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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

the gang gets racist

Here are a couple of clips from the show It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. For those of you who have never seen the show, it is about four friends who own a bar in Philadelphia. They are basically despicable, hilarious, lovable characters that get themselves into funny situations. This episode (The Gang Gets Racist) is about various members of the group accidentally coming off as racist. In trying to better the situation, they inevitably end up making it worse. In these clips, Charlie is trying to prove to his waitress crush that he is not racist.





I'm posting clips from an episode from the latest season as well. The back half of the episode is a movie the gang made - Lethal Weapon 5. In making the movie, Dennis, Mac and Frank discuss blackface. It is hilarious to listen to their varying views of when blackface is appropriate. Again, they are despicable people.






I won't post the movie itself, but this whole episode is pretty funny if you have the chance to watch it. In the end, you get to see both Dennis and Mac's interpretations of Murtaugh, as well as Frank's offensive portrayal of a Native American villain (which, of course, gets no discussion from the gang).

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