This x100000
Is anyone curating a list of Resetera canceled celebrities? I guess we're adding Sarah Silverman to the list, but it would be good to know who not to like so I don't inadvertently get banned.
So you're allowed to change but they're not?Yeah I thought tropic thunder was hilarious and the lethal weapon episodes of "its always sunny" too. That's on me, I have changed a lot since then. It was pretty ignorant and uninformed of me. But then again, you don't choose what makes you laugh. I guess over time I got more and more context and it became less and less funny and more cringey/racist.
The Right will screech "persecution" no matter what. Like, literally any scenario or arrangement of events.
On one hand I don't want to cancel her. On the other I stopped caring for her once I realized her schtick was " I say horrible things but people still pay attention because I am little and cute and they can't picture me saying these horrible things".
Yeah I thought tropic thunder was hilarious and the lethal weapon episodes of "its always sunny" too. That's on me, I have changed a lot since then. It was pretty ignorant and uninformed of me. But then again, you don't choose what makes you laugh. I guess over time I got more and more context and it became less and less funny and more cringey/racist.
I'm ok with canceling Sarah Silverman over this shit. If we don't hold ourselves to high standards the Right will be have more credence when they screech "persecution"
I took it as her saying that this person was more low-key and didnt scramble for the biggest roles but thanks to her screw up that person got a chance to make a name for themselvesWhy did she say"...but who's never stuck her neck out." I don't understand how she can own up, but say it like she did something brave? Or maybe I am missing tone, and she isn't saying "stuck neck out" like a positive thing?
psssstYeah I thought tropic thunder was hilarious and the lethal weapon episodes of "its always sunny" too. That's on me, I have changed a lot since then. It was pretty ignorant and uninformed of me. But then again, you don't choose what makes you laugh. I guess over time I got more and more context and it became less and less funny and more cringey/racist.
I still listen to Gwar and watch Troma films, I have no right to judge beyond my personal tastes.At least you admit it's about whether you like a person's work or not and not about what they actually did. Most people just hide behind self righteousness.
This. There is no way to win with those shitheels. There is no sense in worrying what they think about anything. Just ignore them. Their opinion doesn't matter.Choose your adventure!
You: "I'm cancelling Sarah Silverman over this!"
The Right: "Wow, cancelling someone over a mistake she's already owned up to and apologized for. Embarassing!"
You: "She's learned her lesson, I won't cancel her over this."
The Right: "So now it's OK for someone to do blackface as long as they say sorry afterwards? Embarassing!"
I mean, she seems genuinely sorry for it.
But it's also completely fine for her to be fired because of it.
Yeah, it's been established anything we do the right is just going to find a way to turn it around on us so it doesn't matter what they say.
Even though she's stepping away from it rightfully, I do want to say the sketch:
a) Doesn't do the blackface in a way that portrays it as a positive thing to do. It heavily condemns it in fact.
b) Does not use it to make fun of black people features.
c) Uses the black face as a good critique of racism in America.
d) Is her acting as a character who is doing the blackface. (same thing as RDJ in Tropic Thunder)
The point of the sketch is basically that regardless of which minority you are in America, it's extremely bad for everyone, and that it's a bit silly when some minorities play the "well I'm X so it's worse for me than it is you because you're Y" rather than working together which is what they should be doing rather than trying to inter-compete.
Like legit, the sketch does more with blackface for a "good" purpose than Robert Downey Jr. does in Tropic Thunder with it or any of IASIP's use of it and yet I don't see either of those uses getting canceled. Really weird how the instant it's a minority woman people start getting the pitchforks. :/
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Like blackface is obviously not a very good thing to do, but I think we can also use our brains and have some nuance when it involves actors playing characters who are the ones doing the blackface for an ulterior story/point. Just like when actors play characters that are racist/bigoted, that doesn't mean the actor themselves are terrible people. And there's definitely a difference between what her sketch & what RDJ in Tropic Thunder was doing and what the play people doing blackface back in the heydey were doing in regards to race.
Hell, I've seen the latter happen here. It's not just the right.Choose your adventure!
You: "I'm cancelling Sarah Silverman over this!"
The Right: "Wow, cancelling someone over a mistake she's already owned up to and apologized for. Embarassing!"
You: "She's learned her lesson, I won't cancel her over this."
The Right: "So now it's OK for someone to do blackface as long as they say sorry afterwards? Embarassing!"
Ah, I see you've never visited twitter.com before.
Seeing the i never liked her bullshit in here because of reasons, sure is something.
Source: https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/12/entertainment/sarah-silverman-blackface-scli-intl/index.html
I never liked Sarah Silverman because of her racist edge lord humor. But it's good to see she's owning up to it.
Lock if old.
I find it funny that multiple people have said this thing that plenty of leftists have talked about for years now doesn't exist. Some top tier gaslighting going on here.
Your total lack of self aware is beautiful.Saw this coming a mile off
People don't choose what they find funny
Comedians with their own shows DO choose what jokes they tell and which sketches the run
I feel part of moving on from egregious past mistakes is understanding that at some level, for some people, you're never going to have their respect/forgiveness. You don't go and do a fucking interview about and say some shit like "stuck my neck out" like you were brave enough as a white woman to do blackface. FOH.Considering it's in an article and becoming a thing, I imagine that casting director is feeling pretty justified right now. Until someone figures out which film it is.
we should cancel her so that we can complain more about Era hive mind and cancel culture""I don't stand by the blackface sketch," she told GQ last year. "I'm horrified by it, and I can't erase it. I can only be changed by it and move on."
Seems like she's not super into that sketch anymore so why `cancel` her?
Lol, you say it was wrong then make an excuse about not choosing what you find funny. Did you intend to make this ironic?
If we holding every comedian accountable for the things they said and do on a sketch or stand up, then we may as well stop listening to and watching comedy.
Are you telling me that you make a conscious decision every time you chuckle?
Are you telling me that people with their own comedy shows aren't making a decision To do a blackface sketch?
You're not going to get banned for that. Like, I just saw Lethal Weapon. It was cool. Mel Gibson n' all that.
*looks around, see - I'm okay*
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What do people think of the James Gunn comparisons being made? I'm interested to see how people feel they're similar or different.
What? Your sense of humor is not out of your control. If you find something funny and also morally objectionable you can do some self-reflection about why that is and how your own biases play into that.Saw this coming a mile off
People don't choose what they find funny
Comedians with their own shows DO choose what jokes they tell and which sketches the run
They choose those jokes and sketches based on what they find funny.. which they can't control according to you, and is absolvable.Saw this coming a mile off
People don't choose what they find funny
Comedians with their own shows DO choose what jokes they tell and which sketches the run
Your total lack of self aware is beautiful.
You found these sketches to be funny but are now trying to cancel those people because you couldn't control yourself. Nice.
Tropic Thunder walked a VERY fine line with blackface. At all times RDJ's character was the one being mocked. The humor was never "ha, ha, look at that goofly black guy". The humor was always "that white guy is a fucking idiot"