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10-30-2006, 07:05 PM
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^^^ Flav gets his swagger on in a hot pink tuxedo with extremely long tails and a top hat to boot. If that's not some straight coonery....
I see what you're saying about him being a decent guy because I can appreciate the type of love he wants to give to someone, and I can dig his persona when he's laidback. That still doesn't dismiss him being who he is.
A lot of black comedians aren't seen by a widespread national audience on a weekly basis as Flav was seen on VH1 three times on Sundays and innumerable reruns through the week. They all might be cooning, but Flav showcased women calling each other b****es every week just to be on TV. It's a travesty to watch, but it's our guilty pleasure. I can still be observant and honest while indulging in my guilty pleasure. I observed that Flav looks like Sambo. Just look 4 posts up.
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10-30-2006, 07:13 PM
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I don't watch this show on a regular specifically for the fact that it is so popular based on played out stereotypes.... of Flav (i.e. sambo) and of black women (ie. loud, ready to fight, ghetto, money-hungry). Shoot, even Dave Chappelle had enough sense to realize that he'd gone past comedic effect into bafoonery. If they can pacify people with show into thinking that is just "comedy", goodness knows what is next.  And this is not only national TV, but VH1's highest rated show?!?
And yes, I won't be tuning into whatever how mess of a show is next either - except for maybe the first episode so I can see with my own eyes the travesty. lol
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10-30-2006, 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Honeykiss1974
I don't watch this show on a regular specifically for the fact that it is so popular based on played out stereotypes.... of Flav (i.e. sambo) and of black women (ie. loud, ready to fight, ghetto, money-hungry). Shoot, even Dave Chappelle had enough sense to realize that he'd gone past comedic effect into bafoonery. If they can pacify people with show into thinking that is just "comedy", goodness knows what is next. And this is not only national TV, but VH1's highest rated show?!?
And yes, I won't be tuning into whatever how mess of a show is next either - except for maybe the first episode so I can see with my own eyes the travesty. lol |
Like a car wreck...
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10-30-2006, 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Honeykiss1974
I don't watch this show on a regular specifically for the fact that it is so popular based on played out stereotypes.... of Flav (i.e. sambo) and of black women (ie. loud, ready to fight, ghetto, money-hungry). Shoot, even Dave Chappelle had enough sense to realize that he'd gone past comedic effect into bafoonery. If they can pacify people with show into thinking that is just "comedy", goodness knows what is next. And this is not only national TV, but VH1's highest rated show?!? |
I don't find Dave Chappelle funny except for his Rick James, Charlie Murphy, and Prince skits.
I think folks should create a "comedy criteria" so that comics of all races can adhere to it. It's certainly unfair to only hold black comics to the standard, even if they seem to be playing up stereotypes of black men and women. Italian mobster movies play up stereotypes too which is one reason why they're so popular, just like Flava of Love is. 
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10-30-2006, 07:33 PM
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Buckwild looks like Joey Jerimiah from Degrassi High.
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10-30-2006, 07:54 PM
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At least Nibblez doesn't look as dirty... as she usually does.
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10-30-2006, 07:57 PM
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The reunion show was TRASH!!!!!  I'm upset that:
1. They didn't show Flav meeting Deelishis's daughter Jasmine. She was a cutie pie on the previews,
2. Beatuful opened her cold sore having mouth to down Krazy and her opportunistic motives, knowing good and dayum well she was an oportunist herself. I'm still baffled that nobody on the cast knew she was an extra in "Roll Bounce" looking to get her face out there to get cast in more movies. If that ain't the pot calling the kettle black, I dunno what is.....
I wish Bootz woulda laid New York's tranny azz out on the floor. After all the BS she talked about some of the rest of the girls- especially about Deelishis's mother- and Flav's kids, she shoulda got it! Plain and simple.....
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10-30-2006, 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by jojapeach
^^^ Flav gets his swagger on in a hot pink tuxedo with extremely long tails and a top hat to boot.
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So? He's doing his thing. Does it automatically make a black person a coon or a sambo just because they are doing something against the grain or something that you deem ignorant? If so, then you're conforming to white folks' labels.
Why can't Flav just be an eccentric, old ass man who plays up some of the more outlandish parts of his personality to make that paper? He's certainly not the only one, black or white.
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10-30-2006, 08:26 PM
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[QUOTE=DSTCHAOS;1348475]So? He's doing his thing. Does it automatically make a black person a coon or a sambo just because they are doing something against the grain or something that you deem ignorant? If so, then you're conforming to white folks' labels.
Why can't Flav just be an eccentric, old ass man who plays up some of the more outlandish parts of his personality to make that paper?
He can be and he certainly is.
coon n 1: an eccentric or undignified rustic; "I'll be a gone coon when the battle starts" 2: (ethnic slur) offensive name for a Black person; "only a Black can call another Black a nigga" [syn: nigger, nigga, spade, jigaboo, nigra]
WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University
buffoon n 1: a rude or vulgar fool [syn: clown] 2: a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior [syn: clown, merry andrew]
WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University
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10-30-2006, 08:29 PM
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He can be and he certainly is.
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So as long as people take the "black" out of coon and use it to refer to people of all races who do what he does, I'm cool.
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10-30-2006, 08:36 PM
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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS
So as long as people take the "black" out of coon and use it to refer to people of all races who do what he does, I'm cool.
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I see your point here. I'll take to being enlightened by someone who doesn't see the hilarity of pre-"Chappelle Show" Dave.  Either way, Flav is Flav is a coon is a buffoon is Flav.
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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS
So? He's doing his thing. Does it automatically make a black person a coon or a sambo just because they are doing something against the grain or something that you deem ignorant? If so, then you're conforming to white folks' labels.
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I know. My nappy red twistouts are always a sign of my conforming and bending easier than a limp noodle to white folks' notions. 
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10-30-2006, 08:48 PM
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I know. My nappy red twistouts are always a sign of my conforming and bending easier than a limp noodle to white folks' notions. |
Well, honestly, some blacks would define your nappy red twistouts as an eccentric form of blackness, therefore "coonery," and see you as conforming to white folks' notions of blackness.
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10-30-2006, 08:52 PM
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Well, honestly, some blacks would define your nappy red twistouts as an eccentric form of blackness, therefore "coonery," and see you as conforming to white folks' notions of blackness. |
*standing on top of my desk* BOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
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10-30-2006, 08:41 PM
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So as long as people take the "black" out of coon and use it to refer to people of all races who do what he does, I'm cool.
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Honestly, I could care less what other people do. They don't have the same issues that we do. Jim Carey is a buffoon to the tenth power, but somehow his buffonery doesn't have the same effect. White people aren't viewed collectively as blacks are.
Unfortunately when people utilize the term "coon", they're not referring to anyone else, just black folks. Is it fair? Not really. But it is what it is.
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10-30-2006, 08:50 PM
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But it is what it is.
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No such thing.
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