cynicalprofit Posted April 9, 2004 Report Posted April 9, 2004 Didn't it seem like he was holding back from screaming out some really racist things like using the words "spic" and "wetback"? I swear that felt like a PG version of what he wanted to say. (During the Kurt Angel Award ceremony) Whats the point of making a character a racist, that just reflects so badly on wrestling. I can understand the whole wanna-be ted dibiase(sp) rich guy bit, but attacking some ones ethicnic background is just low for a wrestling character. Sure it makes him a heel, but there are way better ways to get heat, and not easily obtainable cheap heat. Also SOMEONE PLEASE screen cap that shot of Jindrak craddeling Long. That look on Teddy's face was priceless.
AndrewTS Posted April 9, 2004 Report Posted April 9, 2004 Bradshaw's not really "playing a character" here... And when you're talking about Bradshaw, you've got to take any heat any way you can get it.
Guest JMA Posted April 9, 2004 Report Posted April 9, 2004 I don't have a problem with it. WWE has actually made me interested in Bradshaw and --dare I say it -- liking his character. That's a feat worthy of recognition. I hate him in a markish way and want to see him get his comeuppance. And I think the character is more xenophobic than racist. There's a difference.
AndrewTS Posted April 9, 2004 Report Posted April 9, 2004 And I think the character is more xenophobic than racist. There's a difference. But Eddie's a native-born U.S. citizen...or did they change his hometown now?
Guest Man Of 1,004 Modes Posted April 9, 2004 Report Posted April 9, 2004 And I think the character is more xenophobic than racist. There's a difference. But Eddie's a native-born U.S. citizen...or did they change his hometown now? Didn't you realize?! WWE is now Vince McMahons Punch Out! We're having wrestlers move all over the world. Especially canadians.
cynicalprofit Posted April 9, 2004 Author Report Posted April 9, 2004 I agree he's probbaly not playing a character, but I didn't want to sound like I was saying anyone from Texas shared his beliefs or anything like that.
reign Posted April 9, 2004 Report Posted April 9, 2004 I'm just glad that they toned down the whole wall street and FOX News blah blah blah this week and tried something different(WWE and different?). But you have to give the hoss a little credit...he's been playing the beer drinking Texan for the better part of 5 years now...this heel thing seems to be picking up steam
Guest JMA Posted April 9, 2004 Report Posted April 9, 2004 And I think the character is more xenophobic than racist. There's a difference. But Eddie's a native-born U.S. citizen...or did they change his hometown now? Yeah, but the JBL character probably doesn't consider him a "real American" because of his heritage. There are some racial overtones, I admit, but I don't think it's a full-on racist gimmick. I wouldn't put it on the level of, say, Col. DeBeers or even the Triple-H/Booker T feud. JBL's an interesting heel because he's not evil for the sake of being evil. He thinks he's doing the right thing.
Guest Man Of 1,004 Modes Posted April 9, 2004 Report Posted April 9, 2004 I'm just glad that they toned down the whole wall street and FOX News blah blah blah this week and tried something different(WWE and different?). But you have to give the hoss a little credit...he's been playing the beer drinking Texan for the better part of 5 years now...this heel thing seems to be picking up steam I agree....this is the second week I didn't bother to turn on UPN at 8pm. Let Bradshaw keep getting pushed, cause it's pushing me away faster and faster. I think the subtitle under the name WWE to link into this folder should be changed. "Bitch about the latest RAW and laugh at whos being pushed on the latest Smackdown."
Styles Posted April 9, 2004 Report Posted April 9, 2004 What I wonder is how Fox News would react if they found out one of their analysts was on TV saying these things, even if it was just "in character"...
reign Posted April 9, 2004 Report Posted April 9, 2004 Honestly I think guys like Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly would probably agree with JBL about the whole border thing
Michrome Posted April 9, 2004 Report Posted April 9, 2004 Get a clue. Neither of them would support those kinds of statements. Obnoxious how people in this thread make smug comments about Bradshaw probably not being out of character. If only we could all be as tolerant and kind as you Everyone on Faux News hatez Mexicans!~!LOL!
Guest JMA Posted April 9, 2004 Report Posted April 9, 2004 Get a clue. Neither of them would support those kinds of statements. I gotta disagree there. O'Reilly and Hannity are well known pieces of shit. Still, that doesn't mean Bradshaw is a racist or anything. I never got that vibe off him in the few of his columns I've read. And I'm not defending him, either. I pretty much disagree with all of his political beliefs. The character entertains me, and that's all I care about right now.
AndrewTS Posted April 9, 2004 Report Posted April 9, 2004 Obnoxious how people in this thread make smug comments about Bradshaw probably not being out of character. Did you completely miss Bradshaw's enlightened, intelligent comments on 9/13/01's SD?
