Mucha Lucha

Mucha Lucha was supposed to be a spoof on Mexican Wrestling films. Believe it or not, those films featured actual wrestlers in the leading roles and they wore their wrestling outfits all through the film. The show actually did pretty well in Mexico, since it's still airing there.

The stereotypes used in Da Boom Crew were far worse. The black characters spoke in "YO WAZZUP BROTHA!" language, and one of the other characters was an "Extreme Skater" one. Good thing the show didn't last that long.
 
Well the guy who does Taqu'il's voice on Frisky Dingo is black and the second season is full of "racial jokes".



Aww you must be a little kid, is it against the rules to ask people's age? I bet it is. Tell your parent or guardian to let you watch wrestling, it builds character.



True. Almost every show is best at the begininng.



I have to say Buena Girl was best.




I hate when shows do that. It gives off a negative description of young black kids. :mad:
 
Well, that is true. However, if we're going blacklist every TV show that features African Americans using street vernacular, then we could say that Static Shock and Waynehead were racist also.
 
Heh, I remember Waynehead.
I couldn't understand a word anyone was saying.
It's not racist when you feature characters using street talk all the time, but it sure is annoying.
 
Actually, I'm 25, and I just can't watch wrestling for what they DID to it. WWE pretty much trashed my fond memories of the period I liked wrestling. Gone are the days of Macho man, Sgt. Slaughter.... all them guys. I like Hulk, and I'm glad to see he's still about.

But I just like cartoonish wrestling (and real Lucha Libre) myself.



I hate Dora. The way she speaks Spanish and English is like an obnoxious American Tourist in Mexico... I remember back when my sister was watching Sesame Street, there was a Latino character named Rosita, who spoke Spanish really fast, the way it is ment to be. That's how you teach your kid to be bilingual. By listening to it the right way.

But on the subject, how do you make a realistic character that's a non-white without it either being slightly racist or unrealistically plain? How do you go from making an African American star of the show or making a token black? It's a very complicated thing. It's also hard to make a female a character without her seeming too masculine or too much like a stereotype. This sort of thing keeps us cartoonists up at night. We really want to be equal minded, but you can't please everybody.
 
Wait a sec, Static Shock didn't overuse their slang and Waynehead's slang wasn't too bad. (Not like today's slang)



Yup because all black people spoke gibberish on Waynehead. :rolleyes:

You sound just like this lady that said rap makes her head hurt.



My bad. :sweat:



African American: Instead of street smart, he could just be smart. Instead of slang, he could use actual words. Instead of living in an apartment, he could live in a house. Instead of living in the ghetto, he live in a mixed neighborhood.

Female: If she's American, she doesn't have to be blonde or stupid. I don't quite get the masculine part, I don't mind a buff woman. ;)
 
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