Page 1 of Banzai offends USA

From Melon Farmers

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Banzai, Channel 4`s spoof Japanese game show, is being hassled by nutters in America over claims that it demeans Asian people.

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Media workers protested in Hollywood after the first American showing of the programme, which invited audiences to guess the outcome of a series of silly stunts.

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Guy Aoki, co-founder of the Media Action Network for Asian-Americans, said: This is like an Asian minstrel show.

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Can you imagine the black version of Banzai? About 20 members of the group carried placards and protested as Fox television showed the programme to television critics.

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Fox has defended Banzai and said it had received comments praising it. Scott Grogin, a spokesman for Fox, said: It`s a satire, a parody of Japanese game shows. It`s very tongue-in-cheek and should not be viewed as anything but.

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Channel 4 said there had not been any objections in Britain, where it is on its third series. It pointed out that the Fox version would have been formatted for an American audience.

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Mr Aoki maintained that it "demeans and stereotypes" Asian-American people. He said his group had held two meetings with the Fox network about Banzai, asking for it not to be broadcast.

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Fox had indicated that if Banzai returned for another series, a disclaimer could be shown at the beginning of the show - but Mr Aoki said this would not be enough to meet his group`s concerns.

Has any of the Americans ever seen a Japanese game show like Endurance Takashis Castle?

As for "Asian minstrel show". Isn`t a minstral show about white people dressing up and putting on black make up, pretending to be black? Banzai stars, Japanese people, playing errr... Japanese characters. No white people dressin up as Japanese anywhere.

What does everyone else think?

P.S. Don`t forget Adam and Joe Go Tokyo

floyd
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Bring `em on, I`d prefer a straight fight

Didn`t know they had TV in America?

Then again what are they all going to do all day, whilst eating burgers and hot dogs and corn dogs and dogs?

I think people are entitled to think whatever they want to think.

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Gruntboy >:(
Absolute B*stard :D

mmmmm...corn dogs.

Why we don`t have them in this country is beyond me - bloody gorgeous. The best ones can be found in a little booth on Santa Monica beach.

So I take it the following appeal to the more sensitive side of our American cousins.

Pat Buchanan and his extreme right wing bigoted views.

The Good Old fun lovin` guys , The original Boys In The Hood the KKK

Trent Locke and his praising of an American Hero who in the 50`s 60`s lauded and extolled Thurmans ? views on segregation and the oppression of the n****es in the U.S.A.

The good old fashioned, bible thumping, secretary humping Television evangelists from Georgia and Mississippi who scam and con the unfortunately gullible in to donating hard earned cash to the coffers or usually pockets of these self styled evangelists. "The Power Of Christ Compels You" WTF

Time for another slice of apple pie and valium I think :)

Choagy :)

This item was edited on Tuesday, 22nd July 2003, 19:29

The Americans take the hump at absolutely anything, but when they`re taking the p*** out of the brits and others................it`s only a bit of fun. Let the Japs take the mickey out of themselves..............What`s wrong America? is it only funny when it is you who are taking the p***?

Cheers, Marty :)

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I think people are entitled to think whatever they want to think.

Absolutely!! But I`m not going to tell anyone what I think cos you might not like what I think. Then you might think that I`m not thinking straight and you may then think that I should see a think..sorry ..shrink. Then he (the shrink) might think that we`re not thinking about others and go on to think that we`re being very selfish in what we`re thinking.But personally I like to think that I`m a thinking persons thinker. Or should that be thinking thinkers thinker? Whatever, what do you think? :p

c***s

20 people picket a TeeVee station and you label a whole country c*nts?

One person labels another country c*nts therefore everyone in this country is a c*nt.

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Gruntboy >:(
Absolute B*stard :D

Chroagy are you Miochael Moore in disguise?

The west is too PC now. You can`t make fun of anyone any more with out it being racist.