The episode with the black guy WAS mocking the situation. Bobby runs a fusion German-Japanese restaurant. The German heritage society is mad and the Asians are mad. When the Laotian Asians try to intercede, the Japanese get mad at the Laotians for Asians appropriating other Asians. Then there's the black dude adopted by Japanese, who threatens to claim racial discrimination against blacks. It's a shitshow. I thought it was funny.
Bobby is a player. He he hooked up with two different women before Connie. Connie was all into "ethical non-monogamy" but then when shit hit the fan, it was all just bullshit.
And yes, rewatching the original, it was racier than I remembered and sometimes more liberal than I remembered. Still funny.
They definitely made it racier and added a bunch of profanity. The liberalism was in the original run, which is weird because people at the time called it conservative propaganda.
I didn't even think it was supposed to make him look foolish or to mock him--it was making EVERYONE who was playing the race or cultural appropriation game look petty and selfish. Bobby was the only one who seemed reasonable!
The black Japanese dude seemed more funny cuz people like anthony horita exist on Japanese TV.. and he's def made fun of his black half from time to time.
The episode with the black guy WAS mocking the situation. Bobby runs a fusion German-Japanese restaurant. The German heritage society is mad and the Asians are mad. When the Laotian Asians try to intercede, the Japanese get mad at the Laotians for Asians appropriating other Asians. Then there's the black dude adopted by Japanese, who threatens to claim racial discrimination against blacks. It's a shitshow. I thought it was funny.
Bobby is a player. He he hooked up with two different women before Connie. Connie was all into "ethical non-monogamy" but then when shit hit the fan, it was all just bullshit.
And yes, rewatching the original, it was racier than I remembered and sometimes more liberal than I remembered. Still funny.
They definitely made it racier and added a bunch of profanity. The liberalism was in the original run, which is weird because people at the time called it conservative propaganda.
Yea I thought the black person was looking foolish or was supposed to be mocked
I didn't even think it was supposed to make him look foolish or to mock him--it was making EVERYONE who was playing the race or cultural appropriation game look petty and selfish. Bobby was the only one who seemed reasonable!
I thought it was a pretty good take, all in all.
Yea. Good point.
The black Japanese dude seemed more funny cuz people like anthony horita exist on Japanese TV.. and he's def made fun of his black half from time to time.