This happens like four times to Andy over the course of the show. It's wild. I guess The Hangover made Helms into such a star that they couldn't write him out.they literally threw his character in the trash after he got back from Florida and I still don't understand it.
They are hopeless.Would it help the mods if somebody posted the clip for context? The joke is that Michael is an oblivious racist moron, not the impression itself
That's a ridiculous ban. OP is right, Michael is an offensive, bad person and highlighting that via the reactions of other characters is the core pillar of the show's humor. It's not downplaying racism. If you lack the intelligence to discern between bad thing and thing that look like bad thing, you probably shouldn't be a moderator.
Bans are done by more than one mod. We need to know which ones thought that was downplaying racism and give an explanation of how they reached that conclusion.
That has changed as of todayBans are done by more than one mod. We need to know which ones thought that was downplaying racism and give an explanation of how they reached that conclusion.
To facilitate this effort, we are also cutting some red tape and giving moderators who have a personal understanding and perspective of the issues at stake more latitude to moderate threads of a sensitive nature.
this is getting awfully off-topic, but we definitely don't need the former. as cool as accountability would be, privacy is way more important. longer ban explanations would be cool though.Bans are done by more than one mod. We need to know which ones thought that was downplaying racism and give an explanation of how they reached that conclusion.
100%, every time someone posts or has a thread where they say Jim is bad for kissing Pam or saying he has feeling for her I have to do a major eye roll.It would be an issue if Jim and Roy were best friends but they don't even like each other. Besides, no one stays engaged that long in a healthy relationship. The show goes out of its way to show that Pam and Roy aren't meant to be together.
I dunno, this one is pretty egregious that I think we're expecting a GoT "shame" moment to surface.Instead of derailing the thread over the ban, just report it and explain why you think it's an error.
Are reports anonymous? I don't think I'm brave enough to do that otherwise.Instead of derailing the thread over the ban, just report it and explain why you think it's an error.
Are reports anonymous? I don't think I'm brave enough to do that otherwise.
With how easily you apparently get banned on here (like OP), I wouldn't want to have the spotlight on me lolKind of silly unless you're abusive or actually defending racism in your report. Just saying "I think you made a mistake and here's why..." would be fine. It happens from time to time. Don't forget that at least one person probably reported the post which is how it ended up in front of mods in the first place.
Maybe in the later seasons
Kind of silly unless you're abusive or actually defending racism in your report. Just saying "I think you made a mistake and here's why..." would be fine. It happens from time to time. Don't forget that at least one person probably reported the post which is how it ended up in front of mods in the first place.
Michael is a cartoon in the diversity day episode. By season 2 most are well on their way to full cartoon. Dwight is an especially early cartoon. Taking away healthcare for the sake of the company is pretty funny in it's cartoonishness.
Kind of silly unless you're abusive or actually defending racism in your report. Just saying "I think you made a mistake and here's why..." would be fine. It happens from time to time. Don't forget that at least one person probably reported the post which is how it ended up in front of mods in the first place.
If they actually read the OP and decided that defended racism, I don't have hopes in their ability to understand their own mistake.
I guess I meant how flanderized/overblown characters' personalities become later in the show. Like Kevin and Stanley become cartoonish parodies of themselves. The earlier seasons are way more down to Earth in comparisonMichael is a cartoon in the diversity day episode. By season 2 most are well on their way to full cartoon. Dwight is an especially early cartoon. Taking away healthcare for the sake of the company is pretty funny in it's cartoonishness.
I dunno, I thought Robert Downey Jr.'s blackface character in tropic thunder was funny, and not because of the blackface itself. Again, context is very important.Fuck people defending this ugly humor. None of you would be saying the same thing if the character had done blackface or some kind of minstrel shown nonsense. Seems to me like some of y'all only don't find it a big deal because he's making fun of Asians.
Fuck people defending this ugly humor. None of you would be saying the same thing if the character had done blackface or some kind of minstrel shown nonsense. Seems to me like some of y'all only don't find it a big deal because he's making fun of Asians.
When the joke is on the person doing it, yes they would. I mean, you're literally describing Tropic Thunder, which everyone was okay with because the joke was on RDJ's character.Fuck people defending this ugly humor. None of you would be saying the same thing if the character had done blackface or some kind of minstrel shown nonsense. Seems to me like some of y'all only don't find it a big deal because he's making fun of Asians.
When the joke is on the person doing it, yes they would. I mean, you're literally describing Tropic Thunder, which everyone was okay with because the joke was on RDJ's character.
OP knows it's offensive, they even say so. We're literally talking about the most watched show on Netflix here...Fuck people defending this ugly humor. None of you would be saying the same thing if the character had done blackface or some kind of minstrel shown nonsense. Seems to me like some of y'all only don't find it a big deal because he's making fun of Asians.
Maybe don't describe such a horrible scene as "golden" while displaying your white privilege to not give a fuck all in one post? Saying that it's OK because it's just a character and they're making him out to be a terrible person doesn't change a damn thing when they are trying to get laughs from the audience.
OP knows it's offensive, they even say so. We're literally talking about the most watched show on Netflix here...
But I think the "laughs" are coming from the fact that Michael has the awareness and cultural sensitivity of a middle schooler. The scene is putting Michael's idiocy on display, which is funny.Saying that it's OK because it's just a character and they're making him out to be a terrible person doesn't change a damn thing when they are trying to get laughs from the audience.
Fuck people defending this ugly humor. None of you would be saying the same thing if the character had done blackface or some kind of minstrel shown nonsense. Seems to me like some of y'all only don't find it a big deal because he's making fun of Asians.
Maybe don't describe such a horrible scene as "golden" while displaying your white privilege to not give a fuck all in one post? Saying that it's OK because it's just a character and they're making him out to be a terrible person doesn't change a damn thing when they are trying to get laughs from the audience.