The Glossed Over Irony of "Dear White People"

13  2017-04-14 by ANTVGM64

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I'm confused

That's a why you posted the link.

You can stop pretending my (((friend)))

If the show is about black insividualism, then why is anoter race in the title?

If the movie is about Ben Stiller, why's it called There's Something About MARY?

I think we're onto something here.

That film weren't about Ben Miller, that guy just acted in it.

This is a very good post. I would give gold, but I don't want to fund the tennis loving freemason shills behind reddit.

I can't blame you. Reddit is for fags anyway

Now that Roscar Obertson's triple double record has fallen, what's the next major sports record to be beaten?

Walt Chamberlin's 100 points? John DiMaggio's hitting streak? Bernie Sanders' rushing record? Probably Saul Young's win career wins, tbh

I legit laughed out loud @ the Bernie Sanders one.

Because Black people define themselves on how White people view them.

Every day I curse Yakub for creating white people.

If only Moses had finished them off with that dynamite.

That’s not to say white folks shouldn’t watch the show. Quite the opposite. I am of the mind it’s important to ‘get’ that which is foreign to you.

I think it makes sense to 'get' the arguments behind the show, but not to spend hours watching some shitty TV just to say that you understand something. I don't watch Glee or... I don't know what people watch these days, Dancing with the Stars? Anyway, shit TV is shit TV. Who cares?

How do you know it's Shit TV. It's not even on yet?

I saw the trailer and decided based on that. If it's widely recommended by people I trust, I guess I will give it a shot. And maybe it's one of those cases where the trailer does a horrible job of promoting the show.

But I think it's quite likely to meet my definition of 'shit'.

I am of the mind it’s important to ‘get’ that which is foreign to you.

That's why I listen to gangster rap.

Oh man that hits way too close to home.

shitting on Glee.

Damn, you would have been super cool in 2008.

Wait til you hear my controversial opinions on Justin Bieber.

I'm embarrassed to be white when other white people act like triggered faggots over a tv show name.

RIGHT?!

I write for that website you see posted above there because I think it's better to try and reach out to people like you and help explain the situation, and I get a lot of racist shit in return. I'm like, you are NOT helping.

Blarg

Are you Paul Meekin, reformed liberal?

Still a Liberal but a little more open-minded than I once was.

Blarg

Stop writing, cut off your hands and pull out your tongue

I don't think I can pull out my tongue with the bloody stumps my hands used to be.

Can I go tongue than hands?

GOOD point

You can keep your tongue but you gotta lose the eyes

I'm not white and I don't think you should be embarrassed. A title like that is INTENDED to trigger people. It's how the show is getting it's word out. I mean, it's doing exactly what it's supposed to.

The whole point is that stupid white people will get triggered for a title that is used ironically. It's great. It's working exactly like how Trump won the election!

I mean, mayocide nao!

If you're not white why should I care about your opinion?

Because I was speaking ironically. Obviously you should kys.

You use the word irony a lot for someone who doesn't know what it means

Actually I was using it wrong intentionally the second time to see if I could trigger the white grammar Nazi in you. It worked!

Mayocide Nao!

Fuck you must be Asian

Lol, your racism is showing. Check yo privilege!

Nah, I can see why you'd think that, what with the "Nao" being super close to "Mao" and all that. But what you have to keep in mind is that lots of spastic white forever-kids intentionally misspell shit under the misguided belief that being dumb means being cool.

Actually I said it because only an Asian can trick a white that's just science

But white people can also trick white people, like now when this white dude tricked you into thinking he was Asian.

Checkmate.

I'm Jewish. I was never fooled.

This but un-ironically

Wut

It was total jibberish. My original post was random and didn't make any sense. I was just posting random drama memes for points. When he got triggered and responded to it, I thought it was hilarious and decided to post more random memes.

Just so we're on the same page, drama constantly posts

Mayocide

Kys

Reason Trump won

Although, I'm pretty sure this actual explanation is going to get me down voted to oblivion. I'm OK with that, bring it bitches.

Ehh, it was clearly a marketing ploy, the name. I'm more disappointed that people didn't see past that fact, and just fed more into our outrage culture.

Sam is a militant radio host who takes to the college airwaves daily to rant and rave and shout about what white people do wrong. In essence, she’s Rush Limbaugh.

What?

What Sam does on her show is basically was Limbaugh does. She has good points but it's lost in rage and vitriol and condescension, ultimately limiting her point and her audience to only people who already agree with her.

Limbaugh has good points

This Rush Limbaugh?

People who get their opinions from comedians are even dumber than people who listen to talk radio. Also Bill Hicks wasn't funny.

Nnononono! You don't understand! He was purposefully unfunny, not because he was an edgelord hack, but because he wanted to challenge himself and then win the audience back, very brave and funny

Bill Hicks wasn't funny.

Well, he never claimed he was.

Only a white person would think that's a good defense

Some of his bits were actually pretty hilarious. The Gulf War stuff...

"Oh, Bill. I wish your grandmother was alive to hear that new pussy eating bit in your act. When your glasses go all sideways, she would have lived that.

A lot of people fail to realize that "Dear White People" is the name of an in universe radio show. The movie isn't a letter to white people.

lol you expect the typical /r/drama poster to have knowledge of context or understand satire.

Man, it's mid-April. Half the posters in here are new users who are only able to post because their teachers have given up on them and if they're being shitty on the internet they can't be fucking up the classroom.

I would point out having written the article I am aware of the show within the show :)

Paul Meekin is a writer, editor, and critic of all things media. He'd prefer the government stay out of his wallet and out of his entertainment. He can be reached at @MeekinOnMovies for bookings and inquiries.

what is it with people whomst call themselves "libertarians" now and being perpetually outraged on behalf of the "traditional" side in culture-war bullshit? like where does that come from?

I don't think I was communicating outrage, but Libertarians primarily come from conservative ideologies that think racism is 'over' and stuff like this show is just collectivist dreck. Which it's not.

Oh, I didn't read your article, I just assumed its content based on where it was submitted. Why the fuck did you submit it here, do you think this is the subreddit for, like, dramatic productions?

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