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  • Recent controversies highlight debate about race's role in comedy (Or, "Quit whining and laugh!")

    09/18/2003 10:57:45 AM PDT · by hoosierskypilot · 37 replies · 318+ views
    sacramento bee ^ | 9-18-03 | debby kong
    Aki Aleong's stomach churned as he watched the Fox comedy game show, the one with the nerdy Asian businessman wearing thick glasses and the karate-chopping martial arts master screaming "Banzai!" Paul Noble watched the same show but saw something else. To him, it was a fresh, funny program with great stunts, like two men jousting while riding shopping carts. The Asian characters were just part of the backdrop. Once, minorities like Aleong, a Chinese-American, might have silently winced about being the butt of jokes on a network program -- in this case, the Fox summer show "Banzai!" Not anymore. As...