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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-11 02:16 PM
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PIC: Netflix thinks the Chappelle Show is racist?
So Netflix was giving me a bunch of TV shows to rate, and after I rated The Chappelle Show, they asked this:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UPEYtXJ4Mog/TTnVqFij6rI/AAAAAAAAAKA/aXmgcjJqH6E/s640/netflix+dave+chapelle.jpg
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-11 02:26 PM
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1. that just seems weird... is that for real?
He's a hell of a smart and funny guy.
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-11 02:33 PM
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2. yeah. I noticed a certain political bent to their questions about other movies and shows
lefty documentaries that were pretty mainstream got questions like ''How often do you watch conspiracy theories like this?'' I got pretty far through the process before I thought to take a screenshot.
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TreasonousBastard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-11 02:45 PM
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3. Most of that stuff is computer generated from some odd algorithm...
and means nobody from Netflix reads all the queries, not necessarily that they are such assholes.

But, maybe someone should read them...
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CBGLuthier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-11 03:06 PM
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4. Racism does not equal racist
Racism merely means that racial issues are a strong part of the storytelling.

I think that is an apt description of that show. I would also describe the film Do the Right Thing the same way.
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-11 03:12 PM
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5. Dave Chappelle does it better than Spike Lee
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