Excited
We’ve blogged about the 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors before — they’ve recently released a follow-up video to Illegal Immigrants called Thailand about a guy booking a “business trip” to the country with a stigma. Focusing less about racial activism, Thailand has humor geared more towards a, uhm, YouTube-appropriate audience.
But the thing about YouTube is that the website caters to a global audience, not just the small bubble of Asian American sketch comedy fans. And the Thai commenters on YouTube are not pleased:
ikcroe: This video is pathetic. It’s not true! There is NO SEX in THAILAND!
godblessbig: I’m Thai. Everything that you show mean everything that you are,Right? I pity you.
rungkamolk: hhahahahaha, THe only people who finds this video funny are the people who lacks education! and fyi.. we do not use the term third world country anymore… its more like developing country or developed country.
The 18 Mighty Moutain Warriors clearly break one of the clearly established tenets in Asian American activism: YOU CAN’T OPENLY MAKE FUN OF OTHER ASIAN AMERICANS. It’s like black people who secretly know that OJ Simpson did it. (I learned that from watching Barbershop.) What makes this video funnier than the previous video — and it’s much funnier than their previous video — is that he sets it up as how the client clearly wants to disassociate from Thailand being a sex capital of the world, only to be set up for the giant punchline. (And for fans of creepy physical gags, be sure to watch the segment at the 3 minute, 15 second mark.)
(Hat tip: Joz)
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I love how the video is posted as a response to "We love thai girls."
I love how the video is posted as a response to "We love thai girls."
In the words of, "Chris Rock, that shit was not funny". I'm not Thai, but I thought it was kind of stupid. If they are trying to make a point that people go to Thailand just for sex and that is supposed to be funny, then I guess I missed the joke. I'm like, 'so what'? People go to Amsterdam for pot; to Germany for beer, Paris for Champaigne, etc.... I think it would have been more funny if the roles were reversed - ie, the guy didn't want to tell the "booking agent" where he was going, and the agent had to pry it out of him by all means necessary -all the while getting more frustrated and angry. 18MMW get a new writer - you guys deserve better for being around so long.
In the words of, "Chris Rock, that shit was not funny". I'm not Thai, but I thought it was kind of stupid. If they are trying to make a point that people go to Thailand just for sex and that is supposed to be funny, then I guess I missed the joke. I'm like, 'so what'? People go to Amsterdam for pot; to Germany for beer, Paris for Champaigne, etc.... I think it would have been more funny if the roles were reversed - ie, the guy didn't want to tell the "booking agent" where he was going, and the agent had to pry it out of him by all means necessary -all the while getting more frustrated and angry. 18MMW get a new writer - you guys deserve better for being around so long.
This sketch struck me, at least until the twist, as being quite Pythonesque. I don't usually have that reaction to 18MMW stuff, but this one...
This sketch struck me, at least until the twist, as being quite Pythonesque. I don't usually have that reaction to 18MMW stuff, but this one...
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