by Image Entertainment
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| Sales Rank: | 6597 (lower is better) |
| Price Used: | $4.99 |
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| Director: | Chuck Vinson |
| Release Date: | 2002-07-16 |
| Label: | Image Entertainment |
| UPC: | 014381180923 |
| Binding: | DVD |
| Published By: | Image Entertainment |
| ASIN: | B0000687DV |
| Category: | DVD |
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Product Description
You know him as the hilarious television star from Roc, In Living Color and The Jamie Foxx Show. You know him as a tremendous movie star from Booty Call, The Players Club, Bait, Any Given Sunday and Ali. And when you watch his sold-out performance at the Paramount Theater in Oakland, California, you'll know him as one of the world's funniest comedians. Originally produced for HBO Television, this comedy special leaves no doubt that Jamie Foxx is at the top of his game!
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Racist Jokes Unfunny - Reviewed on 2005-10-28
6 customers found this review helpful, 5 did not.
Let's face it; some of the jokes are funny. The one about Mike Tyson been like someone else's bulldog let loose in the room was really funny. I also found the bit about Bill Clinton and Osama Bin Laden also funny. However, Jamie dwells too much on the fart joke. How can you tell a fart joke for 6 minutes? After 2 min it becomes worn and so "unfunny". Why does he repeat himself so much with that line, "I am not saying she's a crackhead, just a bit crackish"? It sounds very rehearsed after the second time. If it were only for these errors I would have found the jokes altogether acceptable.
What I found completely unacceptable were the racist jokes that he made against Arabs. I am black myself but found some of the jokes about Islam and Arabs to be in bad taste. Jamie could not even get an Arab accent right. C'mon, guys the accent Jamie pulled was an Indian accent and not an Arab accent.
I kept asking myself, "what would black people do if a white comedian (say Robin Williams) makes the same crude jokes about black people?" Would it be acceptable?". I think not. I am sure the black press would slaughter Robin if he did. I wish to call a spade a spade. Nonsensical, crude racist jobs against any ethnic group (black, white, Asian and yes Arabs) are not funny. They degrade and demean. For not even managing to get an Arabic accent, Jamie deserves 2 stars from me.
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- Spoken / Comedy / Radio Shows
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