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Originally Posted by taco.vidal
Do you guys think Brocket is acceptable because its a parody or is it blatantly racists and unacceptable?
I had listened to it as a kid and thought it was funny at the time. I new some natives who listened to it back then and they thought it was funny as well. I remember them making comments to the point of "Its funny because its true." Today, my opinion is that its borderline, if not completely unacceptable.
If this was a parody tape based on stereotypes of black people living in community housing in Toronto, I suspect everyone would be up in arms about how its racist and unacceptable.
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Ya to say it is boderline is being fairly Liberal. The "outrage" society that we are currently in would ahve a field day with this. As far as mainstream media goes it is totaly unaaceptable and even would've been 25 years ago when I first got my hands on a copy. The parody aspects and the pure comedic content however is brilliant. As a fan of (stand up)comedy there is very little that I would consider to be off limits, and I find pure observational comedy (which Brocket 99 would be considered IMO) to be the most entertaining. Living in Lethbridge and having worked in retail for 10 years the streotypes addressed are someting we've all witnessed. Yes many people would say it is offensive or rascist, and it is, but true comedy will always offend someone or some group.
I guess if you consider "Modern Family" as comedy then Brockett 99 is not for you.