Originally Posted by BallzDeep (Post 3035612)

Unfortunately artistic expression is subjective. I think the obvious point here is that when you are taking someones point under consideration, you need to figure out where there own morale lands.

Is it very hypocritical for Cohen to call out media and specifically breitbart when there are leftist news organizations that do the exact same thing? Yes. Is it ironic for him to act as though he is the whistleblower and white knight when he has ruined peoples lives through his TV series and movies? Yes. We should not be taking advice from Cohen. He is good at comedy, he isn't good at dictating which way the nation should be lead or any beacon of moral fairness.

If you haven't watched all of his content from the original Ali G series on HBO to his movies, the guy has hit bigotry in every form. Made fun of gays - Check. Made fun of jews and gypsies. Check. Made fun of the middle east. Check. Made fun of Africa and had a child shipped through the airport as a joke. Check.

I think the thing Teppler is asking for is consistency. If something is racist, it is racist across the board and still only subject to your opinion.

Originally Posted by Teppler (Post 3035611)

That’s not how it works Jim. Most people doing blackface weren’t trying to directly mock black people but it horrendously mocked them none the less. Sounds like you don't know any history of black face. Allow me to educate you. Watch Howard Stern and Sara Silverman do blackface and see what it's all about-

https://i.imgur.com/AgcOfwj.png

https://i.imgur.com/EnUdKHe.jpg

Now I'll show you how you are a hypocrite further with those viewpoints Jim. Imagine the shoe on the other foot.

Imagine someone not jewish doing the most offensive jewish stereotypes possible while dressing up as them. Real venomous stuff. Pushing them as controlling everything with money, pedophiles, subversive but if the main joke is on interviewer, it's all kosher? This would not fly in Hollywood. Anything remotely anti semitic gets destroyed and never sees the light of day. Try and figure out why the double standard exists and what Sasha Cohen is doing.

Originally Posted by Horza (Post 3035671)

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia has also done blackface and nobody got mad at them because they aren't hate-fueled bigots.

Originally Posted by Teppler (Post 3035342)

Do you not see how the same exact thing is done with blackface?

Use a black disguise as a vehicle to do whatever. Are you aware most people that have done black face have attempted to do it for this reason?

Do you think poor middle easterners enjoy borats portrayal of them as backwards racist non sensical trash?

Originally Posted by Teppler (Post 3035674)

We get it you love black face and how it degrades people.

Originally Posted by Teppler (Post 3035674)

We get it you love black face and how it degrades people.

Originally Posted by Jimjam (Post 3035686)

For what it's worth I think Borat was very dangerous and damaging. Even if it was fun to laugh at ignorant americans. And that just exposes me as ignorant as I bought the narrative of 'Americans are ignorant and don't know about foreign nations or cultures'.

Originally Posted by Jimjam (Post 3035686)

For what it's worth I think Borat was very dangerous and damaging. Even if it was fun to laugh at ignorant americans. And that just exposes me as ignorant as I bought the narrative of 'Americans are ignorant and don't know about foreign nations or cultures'.