“Saturday Night Live” star Bowen Yang published a thorough Twitter thread on Sunday night about “The Good Place” producer Megan Amram’s offensive tweets from the early 2010s, which made fun of the Asian community, Jewish people and people with disabilities.
“Hello! I’ve been asked by lots of people to talk about the Megan Amram tweets which, in addition to being ableist and anti-Semitic, were explicitly anti-Asian; thematically, even,” Yang wrote.
In the thread, the comedian went on to address how the producer’s tweets were “shocking,” but not surprising. “Asians have always been one of many cheap curios in the gilt of the cabinet of Western humor,” wrote Yang.
Hello! I’ve been asked by lots of people to talk about the Megan Amram tweets which, in addition to being ableist and anti-Semitic, were explicitly anti-Asian; thematically, even.
— Bowen Yang (@bowenyang) June 22, 2020
“Some people think joking about a subordinate race is the edgiest,...
“Hello! I’ve been asked by lots of people to talk about the Megan Amram tweets which, in addition to being ableist and anti-Semitic, were explicitly anti-Asian; thematically, even,” Yang wrote.
In the thread, the comedian went on to address how the producer’s tweets were “shocking,” but not surprising. “Asians have always been one of many cheap curios in the gilt of the cabinet of Western humor,” wrote Yang.
Hello! I’ve been asked by lots of people to talk about the Megan Amram tweets which, in addition to being ableist and anti-Semitic, were explicitly anti-Asian; thematically, even.
— Bowen Yang (@bowenyang) June 22, 2020
“Some people think joking about a subordinate race is the edgiest,...
- 6/22/2020
- by Klaritza Rico
- Variety Film + TV
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