Detective Comics Posted April 9, 2004 Report Posted April 9, 2004 Didn't it seem like he was holding back from screaming out some really racist things like using the words "spic" ....? He did. When he said he wanted it "Spic and Span" he emphasized 'spic.'
Anya Posted April 9, 2004 Report Posted April 9, 2004 When was the last time Eddie was in a feud that didn't involve his heritage?
SuperJerk Posted April 9, 2004 Report Posted April 9, 2004 Obnoxious how people in this thread make smug comments about Bradshaw probably not being out of character. Did you completely miss Bradshaw's enlightened, intelligent comments on 9/13/01's SD? Care to remind us? That was a few years ago. Thanks.
notJames Posted April 9, 2004 Report Posted April 9, 2004 That would be his comments on the post-Sept. 11th Smackdown, about killing foreigners or something. About as classless as Stuffy McHams' comment comparing the bombing to the US Government going after her daddy during the steroid scandal. As for Bradshaw's latest run channeling Ted DiBiase, colour me unimpressed. Well, more unimpressed than I usually am with him. I mean, did they really have to give him fifteen minutes to milk the whole "wax my car" bit? Sheesh.
humongous2002 Posted April 9, 2004 Report Posted April 9, 2004 Bradshaw bores me to death as a wrestler or on the mic,first Bob Holly and now this guy i guess this is the year for untalented midcard WWE veterans.
Steviekick Posted April 9, 2004 Report Posted April 9, 2004 Honestly I think guys like Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly would probably agree with JBL about the whole border thing I was thinking about that, but more along the lines of what they would think of one their commenaters being blatantly racist, although at a low level.
reign Posted April 11, 2004 Report Posted April 11, 2004 Get a clue. Neither of them would support those kinds of statements. Obnoxious how people in this thread make smug comments about Bradshaw probably not being out of character. If only we could all be as tolerant and kind as you Everyone on Faux News hatez Mexicans!~!LOL! Get a clue? Have you watched the O'Reilly Factor? I'm not saying that Fox News is gonna drive a news truck with some damn bullhorns on it and make a Latino-American wax it and make fun of them but both have been VERY vocal about U.S. immigration policies...O'Reilly going so far as to say that we should have the Marines stationed on the borders...and I'm not even saying that is bad thing...read one their books or just watch the show..you'll get what I mean
Guest CronoT Posted April 11, 2004 Report Posted April 11, 2004 Get a clue. Neither of them would support those kinds of statements. Obnoxious how people in this thread make smug comments about Bradshaw probably not being out of character. If only we could all be as tolerant and kind as you Everyone on Faux News hatez Mexicans!~!LOL! Get a clue? Have you watched the O'Reilly Factor? I'm not saying that Fox News is gonna drive a news truck with some damn bullhorns on it and make a Latino-American wax it and make fun of them but both have been VERY vocal about U.S. immigration policies...O'Reilly going so far as to say that we should have the Marines stationed on the borders...and I'm not even saying that is bad thing...read one their books or just watch the show..you'll get what I mean There's a reason why the US Gov't won't put troops on the border. Because they've already done it, and a 16-year old kid with a .22 rifle guarding his family's flock of sheep was killed by a "Weekend Warrior" who thought he was a "significant threat." Also, Bradshaw and Eddie are BOTH from Texas. Bradshaw is from Sweetwater, Texas, which is slightly south of San Antonio, and Eddie is from El Paso, Texas, where I live. The WWE writers need to get their shit straight before they start a thinly-veiled racist character, and have him fued with another guy because of it.
reign Posted April 11, 2004 Report Posted April 11, 2004 I think were both missing each others points..and writers getting their shit straight would be a godsend at this point..this coming from the same company that's placing every Canadian wrestler as hailing from everywhere BUT the place they are known to be from...besides..Bradshaws a HEEL...he doesn't care where Eddie was born...he plays the part of a rich guy who wants the title and he'll do anything to piss of the Champ...even if that means ignoring their birthplace so he can slander his heritage...on one hand it's good psychology for heel to do it...Dibiase did it many times,like with Razor Ramon...we're in agreement on one thing though...the borders are fucked
Guest Quik Posted April 11, 2004 Report Posted April 11, 2004 I think it's funny that Bradshaw was tagging with a black guy for years before he turned. What suddenyl set him off to hate minorities? Farooq's firing?
Guest Trivia247 Posted April 11, 2004 Report Posted April 11, 2004 And I think the character is more xenophobic than racist. There's a difference. But Eddie's a native-born U.S. citizen...or did they change his hometown now? That reminds me of a line from Paul Rodrigze (sp) comedy " Why don't you go back where you came from?" Paul: El Paso? I believe however that Johnny Boy isn't being Racist as he is Being Xenophoic. He would probably come up with some Eh's and Canuck remarks about a Canadian wrestler that might be against him.
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