Comments on: Death to Old Stereotypes, Please

By: eyes serene

eyes serene — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:55:00 +0000

Assalamu alaikom,I watched this skit when it first aired… It was horrible. I was hopeful when it first came on. Madtv has declined steadily over the years but I’m an optimist. Yeah, it was dumber than dumb and not one bit funny because it had no basis in reality. I wondered if the writers could really be that uninformed.

By: Melinda

Melinda — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:13:00 +0000

Nadia,Thanks for the tip. I watched the video and it’s hilarious.

By: Erica

Erica — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:33:00 +0000

Parody implies they took some aspects of the reality and added a twist to make it humorous. However, simply using the name of the network as a front for stereotypes, that’s not parody.I’ve always found Al-Jazeera English to be one of my favorite news networks, although I don’t get it on my local cable and only see limited clips on YouTube and such… their range of coverage is good. I like the Everywoman segment (show?) — and that certainly does not fit in with the “My husband only allows me to say” ridiculousness.

By: nadia

nadia — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:54:00 +0000

Oh dood I thought I was the only person that remembered that sketch.That’s from ages ago, maybe 2000-ish but yeah it’s really gross. Madtv went through a really reactionary phase a while back, some of their other sketches at the time were just flat out racist.For some reason though in the last year or two they’ve had a lot of sketches critiqing racial stereotypes. search for “nice white lady” on youtube.

By: Duniya

Duniya — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:08:00 +0000

Oh I want to throw up. This stuff is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO infuriating. I have seen similar types of jokes about Iraqi television during Saddam’s time, a time when women worked side by side with men and were highly involved in Iraqi society. Comedy has an important place in society. But when it is racist for the sake of being racist, such as in this clip, then it is a form of hate speech.