Jon Hamm Appearing in "Blackface" on '30 Rock'...Did It Go Too Far? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 04-28-2012, 01:25 PM

Do you think 30 Rock went too far with this sketch or was it spot on hilarious?

EmoJoe · 04-28-2012, 01:32 PM

The entire point of the sketch was to make fun of blackface and the old racial stereotypes that existed in the early age of TV. So...I wouldn't say they went too far. They've used blackface before too, in similar fashions.

*Pleasant Tomorrow* · 04-28-2012, 11:39 PM

^^
What Joe said. Plus, that was more like sarcastically spattered on soot.

Schmoopie · 04-29-2012, 02:20 AM

Wow, didn't even know he'd done 30 Rock!

Dr. Thong · 04-29-2012, 12:19 PM

I liked the bit where Hamm played a 1960s TV news anchor, cigarette in hand.

News and talk shows used to do that stuff in the '50s and early '60s.

Hell, Johnny Carson used to smoke on camera during interviews at one point.

Kakibot · 01-09-2013, 02:29 PM

I don't have a problem with it, but then again I come from a central european background so these cultural bits aren't really rooted very deep in me. I can see where they were coming from though, and I agree with Joe on this, too.

04-28-2012, 01:25 PM	#1
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EmoJoe Cool cool cool Forum Addict Join Date: Apr 23, 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 71,478	The entire point of the sketch was to make fun of blackface and the old racial stereotypes that existed in the early age of TV. So...I wouldn't say they went too far. They've used blackface before too, in similar fashions.
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04-29-2012, 02:20 AM	#4
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04-29-2012, 12:19 PM	#5
Dr. Thong a/k/a "ACK!" Forum Veteran Join Date: Jul 10, 2001 Location: New Hampshire, USA Posts: 5,546	I liked the bit where Hamm played a 1960s TV news anchor, cigarette in hand. News and talk shows used to do that stuff in the '50s and early '60s. Hell, Johnny Carson used to smoke on camera during interviews at one point.
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01-09-2013, 02:29 PM	#6
Kakibot Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 09, 2013 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 6	I don't have a problem with it, but then again I come from a central european background so these cultural bits aren't really rooted very deep in me. I can see where they were coming from though, and I agree with Joe on this, too.