Thursday, September 22, 2005
Hardy Har har!
Today is yet another episode of medical logs! yeah yeah.. On MC again.. this is getting ridiculous! And now on 2 day MC for suspected Dengue fever... If the fever doesn't go down tomorrow, I need to go for a blood test. So far exhibiting other symptoms of Dengue: aching joints, headache, diarrhea and cold among others. The only thing that hasn't appeared are the rashes.. keeping my fingers crossed that it's just my system going haywire again. Don't want to be admitted into hospital. Not only is it expensive (can you imagine? staying in hospital becos of a friggin mosquito bite!)... I have heard enough stories of what happens in hospitals in the night (for the uninitiated, I am talking about the supernatural here)
Ok ok.. moving on... was watching Russell Peters yesterday. The guy's damn good! I was laughing real hard and other half was thankful that it was only 45 mins (I wanted more). He commented that any more and it looked like I was having a fit! From what I have gathered, Russell Peters is actually Indian (or at least has some Indian ancestory in him) and probably brought up in Canada. The best part about him? He makes jokes about race!!! Yeah! but he does it with such panache that he can get away with it.
Sensitive yes? During the whole 45 min show, he was making fun of Indians, Chinese, Africans, Jamaicans, the Caucasian (I don't have his panache, so i better be diplomatically correct or risk being accused of being racially degrading to others. The SG government is watching blogs now you know...). If you are part of the audience, you are fair game of being used as material for his show. But yet, this guy is able to make people laugh on such a sensitive topic. He's able to make a mickey out of racial stereotypes and get away with it. And the way he imitates the different accents, he has it all down pat! Pure genius!
I guess he's able to do it becos he strikes the right balance. Sure, he makes fun of other races, but never to a degratory level. It's always about the mannerisms of the different communities (eg how the Chinese speak, how the Canadians and Africans act etc). And he takes the first step of making fun of his own race first (the Indian accents, Indian way of thinking). And he has a certain respect for other races when it comes to names. Sure, he made fun of how certain names sound, but he maintains that they sound "cool" or "wicked".
So yeah.. if only everyone appreciated such things and won't get so worked up about race, the world might be a better place :)
Ok ok.. moving on... was watching Russell Peters yesterday. The guy's damn good! I was laughing real hard and other half was thankful that it was only 45 mins (I wanted more). He commented that any more and it looked like I was having a fit! From what I have gathered, Russell Peters is actually Indian (or at least has some Indian ancestory in him) and probably brought up in Canada. The best part about him? He makes jokes about race!!! Yeah! but he does it with such panache that he can get away with it.
Sensitive yes? During the whole 45 min show, he was making fun of Indians, Chinese, Africans, Jamaicans, the Caucasian (I don't have his panache, so i better be diplomatically correct or risk being accused of being racially degrading to others. The SG government is watching blogs now you know...). If you are part of the audience, you are fair game of being used as material for his show. But yet, this guy is able to make people laugh on such a sensitive topic. He's able to make a mickey out of racial stereotypes and get away with it. And the way he imitates the different accents, he has it all down pat! Pure genius!
I guess he's able to do it becos he strikes the right balance. Sure, he makes fun of other races, but never to a degratory level. It's always about the mannerisms of the different communities (eg how the Chinese speak, how the Canadians and Africans act etc). And he takes the first step of making fun of his own race first (the Indian accents, Indian way of thinking). And he has a certain respect for other races when it comes to names. Sure, he made fun of how certain names sound, but he maintains that they sound "cool" or "wicked".
So yeah.. if only everyone appreciated such things and won't get so worked up about race, the world might be a better place :)
# posted by Xallista @ 10:28 PM 
