'What is a Gronk?': 11 User-Generated Highlights From the Blackface War of '09
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10. THE PACIFISTS
· From Jess
Posted 07 Oct 2009, 5:01 PM
So Australia and America aren't friends anymore? such a sickening hatefest going on here. The whole "but you did this" and "you guys did that" however many years ago is ridiculous and this is why the world can't move forward past anything.
"Australians are racist!" - Not any of the Australians I know, "Americans are racist!" - Not any of the Americans I know.
These guys were impersonating the Jackson Five because they are a famous musical group, not because they are black, just the same as if someone puts on huge sideburns and glittery suits to impersonate Elvis. I don't believe they were being racist any more than I believe Harry Connick was implying we are racist nation.
Grow up the lot of you.
· From Jay
Posted 07 Oct 2009, 6:49 PM
Just chalk it down to a cultural misunderstanding. We just love to take the piss out of each other and not take it to heart, it's just one of the ways we use humour to facilitate understanding between each of our cultures.
· From anon
Posted 08 Oct 2009, 4:31 AM
Does all this really matter? There are far more important things to worry about, tsunamis,earthquakes,floods, the war...etc Lets remain focused!
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11. THE BOTTOM LINE
· From Mikey
Posted 07 Oct 2009, 11:19 AM
Oh, this is wicked fun.
· From porkypine
Posted 07 Oct 2009, 12:00 PM
This controversy is silly. Fact is, their whole act was crap. Fuck 'em.
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well, pretty fucking funny that the netflix add that just popped up here was for Robert Downey Jr. in the Soloist...I looked really hard, but I couldn't tell if he was in blackface or not.
you are a gronk ben
Not even one mention of this throughout the entire debate? Sad face.
Can we Aussies get an apology for James Coburn's atrocious accent in The Great Escape, and also please apologize (a 'zee' just for you Yanks) for the cultural insensitive and derogatory "Bart vs. Australia" episode of The Simpsons. Thank you.
THEY KILLED MY FALLON VIDEO!! BOYCOTT YOUTUBE!!!!
For you Aussies, here is the video which google corp. deleted>
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/2806f00006/jimmy-fallon-emmys-fall-conspiracy-theory
Here is my replacement vid>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Shl5F0LP42g
I'm not spamming, I'm just pissed.
BOYCOTT THE JACKSON JIVE!!
Blackface/Off. Going out with the pitch tomorrow. Is Paul Hogan available to play "Al Jorgonson, Internet Commenter"?
Dang. I guess the COTW slots are filled now.
THAT SHIT WAS RACIST TO ME BECAUSE THE SHIT WAS NOT EVEN FUNNY..AND YOU KNOW THE HOST HAD A VHAND IN IT ALSO BECAUSE HE TRYED TO BE FUNNY BY SHOWING A CLIP OF THEM DOING THE ROUTINE IN THE PAST WITH THE MJ FRONT MAN WITH BLACK FACE ALSO...THEY KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING YOU CANT BE IUGNORANT WHEN YOU'VE BEEN A PHYSICIAN
IUGNORANT, lolz. Isn't it ironic, don't you think?
I feel like I've arrived. I've gone from commenting on the news to being the news.
Thanks Movieline.
You are a gronk, me.
I COMPULETLY AGREE! WHAT'S UP WITH THAT SHIT?? IT MAKES ME WANT TO SHOUT EVERTHUNG I RITE!!!
I think I'm going to go watch Bamboozled now.
Clearly, we need Crocodile Dundee to settle this once and for all.
You are all too funny, a people grouped as a whole labled as a specific way of thinking. What's that called again? The skit funny or not, the guys involved funny or not, got up infront of a group of people, global and studio audiance and wanted to entertain. You didn't like it? Well write to your local member of government and complain. If you enjoyed it. Hey Hey will be back at some stage because there was so much reaction to there last show that they MUST come back. I am affraid we have been all taken by a marketing stratagy. Now they are a global brand. Thanks guys another 28 fuckin years of Hey Hey it's fuckin Saturday! Cheers, Saturday night will never be the same again.