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minus-squaresangriaferret@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 年前I think the Mel Brooks scene is satirizing old Hollywood’s habit of casting whites in the roles of poc. Plus, I don’t see how a yiddish speaking native could be offensive to anybody.
minus-squareThrow_away_migrator@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 年前You might be right, and maybe the reference to old Hollywood was more subtle and went over my head.
minus-squarefigjam@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 年前3 weeks after release Israel starts setting up fences around a small bit of Arizona and calls it the very west bank.
minus-squareBertuccio@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 年前Missed opportunity for wild west bank.
I think the Mel Brooks scene is satirizing old Hollywood’s habit of casting whites in the roles of poc. Plus, I don’t see how a yiddish speaking native could be offensive to anybody.
You might be right, and maybe the reference to old Hollywood was more subtle and went over my head.
3 weeks after release Israel starts setting up fences around a small bit of Arizona and calls it the very west bank.
Missed opportunity for wild west bank.
Oh, that is much better.