We've always wondered. Will a pure Indian / Tamil comedy club work in Singapore? For example, would you pay $40 minimum to walk into a joint, be served finger food and a drink and then spend the next hour or more hearing yourself, your lifestyle, your intelligence or your race being insulted?
Comedians work in different ways. Some do political comedy, works with dissing Bush in the States and works with dissing gahmen policies in Singapore. Some do "pick an audience member and go at him". That works most of the time especially when you can pick out someone who is clearly different racially or physically from the rest of them.
However, since the late 80s a certain formula also has proven to be jackpot. Where comedians make fun of their own race. Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, Bernie Mac and other comedic greats all got away regularly with pointing out the nuances and quirky lifestyles of their Black people and entertaining the masses while they were at it. Newest entrant in this market would be Russell Peters, who with humour cracks the invisible wall between Caucasians and understanding Indian accents and their "weird" Yindian ways.
Looking at Yindian comedy in Singapore these days, it has meandered towards standard "I jack you, you jack me" routines on stage and classy yet not so "in your face" skits on commercial programmes. Where, Black comedians can spout out "nigga", "motherfucker" and "ho" with regularity and are met with applause rather than rotten tomatoes, will it work here? Can you fathom Elamaran or Vadivalagan hosting a stand up gig at a comedy club, imparting to you what they REALLY think of "kelings"? Or is this just another ripe opportunity for half finished Chivas bottles to be fling - flung?
Granting creative license and having the good common sense to appreciate self-deprecating humour aside, some comics still do cross the line. Thing is, will you recognize it when they do, or would you still think it was part of the act?
Seinfeld's Michael Richards [Kramer] found out the hard way but paid quite little in lieu of his errors [public apology]. Even in peaceful, squeaky clean Singapore, we'd have our money not on "Well, thank you for being sweet enough to apologize" but "Off with the mofo's head!".
The tirade:
The apology:
stand up comedy, michael richards, kramer, racism
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Comedians work in different ways. Some do political comedy, works with dissing Bush in the States and works with dissing gahmen policies in Singapore. Some do "pick an audience member and go at him". That works most of the time especially when you can pick out someone who is clearly different racially or physically from the rest of them.
However, since the late 80s a certain formula also has proven to be jackpot. Where comedians make fun of their own race. Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, Bernie Mac and other comedic greats all got away regularly with pointing out the nuances and quirky lifestyles of their Black people and entertaining the masses while they were at it. Newest entrant in this market would be Russell Peters, who with humour cracks the invisible wall between Caucasians and understanding Indian accents and their "weird" Yindian ways.
Looking at Yindian comedy in Singapore these days, it has meandered towards standard "I jack you, you jack me" routines on stage and classy yet not so "in your face" skits on commercial programmes. Where, Black comedians can spout out "nigga", "motherfucker" and "ho" with regularity and are met with applause rather than rotten tomatoes, will it work here? Can you fathom Elamaran or Vadivalagan hosting a stand up gig at a comedy club, imparting to you what they REALLY think of "kelings"? Or is this just another ripe opportunity for half finished Chivas bottles to be fling - flung?
Granting creative license and having the good common sense to appreciate self-deprecating humour aside, some comics still do cross the line. Thing is, will you recognize it when they do, or would you still think it was part of the act?
Seinfeld's Michael Richards [Kramer] found out the hard way but paid quite little in lieu of his errors [public apology]. Even in peaceful, squeaky clean Singapore, we'd have our money not on "Well, thank you for being sweet enough to apologize" but "Off with the mofo's head!".
The tirade:
The apology:
stand up comedy, michael richards, kramer, racism
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6 comments:
At the end of the day, its really a matter of the thin line between humour and rudeness. I guess if its done in class and there is a lot of truth and not just name calling and stereotypes, people can actually appreciate it. Its important to note however, that Indians aren't always blessed with a great sense of humour. Even KLKillahs has met with its set of detractors who don't believe that these are issues to be joked about. Laughter is the best medicine but i guess one man's medicine may be another man's poison(i know its supposed to be meat, but it sounds wayyy cooler this way)
the issue here is the $40, minimum. too ex. no self-respecting indian will pay. why do u think vasantha oli tickets are priced at $2?
the word self-respecting is overused i feel. what about respecting talent, that good talent deserves good money. if not will we ever hit the standards of the entertainment billionaires of the world?
Yeah vasantha oli tickets are priced at 2 dollars cuz they're uncreative,no-talent losers. Who da hell would wanna watch a bunch of ageing,wrinkly people perform? They piss me off real bad.
Australian Today Tonight on channel 7 revealed that the ill fated stand-up is "Kramer's" dramatic end of career. Moral of the story, "dont be mean to other people."
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