Ridiculous new TV series coming: racial stereotypes galore!

[tgnyc]

What do you say about this?

A new animated series will be running on the Cartoon Network Sunday nights, starting March 19. Called "Minoriteam," the show is about a group of superheroes whose powers are exaggerated "minority" racial and ethnic stereotypes. They fight against an all-white clan of supervillians, who also are embued with racial stereotypes.

The heroes:
Non-Stop, a Middle-Eastern convenience-store owner who is immune to all forms of live ammunition.
El Jefe, a Mexican that fights crime with a leaf blower and cannot speak English.
Dr. Wang, an Asian Human Calculator and the leader of the Minoriteam.
Fasto, an African-American man who is known as "the fastest man that ever was."
Jewcano, a man with the powers of the Jewish Faith and a Volcano.

The villians:
The White Shadow, leader of the clan of supervillians, with a head/helmet in the shape of the Illuminati Pyramid.
The Head of the Cheerleading Squad, who is always snooty and impossible to please.
The Corporate Ladder, a ladder with a stool at the top who is impossible to scale/climb.
The Standardized Test, a man with an eraser on his head.

more: http://intelligencesquad.blogspot.com/2006/03/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up.html

[yorgatron]

1. it might be pretty good

cartoon network comes up with some pretty good stuff sometimes.

[xultar]

2. I LOVE IT! I can't wait to see it! What a lot of people don't get is

once you make fun of yourself you own the stereotype.

I'm all for it!

[LostinVA]

6. Exactly! Irony and satire in their best forms!

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

7. ding ding!

:thumbsup:

[Crankie Avalon]

3. Snopes, anyone?

Having trouble buying this as for real.

[Craig3410]

4. It is. -nt-

[xultar]

10. I've already seen the ads. I watch CN. I think the debut is Sunday

3/26.

[Crankie Avalon]

12. Well, I'll be damned...

...don't normally watch Cartoon Network, but I'll try to keep an open mind and maybe try to check it out.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

5. Its actually really fucking funny. The one episode that premiered

had me laughing my ass off. they use the stereotypes to destroy them. Its satire.

[EOTE]

23. I saw it too.

Several months ago. Very funny stuff. I was wondering when it was going to come back.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

8. Sounds like a lot of fun

[lectrobyte]

9. With an Illuminati Pyramind, I can't not watch it. Robert Anton Wilson

is like my personal Elron Hubbard.

[Freddie Stubbs]

11. The pilot of this series was on a few months ago

Although the concept seemed like it would be ripe for laughs, it really wasn't that funny. Perhaps they have gotten some better writers.

[xultar]

17. I hope they did. I missed the pilot but I won't miss the series. I can't

wait to see it. I hope it is funny.

[NightHawk63]

13. I saw the pilot for this show.

I'm an avid watcher of Comedy Central's Adult Swim line-up. I was not that impressed with this show. It's not that I was offended by it, being a black man. Actually there were a few funny scenes in it. I just didn't think the show was very good. I think the Boondocks is a much better show.

Just my two cents.

[NightHawk63]

14. oops...I meant Cartoon Network...not Comedy Central (nt)

[Katherine Brengle]

15. LOVE IT! n/t

[Ian David]

16. What do Jews have to do with volcanos?

I'm scratching my head... volcanos?

[Nikki Stone 1]

18. I was wondering the same thing

Of course, I was also wondering why there were no women in the minority group.

And, WTF with the illuminati thing??

[Freddie Stubbs]

19. Absolutely nothing

Which makes the idea so damn funny.

[tgnyc]

21. And what are "the powers of the Jewish Faith?"

[Ian David]

25. I suppose, if they're going to be using stereotypes...

the Jewish superhero will have the power of compounding interest.

[Scurrilous]

24. Volcanos?

Wouldn't the power of a volcano belong to a Scientologist?

[SmokingJacket]

20. If it's well written, it could be good.

But it will suck in the wrong hands...

[Ian David]

26. Drawn Together usually does that sort of thing very well

Although they have had a few things that were too far "over the top" even for my taste.

[mattclearing]

22. This sounds awesome. n/t