched the show past the first few episodes but I'm curious what else they do with D&D stereotypes and trivia in it.
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February 02, 2011, 11:42:14 PM
Quote from: John Morrow;437055The controversy surrounding people playing Drow in blackface at RPG conventions comes to the prime time NBC sitcom "Community" tomorrow night:

http://splitsider.com/2011/02/is-america-ready-for-chang-the-blackface-elf/

Episode trailer for "Game On" here:

http://www.nbc.com/community/video/game-on/1281978

That's a pretty deep geeky controversy to be dealing with on a mainstream sitcom.  I haven't watched the show past the first few episodes but I'm curious what else they do with D&D stereotypes and trivia in it.

The tiny bit of Community I've seen has made me desire to see more; the Chang character is a riot (he showed up at a costume party in a female's ice-skating outfit and said "Guess who I am!" and another character said "oh, Michelle Kwan" to which he said "No, Peggy Flemming!  Racist." and flounced off).
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February 03, 2011, 08:35:07 AM
Interesting fact about the actor who plays Chang- He's an actual Medical doctor. I find that really awesome- he's incredibly smart, but decided to do goofy crap for laughs and a living.
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February 03, 2011, 11:26:59 AM
Y'know, I've been seeing this guy everywhere lately... I just don't find his schtick funny.  Ok, that 'Michelle Kwan' bit was worth a chuckle or two.

I'm actually starting to come up with a totally amateur scientific analysis of 'what's wrong with the funnymen today'... something about formulaic regurgitation of standardized riffs that were fresh 30 years ago on SNL...

woops... gone.

Ah well, it was fun while it lasted.
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February 08, 2011, 11:53:43 AM
If you haven't done so yet, watch the Modern Warfare episode (S1, E23). It's priceless.
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