John Safran's Race Relations

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John Safran's Race Relations
Topic Started: Oct 18 2009, 12:12 AM (137 Views)
Sayf Udeen Ismaeel	Oct 18 2009, 12:12 AM Post #1
Icon by meagan_chelsea @ LJ Posts: 7,579 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: May 2, 2008 Gender Male Religious Views Muslim Political View All over the shop.	Due to air on Wednesday. Let's watch it make news and talkback radio both go utterly wild... Pre-season beat up: Undies sniffing 'lowest point in TV history' John Saffran steals and sniffs underpants Sketch airs on Safran's Race Relations Family association says show is "filth" IT takes just nine minutes for John Safran and the ABC to plunge to new "comedic" depths this week. Under the notion of exploring his attraction to Eurasians, Safran is filmed stealing the underwear of prominent Australian women - actress Dichen Lachman and singer Mahalia Barnes, among others - before sniffing them in a science laboratory. The distasteful sketch features in the debut episode of John Safran's Race Relations, due to be screened on Wednesday. Lachman, based in Los Angeles, has privately questioned the intention of the sketch, but she declined to discuss it with The Sunday Telegraph. She and Barnes, the daughter of iconic Australian rocker Jimmy Barnes, were approached by Safran to discuss their mixed ethnicity. During the interviews, Safran excused himself before being filmed allegedly stealing the women's supposedly unwashed underpants. Later, he is filmed sniffing undergarments - also taken from Jewish friends - as part of a "scientific" test to discover if he is biologically predisposed in an attraction to Eurasians or Jews. Safran said he expected some backlash over the series debut, in which he is also shown masturbating to an image of US President Barack Obama. "I thought episode one was my mainstream episode ... maybe I got it wrong? There's seven and three-quarter episodes where I'm not masturbating. I can't be any more accommodating than that," he said. Noting the underpants sketch was "set up", Barnes agreed the piece could prove publicly odious. "People will be offended, but they shouldn't be watching the show. I wasn't personally offended," she said. Australian Family Association spokesman John Morrissey described the show as "filth". "It's the lowest point in Australian television history," he said. Safran's new series prompts further questioning of the ABC's comedy approval processes. In June, Amanda Duthie was removed as department head after allowing the screening of a Chaser skit, in which the troupe made light of the Make A Wish Foundation. The skit drew widespread public condemnation, from the Prime Minister down. http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,28383,26225858-10229,00.html



gingerwitch28	Oct 18 2009, 01:10 AM Post #2
twenty-first century ennui Posts: 1,684 Group: Members Member #589 Joined: Apr 18, 2009 Gender Female Religious Views Atheist Political View Social Democracy	That's just.... weird.



Freki	Oct 18 2009, 04:16 AM Post #3
Posts: 813 Group: Members Member #593 Joined: Apr 24, 2009 Gender Undisclosed Religious Views Atheist Political View Frekiocracy	OMG! Hahaahaha. I can't wait! Oh Safran



gingerwitch28	Oct 18 2009, 04:32 AM Post #4
twenty-first century ennui Posts: 1,684 Group: Members Member #589 Joined: Apr 18, 2009 Gender Female Religious Views Atheist Political View Social Democracy	Wow Australia sure does seem to have hit a lot of low points in television history this year



Freki	Oct 18 2009, 04:47 AM Post #5
Posts: 813 Group: Members Member #593 Joined: Apr 24, 2009 Gender Undisclosed Religious Views Atheist Political View Frekiocracy	Safran is never a low point! I still love his Race Around the World segments - streaking Jerusalem, climbing through windows to get into Disneyland without paying ...



gingerwitch28	Oct 19 2009, 07:51 AM Post #6
twenty-first century ennui Posts: 1,684 Group: Members Member #589 Joined: Apr 18, 2009 Gender Female Religious Views Atheist Political View Social Democracy	Well it's true! They say that about every 'bad' thing



Sayf Udeen Ismaeel	Oct 21 2009, 11:39 AM Post #7
Icon by meagan_chelsea @ LJ Posts: 7,579 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: May 2, 2008 Gender Male Religious Views Muslim Political View All over the shop.	Well - what did everyone think? I have to say I did find it humourous...But by the same token...Compared to his past work very...underwhelming. Musical Jamboree will forever be my favorite... Anyway...News... ABC's Kim Dalton warns sensitive viewers about John Safran show The ABC’s Director of Television has made a pre-emptive bid to head off scandal from tonight’s screening of John Safran's controversial new show Race Relations by urging conservative viewers not to watch the program. "If you think you are going to be offended or outraged (or want to be offended or outraged) then don’t tune in," Kim Dalton says. Defending the ABC’s decision to air the show – in which the Melbourne comic is seen sniffing the stolen underpants of Asian women, and in one sketch appears with his face painted black – he says it is the job of performers such as Safran to challenge and provoke. Writing on The Punch website, Dalton concedes that Safran's program may "challenge community sensibilities". "As Television Director, it would be a far easier decision for me to walk away from a program like John Safran's Race Relations, to schedule something less confronting, more mainstream in its appeal. "But neither I nor the ABC can afford to hide behind a risk-averse approach to commissioning and programming new material. "Yes, there have been calls for the ABC to yank John Safran’'s Race Relations, to sever its links with the comedian. But the more predominant response to the outrage has been 'Don’t prejudge the issue' and 'Let me make up my own mind'. I endorse those latter views." Tonight’s debut of Race Relations comes at the end of a controversial year for the ABC’s comedy arm which saw former senior executive Amanda Duthie demoted after the now-defunct Chaser aired a sketch joking about children with cancer. It also follows this month’s row over a Hey Hey It’s Saturday skit where Red Faces contestants dressed in black face and danced to a Jackson Five tune. Read more from Kim Dalton on John Safran's Race Relations and have your say at The Punch http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,28383,26240834-10229,00.html



Freki	Oct 21 2009, 02:06 PM Post #8
Posts: 813 Group: Members Member #593 Joined: Apr 24, 2009 Gender Undisclosed Religious Views Atheist Political View Frekiocracy	I thought it was brilliant. I laughed so much! I was expecting something ... milder. Generally, as time has gone by I've always seen him as getting softer and not quite as ... outrageous. This episode certainly wasn't mild. It's a shame his race around the world footage got taken down from youtube. I want to watch it all again!



gingerwitch28	Oct 22 2009, 08:55 AM Post #9
twenty-first century ennui Posts: 1,684 Group: Members Member #589 Joined: Apr 18, 2009 Gender Female Religious Views Atheist Political View Social Democracy	Watched it. IT WAS OUTRAGEOUS ...ly funny. Should turn hungrybeast + this into an hour's watch on ABC but I think I'll stick with watching this on iView



Sayf Udeen Ismaeel	Oct 22 2009, 09:13 AM Post #10
Icon by meagan_chelsea @ LJ Posts: 7,579 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: May 2, 2008 Gender Male Religious Views Muslim Political View All over the shop.	Did you guys get the vybe this was quite...blantantly fake, or should I take off my tin foil cap?



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