Winners

A collage video based on Shirley Q. Liquor's hilarious audio short WINNERS, from the Cocktail Party CD.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• shirleyqliquor
• shirley
• q.
• liquor
• comedy
• chuck
• knipp
• funny
• skit
• routine
• winners
• price
• is
• right
• cocktail
• party

[citysqwirl]

I don't find Shirley Q. funny because I disrespect her, or because I wish to mock her race or class. I find her hilarious because I LIKE her. I'd like nothing better than to hang out with her, watch Price Is Right, smoke a bunch of cigarettes, and laugh and laugh as we pretend to be Bob Barker and Johnny Olson. How is that racist?

[urbaandiultra]

There is a negative racist history behind "white" people putting on "black" faces AND portraying negative stereotypes of African American people and this is why African Americans find these performances offensive. Throughout American history, one of the methods used to perpetuate a society entrenched in racism and inequality was to stereotype African Americans and essentially "de-humanize" them through the use of "minstrel shows".

[citysqwirl]

All good points. I choose to believe, however, that a straight man making interesting, funny, pointed observations while in the guise of a stereotypical gay man would still be funny to me. In fact, I find Eddie Murphy's early gay comedy in his routines "Comedian" and "Delirious" quite hilarious . . . mainly because he's not wrong.

[urbaandiultra]

Historically, African Americans were portrayed in minstrel shows (beginning during the early 1800's) in which "white" people put burnt cork on their faces and skin to make them black and then performed skits about African American slaves. These skits were overtly racist and depicted slaves as lazy (even though they were forced to work all day, every day), stupid (even though they were not allowed to learn to read or go to school)

[citysqwirl]

Humorous observations should not be banned from one race or sexuality commenting on another race's or sexuality's stereotypes . . . how limited the world would be if we could only comment on ourselves.

[urbaandiultra]

and also compared African Americans to animals. The racism and stereotypes portrayed in minstrel shows de-humanized African Americans and in the case of American history, the de-humanization of African Americans was the impetus to the establishment of slavery, "lynchings" and "Jim Crow" laws (Please "google" these terms if you are not familiar with them), etc.

[citysqwirl]

I am familiar with those terms and the awful history of the way African-American people have been treated in America. I cannot see Shirley as a belittlement of that history . . . as a character, she is funny, smart, and fully relatable as a person. Her attitude toward life is actually uplifting and cheerful as she deals with life's big and small difficulties.

[georgeNconrad]

black, white, racist or not, it's funny. I wants me a lemon wedge!

[keeteez]

It's just plain funny. African Americans, stop taking yourselves so fucking seriously. Shirley is not trying to offend. Jesus, grow a sense of humor! Oh, and by the way....I am African-American. Life is too short to be pissed off at white people every hour of the day. None of us were slaves or know anyone who was a slave. So get over yourselves.

[theknightswhosay]

That Hell Date show is much more racist.

[NastyBadBird]

It's just politics. Some people need something to scream about, and nothing will ever satisfy them. Other people can find the humor in it.

The guy who does this means no harm, it's just funny. It's just a parody of black ladies from the South, but there are always going to be people looking for a political slant to it to make themselves seem more important. Good for you for finding the humor in it, because other people refuse to.

[wordonthestreet]

Seriously, I'm black and I think this is hilarious. People need to stop taking themselves so seriously. If you're not offended by the crap BET puts on which is supposed to represent what black people like and represent black people then you damn sure can't be offended by this.

[slapshotz20]

I loves me some Shirley Q.

[swiftyfish]

holy fuck! that run-on sentence made my head hurt.

[f8dagrate]

dis is funny but chuck has to no he is skatin on thin ice it seems that waymore white people think its funny then black people do and i think thats where people get off on calling him racist i just think he has a bunch of split personalities all coming out he is n idoit but a funny one it hurts but it is funny i just dont know how 2 feel about her i need sum more time and he needs 2 do an interview with a lot of black woman from the pro and con of his jokes thanks

[f8dagrate]

dis is funny but chuck has to no he is skatin on thin ice it seems that waymore white people think its funny then black people do and i think thats where people get off on calling him racist i just think he has a bunch of split personalities all coming out he is n idoit but a funny one it hurts but it is funny i just dont know how 2 feel about her i need sum more time and he needs 2 do an interview with a lot of black woman from the pro and con of his jokes thanks

[doodoowig]

Urbing Ultluse.. brang me a ham samrich....