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minus-squarefelbane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27·4 months agoThe joke is that Asian kids still win the spelling bee even with different rules for spelling. SNL was playing on the stereotype. So many of these Norm-era jokes are wild outside the (more racist, more misogynistic) context of the late 20th century.
minus-squareChicoSuave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·4 months agoIt’s part of the criticism that Norm was just a regular comedian and not some comic genius. He had a good delivery but punched down too often to be comfortable.
The joke is that Asian kids still win the spelling bee even with different rules for spelling. SNL was playing on the stereotype.
So many of these Norm-era jokes are wild outside the (more racist, more misogynistic) context of the late 20th century.
It’s part of the criticism that Norm was just a regular comedian and not some comic genius. He had a good delivery but punched down too often to be comfortable.