Monday, March 17, 2008
Borat, meet Mofaz.
After watching Borat in class, I remembered a few MadTV skits featuring a man named Mofaz.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzEbA2hTdbY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVt2etuGqaE&feature=related
Like Borat, I assume that Mofaz embodies cultural stereotypes associated with being Persian as well as being a US immigrant. He smokes everywhere (take note of the hospital scene), has 14 children, works as a tow truck driver, and trumps everyone in terms of discussing how terrible his life is.
Since I've been catching MadTV early in the morning, I've really paid attention to the large amount of skits stereotyping cultures - a lot of Bobby Lee skits (Chinese and Korean culture), Mrs. Swan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MADtv_recurring_characters#Ms._Bunny_Swan), and countless others targeting the black community.
As a warning, I found Mofaz hilarious, but it's almost as offensive as Borat. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzEbA2hTdbY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVt2etuGqaE&feature=related
Like Borat, I assume that Mofaz embodies cultural stereotypes associated with being Persian as well as being a US immigrant. He smokes everywhere (take note of the hospital scene), has 14 children, works as a tow truck driver, and trumps everyone in terms of discussing how terrible his life is.
Since I've been catching MadTV early in the morning, I've really paid attention to the large amount of skits stereotyping cultures - a lot of Bobby Lee skits (Chinese and Korean culture), Mrs. Swan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MADtv_recurring_characters#Ms._Bunny_Swan), and countless others targeting the black community.
As a warning, I found Mofaz hilarious, but it's almost as offensive as Borat. :)
# posted by Miss Karamitsos @ 9:31 AM 
