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Comedy Central’s ‘The Jeselnik Offensive’ Being (you guessed it) Offensive
Post by Ethel • March 19, 2013 • Post a comment

For a segment that thrives on being offensive and pushing the boundaries of whats socially acceptable, I guess you can say Anthony Jeselnik definitely does his job. On his recent skit “Which Kind of Asian is This”, Jeselnik literally shows pictures of Asians and asks contestants to guess their ethnicity. Now if it was just that, we may have been able to say he’s simply shedding light on the fact that not all Asians are the same and people should recognize that. That’s what he was trying to do, right? Nope- of course not. He included dog references, chinky eyes references, and bad driving references (because that’s original and we’ve never heard of those!)

As expected, there was quite the debate on the comments section. There was an uncomfortable number of people who thought it was just a joke and everyone should lighten up about it. “Offensive is in the title.. what did you all expect?” Yet again, we’re told to be okay about our culture being made fun of.

Are we simply not getting the joke? Are we taking things too personal? Are we the only ones to think that even if you ignore the offensiveness, the skit just isn’t funny? Watch the clip and tell us what you think.


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Project Runway Finale Pt. 1 Recap
Post by Melody • October 28, 2010 • Post a comment

It’s down to the last two episodes of Project Runway season 8 and the stakes are high. Four of the contestants made collections in hopes of showing at fashion week, but one of them got eliminated just one week before the Mercedes Benz Fashion Show.

In last week’s episode (Finale Part 1), not only do we get a sneak peek of the contestants’ 10-piece collection, but we also learn a little more about their lives during Tim Gunn’s visit to their homes. Finally, the show revealed that Andy South’s family were first generation immigrants from Laos. Currently, he is living in Waianae, Hawaii, and part of why he loves going back is because it reminds him of the sacrifices that his mother made for him to have a better life and the struggles it has taken to get to where he is now.

South claimed that he’s “always wanted to do a collection that was inspired from home”, so his pieces are drawn from different aspects of Laos, including the Buddha Park. He even had his textiles and metals delivered to him from Laos, which delayed his progress, but two weeks later, he arrived to New York with ten completed looks. As a final challenge, the remaining four were asked to design an eleventh piece to be shown to the judges along with two other ones from the collection for the final cut before Fashion Week. Luckily South was presented with this opportunity since, from the judges’ critiques, it seemed it was his eleventh piece, a beautifully pleated green dress, which earned him the final spot to show at New York Fashion Week. From the few pieces we saw from South this episode, we can expect from him a collection that is still true to his aesthetics but without the usual toughness. I’m sure the “goodies” that he decided not to put on the runway today will be able to surprise us next week.

Tune in tonight for the season finale at 9pm on Lifetime!


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