Comments on: ‘Desperate Housewives’ insult angers Filipinos worldwide

By: andrea

andrea — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:35:36 +0000

I used to love desperate housewives but this racial slur has left a bad taste in my mouth, i’m having second thoughts on watching another episode. Never was a big fan of Teri Hatcher anyway… It’s a pity that they can’t come up with something funny sans the racist stereotyping.

although it never really surprised me… I’ve heard the same racial slurs from American movies ironically top billed by Rob Schneider, and from the comedy series 30 rock (That’s why I stopped watching the series as well…) America has always belittled us, not only in the medical field but in everything else…

They’re only lucky we’re a 3rd world country… But in terms of sheer intellect, skill and talent, we beat them by a mile… (I think they forgot that a hefty number of the people they hired in Silicon Valley are Filipinos…)

By: Lorie

Lorie — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 06:16:55 +0000

hay na. berikyut is beri rayt. :p i was laughin my butt off. takes the fever away.

wow, shows how powerful the philippine blogosphere is, nowadays.

By: Hannahgrace

Hannahgrace — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 04:52:49 +0000

Thank God for berikyut’s comment. At least it’ll leave me laughing and not too infuriated.

By: Jun

Jun — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:51:12 +0000

It is not surprising how ABC Network’s apology seem so void of it’s intent with a phrase “there is NO INTENT to disparage the integrity” and all that nonsense. It is a painful reality indeed that some of our top professionals work in the USA, pour out their talent,give their very best and after a pat on the back,they taste the American backlash. Typical American “I came here to make money not to make friends”. We Filipinos tend to have a short memory sad to say. Please let us not forget this. After all, that TV series was not only viewed in the US. The way I see it, the damage had been severely done.

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