--- In [email protected], "bordercollieaustralianshepherd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Besides a lot of people finding the video offensive, uncomfortable, demeaning, hurtful > etc.., very little (at best as I have been able to follow the thread) in the way of constructive > criticism. > > grabbing the bridge collapse to try to make my point. It took a catastrophe to raise > awareness of the problem.... > > Besides a better written skit with a clear message or stated purpose, What could/should > have been done differently and still generated the kind of conversation this video sparked? >
I've been thinking about this. It's been pointed out in this thread, if you really read into this video, there could be many interpretations, it could be a caricature of pop culture that is harmful to the black community, for example. But the problem is, his set-up doesn't allow for multiple interpretations. He spells it out in the intro that this is a caricature of "black tech bloggers". If he was the provocateur that he thinks he is, he would have left it open by not telling us, "this character I'm doing is supposed to be black." Then he could have at least pulled something like the Eminem defense: why are you upset about a white guy saying these misogynist demeaning things in your tech community? Aren't you aware of (or do you just not care about) pop culture in the black community? Oh wait, I bet that's coming later this week when we all get punk'd. P.S. Anybody remember when zefrank talked like a thug and said the word "ho" twice? He was smart enough not to preface it with, "Hmm, I wonder what it would be like if a black guy had a vlog..." http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/archives/2006/04/040406.html
