Comments on: Comedy act in English -with fake gaijin noses and wigs- (Video) http://www.japanprobe.com/2006/10/05/comedy-act-in-english-with-fake-gaijin-noses-and-wigs-video/ Japan News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shari http://www.japanprobe.com/2006/10/05/comedy-act-in-english-with-fake-gaijin-noses-and-wigs-video/comment-page-1/#comment-2403 Shari Fri, 06 Oct 2006 05:38:59 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=578#comment-2403 I wonder how the Japanese would feel if an American put in fake buck teeth, wore glasses, squinted, and spoke in crappy Japanese. They aren't funny and this is incredibly racist but the Japanese are pretty clueless about such things. While I don't especially mind them making fun of white people because it's really quite pathetic, it is an indication of how they don't have a clue about other cultures or exercising any sensitivity toward them. I wonder how the Japanese would feel if an American put in fake buck teeth, wore glasses, squinted, and spoke in crappy Japanese. They aren’t funny and this is incredibly racist but the Japanese are pretty clueless about such things.

While I don’t especially mind them making fun of white people because it’s really quite pathetic, it is an indication of how they don’t have a clue about other cultures or exercising any sensitivity toward them.

]]> By: 1604 http://www.japanprobe.com/2006/10/05/comedy-act-in-english-with-fake-gaijin-noses-and-wigs-video/comment-page-1/#comment-2400 1604 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 23:01:00 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=578#comment-2400 They fail. tsk tsk - Dane Cook for me. They fail. tsk tsk – Dane Cook for me.

]]> By: James (admin) http://www.japanprobe.com/2006/10/05/comedy-act-in-english-with-fake-gaijin-noses-and-wigs-video/comment-page-1/#comment-2392 James (admin) Thu, 05 Oct 2006 12:19:56 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=578#comment-2392 I think they're just trying to use the only English they know. Either the audience is laughing because they were told to, or because they find the unpredictable crappy English routine of those two guys to be funny. I don't think the jokes are meant to be particularly witty. I think they actually were attempting puns, but they were making puns as if the words were katakana. It might work when you say those words in Japanese, but it doesn't work the same in English. I think they’re just trying to use the only English they know. Either the audience is laughing because they were told to, or because they find the unpredictable crappy English routine of those two guys to be funny. I don’t think the jokes are meant to be particularly witty.

I think they actually were attempting puns, but they were making puns as if the words were katakana. It might work when you say those words in Japanese, but it doesn’t work the same in English.

]]> By: wes http://www.japanprobe.com/2006/10/05/comedy-act-in-english-with-fake-gaijin-noses-and-wigs-video/comment-page-1/#comment-2391 wes Thu, 05 Oct 2006 12:11:32 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=578#comment-2391 i don't think i got the jokes, because it didn't seem very funny to me. were the jokes supposed to be puns? going from doll to volley ball and basketball..? i don’t think i got the jokes, because it didn’t seem very funny to me. were the jokes supposed to be puns? going from doll to volley ball and basketball..?

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