![]() But what trends and what is popular and what is most marketable then dominates the landscape of comedy which is why activism is now preached by someone like Oswalt but also implemented poorly by a multitude of newer comedians or allows for the lunacy of Owen Benjamin and other “free speech comedians” to even exist. I just have other approaches to going about doing it than what the norms are (for example, writing this essay rather than a tweet that couldn’t possibly cover the issue or just wasting time on a stand-up stage to spout this but the latter two are more of the norm in current comedy). ![]() Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. It doesn’t mean that I’m not still active. Join Facebook to connect with SooYeon Park and others you may know. ![]() But comedy, to me, is about doing what people don’t expect and the forums for meto be politically and socially active are separate of comedy. Stephen Colbert responded Tuesday night on The Colbert Report to Suey Park's Twitter trending hashtag, CancelColbert in true Colbert fashion: he made himself a martyr and compared. I don’t ever utter the name of our President on stage but I know that, as a brown man, I would be better suited and more successful if I just tore into the guy every time I went up there. The cycle of exploitation + fearmongering is something I refuse to support in any form of media.It has become clear that, whether or not there is true heart to a comedian’s political and social commentary, it is trendy and profitable to be those things. Sunday Masses Arranged: Saturday, May 11 (Riverstown 8pm) Jimmy and Sarah Hannon and the deceased of the Hannon and Merrick families Jimmy and Josie McDonagh Sunday, May 12 (Sooey 11. ![]() But I still don't feel comfortable seeing - any - situation used as a cheap ratings grab while viewers are led to feel fearful to even step out or do anything in their life. We saw it in 9/11 when the MUSLIM TERRORISTS were coming to get us, we saw it with GOTHIC TEENAGERS after Columbine, I even saw it after Virginia Tech after Asian students were basically told (TWICE!!) to stay at home for their own good.Īnd television / media loves to emphasize it, and play on it, and dramatize it to the Nth degree* which is why I don't like seeing shows that play off as Totally Really True, We Promise, Really, because it re-inforces the idea that we are all one step away from murder / getting blown up / doxxed / raped.ĭangers absolutely 100% exist and as I said, I do indeed remember Suey Park's situation and it was indeed awful. (which isn't to say that none of the above cannot possibly true - I remember it - but I'm side-eyeing the bejeezus out of this supposedly upcoming show because I side-eye anything that takes personal tragedy or personal harassment stories and turns them into cheap ratings grabs)īlackjedii 26th-Feb-2016 11:00 pm (UTC)I don't disagree at all?Īs I said above - my problem is with the show.Įta: It feels like USA culture has a huge, huge fixation on fear and over-emphasizing fear along with boogeymen. I guarantee you they embellished the script to make it more horrifying. People on the Internet are assholes and have found new ways to make people miserable.īut I wouldn't read too far into this particular ScyFy series. I absolutely believe (and remember) that she caught a lot of harassment and shit from the Cancel Colbert hashtag. She was keeping a low profile and hiding and by that she was traveling to New York (where she was captured in public shopping) and ChicagoĪnd then her friends volunteered to give her a makeover and a haircut even though after the post-Colbert interviews she already had short hairĪnd her stalkers were just standing at the rave waiting for her to notice them and very casually, very calmly let her play with their phones which were not locked or required any access on their part and she did not for one second think about calling the police immediately with in-hand evidence of stalking and harassment
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