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It's no contest (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by [M] to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] 292 points 1 year ago (5 children)

big bang theory is about what dumb people think smart people are like.

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  • [–] 42 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    bbt is blackface

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Not true. Blackface can be funny.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    This is a charged topic that needs grace and nuance to do right. When blackface is done with the input, support and consent of the black community, it can re-open discussions about how black identities continue to be co-opted by white media.

    Tropic Thunder is a great example of blackface as social commentary.

    Sarah Silverman did it, too, as...I think a statement on stereotypes? There were levels there but I don't think they were intentional.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Tropic Thunder had input, support, and consent of the black community?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    I don't believe it was, no. I said what I think should be done, not necessarily how things have been done.

    I still think Tropic Thunder did it well, since it's not making fun of black people, it's making fun of how out of touch white people can be. I'm basing that off what Brandon T Jackson and other black performers have said about it in the years following its release.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I wouldn't say dumb people. It's a caricature, much like Dennis the Menace is a caricature of small children in a quiet, suburban neighborhood. Only Big Bang Theory wasn't based on an existing comic. So more like Friends being an unrealistic caricature of a late-20's/early-30's group of people living n NYC.

    Entertainment doesn't always have to be authentic.

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  • [+] -28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Big bang theory is about nerds.

    Also, BBT stayed entertaining for the most part throughout the 8 or so seasons it was on. IT started great and then dropped to "meh".

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