Amy Poehler's Blu Ivy/R. Kelly joke

[dianecourt]

To be thorough, the joke wholly belongs to Julie Klausner who wrote the entire series.  Amy is just an executive producer, which means she probably saw it and didn't object

[sfy]

Repulsive. I'm speechless. That's disgusting.

[iammalcolmx]

That is awful.

[elleblue]

The face I made just reading the title of this thread. Ugh.

[skwcm80]

I can't believe anyone thought that would be funny. Gross

[gpw]

That's really disappointing. What an awful "joke".

[AJL]

And y'all just made the character's point.

[sfy]

Aug 18, 2015 19:00:59 GMT -5 AJL said:

And y'all just made the character's point.

So...I'm okay with being really offended about pediophilia jokes about a three year child, regardless of what point it makes.

[josieposy]

Yeah that's not funny.

[iammalcolmx]

Aug 18, 2015 19:00:59 GMT -5 AJL said:

And y'all just made the character's point.

What does this mean? The "joke" was disgusting, don't turn this around on us.

[elleblue]

Aug 18, 2015 19:00:59 GMT -5 AJL said:

And y'all just made the character's point.

Another Period makes some pedophilia jokes in at least one episode (there's also incest jokes and jokes made about every offensive topic imaginable). It's not just the subject matter, it's that a three year old child was brought into it. For me at least, that's the distinction. 

[rugbywife]

Aug 18, 2015 19:32:30 GMT -5 elleblue said:

Aug 18, 2015 19:00:59 GMT -5 AJL said:

And y'all just made the character's point.

Another Period makes some pedophilia jokes in at least one episode (there's also incest jokes and jokes made about every offensive topic imaginable). It's not just the subject matter, it's that a three year old child was brought into it. For me at least, that's the distinction. 

And maybe also that that 3 year old is an actual person, who lives and breathes. That seems very different from generic jokes, which while questionable isn't...I don't know, personal?

[bronxgirl]

Can you imagine reading this about your child? Gross.

[wawa]

Aug 18, 2015 19:36:11 GMT -5 rugbywife said:

Aug 18, 2015 19:32:30 GMT -5 elleblue said:

Another Period makes some pedophilia jokes in at least one episode (there's also incest jokes and jokes made about every offensive topic imaginable). It's not just the subject matter, it's that a three year old child was brought into it. For me at least, that's the distinction. 

And maybe also that that 3 year old is an actual person, who lives and breathes. That seems very different from generic jokes, which while questionable isn't...I don't know, personal?

I agree. You can make a metajoke about topics being off-limits without talking about an actual real child.

[ChillyMcFreeze]

I've heard this show is painfully terrible, so at least I can now definitively cross it off the list.

[decemberwedding07]

Aug 18, 2015 19:16:23 GMT -5 iammalcolmx said:

Aug 18, 2015 19:00:59 GMT -5 AJL said:

And y'all just made the character's point.

What does this mean? The "joke" was disgusting, don't turn this around on us.

I haven't seen the show, but judging by the title and the description of the scene, it sounds like the person who said it is supposed to be horrible, and the fact that she doesn't understand why that joke was just not funny and way over the line is further proof of her horribleness.

[ttt]

Aug 18, 2015 22:02:53 GMT -5 decemberwedding07 said:

Aug 18, 2015 19:16:23 GMT -5 iammalcolmx said:

What does this mean? The "joke" was disgusting, don't turn this around on us.

I haven't seen the show, but judging by the title and the description of the scene, it sounds like the person who said it is supposed to be horrible, and the fact that she doesn't understand why that joke was just not funny and way over the line is further proof of her horribleness.

OK, but there has to be some other terrible joke they could have used, right? There are plenty of offensive and off-limits things to make not-funny jokes about without bringing an actual 3 year old into it. 

(not directed at you, btw, but at the writers!)

[decemberwedding07]

Aug 18, 2015 22:09:45 GMT -5 ttt said:

Aug 18, 2015 22:02:53 GMT -5 decemberwedding07 said:

I haven't seen the show, but judging by the title and the description of the scene, it sounds like the person who said it is supposed to be horrible, and the fact that she doesn't understand why that joke was just not funny and way over the line is further proof of her horribleness.

OK, but there has to be some other terrible joke they could have used, right? There are plenty of offensive and off-limits things to make not-funny jokes about without bringing an actual 3 year old into it. 

(not directed at you, btw, but at the writers!)

Agreed.

[eclaires]

TBH, if someone made this joke and used my child, I'd probably inflict violence on them. And a lot of it.

I think it's pretty terrible that anyone would use another person's child - famous or not - to make a disgusting joke to prove a point.