Absurdity is the only word that even begins to describes this crap: Latino critics are claiming that Star Wars Episode 2 has major racial stereotyping. They claim that the clone army, modeled on bounty hunter Jango Fett (who apparently appears to be Latino), toys with American paranoia about Mexican immigration with its cloned army of swarthy lookalikes who march in lockstep by the tens of thousands. That is one of the craziest things I’ve ever heard! For one thing, the actor that plays Jango Fett is from New Zealand! It’s quite amusing though when you realize that the planet that they are made on is called Kamino… They also claim that his kid, the soon to be Boba Fett, appears to be even more Latino. The great part is that some Arab association claims that Boba Fett appears to be Arab, and that him calling his father Baba (which apparently means “Father” in Arab) is stereotyping Arabs as some kind of evil clone army. So, what we have is two different ethnicities that both want to claim racial stereotypes on the same character, does it get any better than this? And I can just hear the complaints if the movie didn’t include some racial diversity: “Our whiny, never satisfied minority is underrepresented in your stupid movie!” No matter what you do you can’t win with some people. Obviously this is a build off of the whole Jar Jar Binks Rastafarian stereotype. While we’re at it, I can come up with a few of my own: You know those Trade-Federation guys, they sure seem to have some Asian-Oriental undertones; and Darth Vader, he stereotypes people with asthma as being bad; and Anakin being played by Hayden Christiensen, he characterizes whites as whiny, bratty teenagers; and the term “Dark Side,” it associates the color black with evil things. Barf.
Bad News
This is very sad.
LEGACY POST: Scott’s Take
This is one of the most absurd, yet funny, things that I’ve ever read in a newspaper. That freak, Doug Peake (a teacher at Paloma Valley High School, the school I went to), somehow plays off his inability to teach by goofing off all the time and calling it learning. I mean, learning should be fun yes, but this freak is a screw off, and gets away with it! I was in his Spanish III class and it was a freakin’ joke; I learned NOTHING! Just look at his picture, this guy is weird! His main focus the year that I was in his class was to get the inside of his room painted with clouds on the ceilings and a picture of his motorcycle on the wall. He was always too busy buying and selling stuff on eBay to even do anything for us in class. What a load of crap. Ha, and John Gray having a quote in his support is not saying much, that guy is a goof off too. I mean, who would trust a male flute player anyway?
Good Stuff
Overweight Man Receives ‘Lose Weight Fast’ Spam E-Mail Featuring His Picture
HOUSTON – Jim Funderburke, a 240-pound accountant, was surprised to find a photo of himself in a spam e-mail for a weight-loss product Monday. “That’s the last time I post vacation pictures on my web site,” said Funderburke, 38, gazing at an unflattering image of himself in a bathing suit. “I’d like to be able to check my messages without seeing myself used as the online embodiment of obesity and overindulgence.” Funderburke also expressed a wish to water his lawn without neighborhood teenagers calling him “Before Dude.” -The Onion