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moe.ron

12-28-2008 06:57 AM

Republican's Gift Held Racial Parody of Obama

Quote:

Chip Saltsman, a candidate for chairman of the Republican National Committee, sent committee members this month a holiday music CD that included "Barack the Magic Negro," a parody song first aired in 2007 by talk show host Rush Limbaugh.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...l?hpid=topnews

deepimpact2

12-28-2008 10:43 AM

lol

Kevin

12-28-2008 11:52 AM

It's kind of funny if you know what a magical negro actually is... but this song has been around for months.

Where it loses me is that it was written for Rush Limbaugh's audience, so the punchline (i.e., what was intended to be funny) probably had more to do with Obama's race than any sort of common movie archetype.

Thetagirl218

12-28-2008 04:17 PM

I hope he doesn't get the chair position...

deepimpact2

12-28-2008 05:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevin (Post 1758980)

Where it loses me is that it was written for Rush Limbaugh's audience, so the punchline (i.e., what was intended to be funny) probably had more to do with Obama's race than any sort of common movie archetype.

Of course. I thought that from the beginning. I think most people did..even if they knew about the "magical negro." So why does that lose you?

Kevin

12-28-2008 05:15 PM

My bad... I guess you can't read my mind.

I was talking about the humor value of the song. On one level, it could be funny because it's making fun of an L.A. Times Op-Ed piece, has to do with a literary/film archetype, etc. While that's all good and true, most of the intended audience probably thought the song was funny for less valid reasons (e.g., racism).

deepimpact2

12-28-2008 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevin (Post 1759041)

My bad... I guess you can't read my mind.

I was talking about the humor value of the song. On one level, it could be funny because it's making fun of an L.A. Times Op-Ed piece, has to do with a literary/film archetype, etc. While that's all good and true, most of the intended audience probably thought the song was funny for less valid reasons (e.g., racism).

Most definitely.

That was a good Op-Ed piece by the way.

I just find the whole thing with the CD hilarious.

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