Six Flags commercials called racist by some Asian Americans

I believe that sometimes it's more racist to call out racism. The guy is funny. He happens to be Asian. It never occurred to me that the commercial may be stereotyping.

Bring back Mr. Six!!! He's harmless!

^Harmless?!?!?!?! He's an abomination to all elderly people OD'ing on Doans pills and Enusre!
;)

Bring back Mr Six? Can't do that. An older dancing man being portrayed as funny? Why is that funny? Are they trying to say that white men over the age of 70 are hyper-active dancing goof-balls that blast loud techno music wherever they go? ;)

^They gotta blast their techno loud. Deafness, very common in elderly...
(yeah, i'm gonna fry for that one...)
;)

It never even entered my mind until I saw this thread. People really need to chill. It's like people are just looking for something to get upset about. I'm Italian and I sure don't get upset when I see Fat Tony and Johnny Tight Lips beating Homer up. It almost seems fashionable to be the target of racism these days.

Now if I see a something dissing Asian food, them are fighting words. Best food in the world.

I am Asian American. I am seriously offended ..... by people who claim that the commercial is racist. A person who speaks with heavy accent who act rather goofy in a commercial or TV program? How about all those who speak with ebonics on TV programs? Indians? Come on. Get a life.

^^Come down to New Orleans and Im sure we can change your mind.

Personally, I'm offended by all the commercials (only about 95% of them) that show white men as stupid, clueless and helpless, and need their wives, kids, or ultra-cool neighbors of a different race to show them how dorky they are because they don't use (insert product name here). Who do I get to sue?

BTW, my church ladies make better pirohi than your church ladies. Scooter, I know more than my share of Ukes from Parma.

TOS violation removed... Don't anyone else be stupid enough to go there...
*** This post was edited by Jeff 8/6/2008 9:30:49 AM ***

Let us not forget Taco Bell with their racist commercial ads with a dog. Oh, the horror of it all. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8sZ1DWsAHE

1 - its "pierogi". And no one makes them like Polish grandmas. NO ONE.

2 - Does anyone remember the Labatt commercial a few years ago with the "asian" businessmen screaming "BREW"? I didn't hear any uproar about that, but I guess since Labatt's is Canadian, they are ok.

3 - why am I hungry now?

@flyingscooter:

I'm Ukranian and German. If you throw pierogies at me I'll happily eat them then invade your country.

(And there are about 8 different spellings of "pierogi.")

^Works for me...
As long as I can have Wiener schnitzel, it's all good.

Technically, they're only varenyky if they're boiled. Another great thing about the summer in PA-- church picnics and fire company block parties.

As long as we're being insulted-- what about the Bud commercials with Mencia teaching English lessons? Those pretty much caricatured anybody who wasn't of western european descent.

The whole point of this commercial I think is to stand out against the other ones, and that's why he says it like he does. If that's offensive, I think all white guys who dance should sue because he's dancing, and they are making fun of him. Are they trying to imply that white people can't dance?

This is just stupid.

There's always going to be a bunch of people looking for something to be offended by. We've become a society of PC morons (present company excluded). I'M offended by the fact that someone was offended by this commercial.

I watched several of the other ads posted on YouTube and I still fail to see where the racism and offensiveness is. I don't see anything to indicate the actor is deliberately mispronouncing the word 'flags' to mock Asians.

If he were, shouldn't they be taking him to task for appearing in these commercials, and probably being well paid to do so as well? Do companies really want their names mispronounced just to poke fun at a certain ethnic group? Is this portrayal any worse than the maitre'd in the episode of Seinfeld set in the Chinese restuarant? If they hadn't used this actor, the group may be complaining about the lack of diversity in Six Flags advertising and how Asians are under-represented.

If you want to see racist, offensive advertising, check out this product from around 1965. (and yes, I loved the stuff.)

http://www.theimaginaryworld.com/pac04.jpg

To be honest, if this group wanted to be upset by bad treatment of Asians in the media, they would have been all over Fox for the William Hung debacle.

They weren't, so they're not. Its just another group looking for 15 minutes.

The commercials are awful and useless, but NOT RACIST!!!!