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K-Wise · 09-30-2004, 06:37 PM

I love this shit.

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CRISTIAN,

Shark Tale, the new DreamWorks cartoon movie, is NOT appropriate for children!

Thats why Im not letting my kids see Shark Tale, even though they will beg and plead. *Lord knows they have seen enough ads. *But in this movie almost everyone is a gross stereotype. *An African American fish has a gambling problem. *He is in debt and tries to lie his way out of it.

The gangster sharks have Italian-American names like Lino, Guiseppe and Vito. *And they are ignorant, violent and racist.

A Latino mother blasts her stereo out the window and screams out the window at her juvenile delinquent children who spray paint the neighborhood.

Negative stereotyping is wrong. *Bigotry is wrong. *Most importantly, it is NOT appropriate for young minds. *Tell the Hollywood billionaires you wont play their game *letting them get rich by hurting children. *And we know that once a wrong idea gets in a childs head, it takes a lot of work to get it out.

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I kinda got the impression of all that from the previews. Though I think this is funny for someone I don't even know to send me I gotta respect that she doesn't want her kids absorbin a shit load of fuckin stereotypes. I hate em just as much as the next person.

Asta!!

Church · 09-30-2004, 06:49 PM

Honestly, this is just a case of people being wayyyy too politically correct. If you don't want to see it, then don't. But don't go telling me not to see it. I am going to make my best effort to go to and support it. Its really not all that bad. Like, they have people from all ethnicities working on it, so I don't understand what the big problem is. Why stop here? Lets go boycott the Sopranos, every single Soap Opera, Seinfeld, hell, any tv show is full of stereotypes.

K-Wise · 09-30-2004, 07:06 PM

Well it depends on how you look at it. Some people are a little tired of stereotypes on t.v. Especially a minority actor who always has to play these stereotypes to get roles and pay his bills. See though it may not make an impression on the kids because they don't understand it, it is insulting to think such things constitute good clean fun and humor. I think thats her main problem. This sort of thing is never gonna stop though cause in truth a lot of people do find it funny or entertaining (to an extent that is). Even comedies based around minority groups & families have stereotypes all throughout them..if they aren't stereotyping themselves they're stereotyping white people or something else.

Asta!!

PulpMind · 10-01-2004, 12:57 PM

although stereotyping can be funny, it would take some smart kids to go see a movie like that and have them GET the stereotype, and not just absorb it as a factual representation. cuz that's what kids do. unless it's obviously a joke or not real, they take it as fact. I've been amazed by the gross generalizations and stereotypes of disney movies for years, I hope Pixar didn't get too brainwashed by their stint with the mouse.
if I had small kids, I probably wouldn't let them see it... but then I wouldn't let me kids watch 99% of movies and TV =P

TexanAvenger · 10-20-2004, 03:59 PM

Personally, I've always thought that there comes a point in political correctness at which it becomes more ridiculous than any kind of bigotry.

KinkyKiwi · 10-21-2004, 11:43 AM

i thought it was pretty funny..and on that line of thinking wasnt the lion king racist too?

Derwood · 10-21-2004, 01:15 PM

At the risk of sounding politically incorrect, don't stereotypes come from somewhere? They only become stereotypes when they are common enough to be associated with a particular sect of society.....

K-Wise · 10-21-2004, 03:10 PM

Well when all ya tend to focus on is the bad in a particular group yes. Because if it's good they don't find it entertaining. Cause latino families working really hard to make a living is certainly common enough but you're not gonna see those qualities in a movie. You're gonna see them dancing or seducing someone, cooking up some mean mexican food, being a "cholo" vatos locos forever!, etc. etc. Ya know?

Asta!!

09-30-2004, 06:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
Church Tilted F*ckhead Location: New Jersey	Honestly, this is just a case of people being wayyyy too politically correct. If you don't want to see it, then don't. But don't go telling me not to see it. I am going to make my best effort to go to and support it. Its really not all that bad. Like, they have people from all ethnicities working on it, so I don't understand what the big problem is. Why stop here? Lets go boycott the Sopranos, every single Soap Opera, Seinfeld, hell, any tv show is full of stereotypes. __________________ Through counter-intelligence, it should be possible to pinpoint potential trouble makers, and neutralize them.

09-30-2004, 07:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
K-Wise It's All About The Ass!! Location: In a pool of mayonnaise!!	Well it depends on how you look at it. Some people are a little tired of stereotypes on t.v. Especially a minority actor who always has to play these stereotypes to get roles and pay his bills. See though it may not make an impression on the kids because they don't understand it, it is insulting to think such things constitute good clean fun and humor. I think thats her main problem. This sort of thing is never gonna stop though cause in truth a lot of people do find it funny or entertaining (to an extent that is). Even comedies based around minority groups & families have stereotypes all throughout them..if they aren't stereotyping themselves they're stereotyping white people or something else. Asta!! __________________ "I love music and it's my parents fault (closing statement)." - Me..quoting myself...from when I said that...On TFP..thats here...Tilted Forum Project *It ain't goodbye, it's see ya later! I'll miss you guys!* - Asta!!

10-01-2004, 12:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
PulpMind Addict Location: Portland	although stereotyping can be funny, it would take some smart kids to go see a movie like that and have them GET the stereotype, and not just absorb it as a factual representation. cuz that's what kids do. unless it's obviously a joke or not real, they take it as fact. I've been amazed by the gross generalizations and stereotypes of disney movies for years, I hope Pixar didn't get too brainwashed by their stint with the mouse. if I had small kids, I probably wouldn't let them see it... but then I wouldn't let me kids watch 99% of movies and TV =P Last edited by PulpMind; 10-01-2004 at 01:00 PM..

10-21-2004, 11:43 AM	#6 (permalink)
KinkyKiwi "Without the fuzz" Location: ..too close for comfort..	i thought it was pretty funny..and on that line of thinking wasnt the lion king racist too? __________________ Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps. Play with each other. Play with yourselves. Just don't play with the squirrels, they bite.

10-21-2004, 01:15 PM	#7 (permalink)
Derwood Who You Crappin? Location: Everywhere and Nowhere	At the risk of sounding politically incorrect, don't stereotypes come from somewhere? They only become stereotypes when they are common enough to be associated with a particular sect of society..... __________________ "You can't shoot a country until it becomes a democracy." - Willravel

10-20-2004, 03:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
TexanAvenger Born-Again New Guy Location: Unfound.	Personally, I've always thought that there comes a point in political correctness at which it becomes more ridiculous than any kind of bigotry.

10-21-2004, 03:10 PM	#8 (permalink)
K-Wise It's All About The Ass!! Location: In a pool of mayonnaise!!	Well when all ya tend to focus on is the bad in a particular group yes. Because if it's good they don't find it entertaining. Cause latino families working really hard to make a living is certainly common enough but you're not gonna see those qualities in a movie. You're gonna see them dancing or seducing someone, cooking up some mean mexican food, being a "cholo" vatos locos forever!, etc. etc. Ya know? Asta!! __________________ "I love music and it's my parents fault (closing statement)." - Me..quoting myself...from when I said that...On TFP..thats here...Tilted Forum Project *It ain't goodbye, it's see ya later! I'll miss you guys!* - Asta!!