Doing the “Nappy Hos” dance
OK, OK. I hear ya.
You want me to pop off about Rutgers Women’s basketball and the whole ‘Nappy Hos’ episode. Well Happy bloody Birthday.
Here’s the thing no one is saying — this kind of radio show is nearly entirely scripted in advance. No, really. Just like Letterman, Leno, The Daily Show, Colbert, Ellen, Regis and that skeleton girl … all of them are pre-written for actors who then attempt to act as if it is off-the-cuff.
This was not amateur night at the Improv. Don Imus knew what he was saying. So did his radio show puppet master Bernard McGurk.
The crime committed here was not racism, bigotry or gender intolerance. The crime committed here was failed comedy and failed taste.
For whatever reason, these two yutzes thought there was something funny about calling these girls, many of whom have race-specific hair qualities, Whores. Granted, he used the colloquial. But 70-year-old dudes can’t use “Ho” any more than I can use “dude”.
When Chris Rock uses “Ho” in context on the Espy’s, it does not fail the comedy test. When a Southern rap band names itself “Nappy Roots” it does not fail the taste test.
Imus, McGurk — you failed both tests.
But there’s an old saying that applies specifically to shock jock comedians like Imus, Stern and Limbaugh — there’s no such thing as negative publicity.
And guess what, Hoss? Your show’s ratings are already going through the roof.
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