Read a book, n*gga!

Black culture in the US is very... complicated.


I blame those who think that 'politically correct' does anything other than aggravate issues even more.
 
That was the funniest shit I've seen in a while. I particularly like the ass shaking with the word "book" across the buttcheeks.... Classic.
 
First I'd like to say, What the fuck.... then I would like to say with great enthusiasm LoL.
 
I dunno, didn't find it particularly clever or humorous.

If it was trying to be a parody of a stereotypical hip-hop music video, it did a fine job I suppose. Not sure how exactly it's supposed to actually convey any message other than "look at me, I'm being controversial!" though.
 
Ahhh, satire done right. It pains me that so many otherwise (arguably) intelligent people have trained themselves to take things like this as straightforward, one-layered, one-note humor. The comment page on YouTube was as funny as the video itself.

Two thumbs up.
 
I am not very familiar with the subject manner, but the video appeared repetitive and uninteresting to me. Have intelligent people been conditioned by ze evil Yanki pop kultur to see this as good satire? I don't care about the PC issues, but it is just not that funny.
 
quietfanatic said:
I am not very familiar with the subject manner, but the video appeared repetitive and uninteresting to me. Have intelligent people been conditioned by ze evil Yanki pop kultur to see this as good satire? I don't care about the PC issues, but it is just not that funny.
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The whole point is that the song was meant to be racist and at the same time express a very simple point (read books, drink water, buy land); which makes it funny. Black people making fun of black people.
 
DarkLegacy said:
The whole point is that the song was meant to be racist
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I think that this song was directed to certain "people", i.e. gangstas, chavs, etc. that find such way of communication natural.

I don't know why, but it makes me want to go outside and beat some people to death with a rusty shovel.
 
Several additional messages/points, including the parenting and hygiene stuff.

Ye olde "Don't worry, I'm [insert minority group]." It seems like it is not aimed at certain hypothetical people in da ghetto, but more at middle-class consumers. The creator laughing at the audience laughing at a distorted stereotype? Silly novelty, as the same piece created by a white person should stand on its own merits if it is well written. This video could have been much better, but as it is, I don't find it particularly amusing.

To my surprise I found the SNL 'Dick in a Box' video very funny. The humour appears to stem firstly from the absurd nature of the lyric contrasting with the musical style, good delivery, and nice touches.
 
quietfanatic said:
I am not very familiar with the subject manner, but the video appeared repetitive and uninteresting to me. Have intelligent people been conditioned by ze evil Yanki pop kultur to see this as good satire? I don't care about the PC issues, but it is just not that funny.
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Race and class politics in America are... complicated. Moreso than I think can be gleaned from YouTubing the occasional CNN report or watching Rush Hour 2. Take it from someone living with this stuff every day- this works. On a lot of levels.

The most amusing part, to me, is that the creator, a rather intelligent young black man himself, has intentionally chosen such a low-brow delivery vehicle for such simple self-evident advice. The meta-message, to those who should get it (which, as an added and, I'm fairly certain, intentional layer of irony, excludes about 99% of the purported target audience were this to be a straightforward PSA), is that "if you're the kind of person who needs me to be telling you this shit, this is about the only way I'm going to be able to get through to you."

Want something to stick with the blinged-out youth of urban America? Lowest common denominator for teh win. Q.E.D.

(I suppose the fact that I'm here explaining it makes it LESS funny still, but there's my two and a half bits.)
 
quietfanatic said:
I am not very familiar with the subject manner, but the video appeared repetitive and uninteresting to me.
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It was designed to be similar to a lot of the rap club songs that are popular in the us and most of them are repetitive/uninteresting but with a strong agressive tone.
 
*and the ever more excessively oversexed and materialistic "guns, bitches, and bling" scene and mentality generally tied in with such music and videos.
 
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