AV Club reviewed that episode and called that particular bit “brilliant.” Now suddenly it’s awful. In actuality the bit is quite funny and is actually about the character being completely oblivious to his white privilege.

Interestingly, AV Club gave this episode of Bob and David an “A”.

This is a satire issue (and the limits thereto), not a straight-up blackface issue. The fact that this author fails to account for this is totally emblematic of the decline in the quality of the writing on this site.

Hey remember when Jon Hamm did blackface for the 30 Rock Live show? I thought it was funny, and even meaningful that the whole point of the sketch is that the network was scared of having more than one black lead in their tv shows (Kenneth: “A rule NBC still follows today!”).

The sketch used blackface knowingly as an attempt to punch up, skewering both white privilege and police brutality. There was no racial stereotyping, and people of color weren’t the butt of the joke. Its akin to Tropic Thunder, and it is 100% fine. 

Ultimately, Odenkirk and Cross’ intentions are irrelevant. There is no excuse for donning Blackface.

In general I think 95% of complains about “political correctness” are total horseshit, but this may be one of those rare instances where it isn’t. This reeks of Netflix frantically trying to expunge anything vaguely controversial that could generate outrage.

Well the video is marked as private so I can’t quite judge the sketch, but it appears as though the point was, honestly, exactly in line with the times going by the description: Being believed to be black automatically provokes police to violence, and being white gives you a ton of leeway. But I can’t see it so who…

Remember when The AV Club would report the news, rather than tell you the specific, exact response you should have to it?

Thinking about her wearing the “I don’t really care, do U?” jacket while going to a photo op with caged migrant children still makes me sick

She’s a woman who was happy to marry someone evil for money. That’s all I need to know about her. 

I’ll let Chris Rock respond:

Based on the events of the last 24 hours, as well as the past century or so, seems to me like the cops are the terrorists.

He's not selling his soul. It's a goddamn tv show, and it's his job to make money off such projects. I sincerely doubt anyone at Jezebel wouldn't jump at the chance if CBS (or even some third tier cable channel) offered them a deal based on the snarky Jez videos.

I skipped over this because it looked like every other “page 49 of search results for horror on Amazon Prime” space filler movie, but I have to admit, I’m intrigued. Still sounds stupid, but half of being a horror fan is watching terrible shit. 

I know I speak for the entire AV Club when I say we are all SO sorry that you had to find out this way, seeing how close you were. Condolences.

I can’t tell you how good it is to see people saying this here. I’ve supported him since the beginning, and watching the narrative form has been enlightening to say the least.

I get that hardcore lefties got scared by Buttigieg and how his campaign aimed for the center so successfully, but it doesn’t make the smear campaign against him look any less unmotivated and ridiculous. It’s like MAGA, only more intellectually insufferable.

You gotta wonder how this article might have been written if Buttigieg had endorsed Bernie Sanders instead.

I miss Sean O’Neal so much. These imitators are unbearable.