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Meade Skelton is 100% Character
Posted by:
Meade Lover's
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Date: November 24, 2013 08:44PM
I never put a lot of thought into it until recently, when for some reason I found myself on Meade's MonumentFloyd Youtube channel, following a link from this site. It was a recent video; I happened to read the comments section, and saw that someone (obviously a regular user of this site) had posted the erroneous "uppity negroes" comment from last year. Meade replied very sarcastically only by saying, "definitely not racist".
That got me thinking.
Obviously, this was a very self-effacing remark. Meade knew exactly what he was responding to, and he knew exactly what he was doing. That was a direct, unflinching, knowing smirk of a comment. Meade knows what he's doing. He knows exactly what he's doing. It's a character. 100 percent performance. If that comment wasn't enough to convince you, there was another one in the comments section of his review of the box set for season two of Mama's Family on DVD; some other smart-aleck, obviously another poster from this forum, posted "Do they include the episode where Urkel builds an atomic bomb in Mama's basement?" Meade responds, not honestly and obliviously, as we might be conditioned to expect from this forum--but once again, very knowingly--by saying "wrong show, boy". This is a very savvy response, playing on the 'too dumb to know any better' racist aspect of his character. This response, and many others in addition to the first one, demonstrate a clear understanding of irony and sarcasm. "Definitely not racist" is not the response of a man who simply doesn't understand what all the fuss is about. There's no way to read that comment without sarcasm. And besides, the sing-songy tone and goofiness in recent videos, the Mama's Family review in particular (with the over-the-top comical false start) speaks for itself.
Meade is clearly very intelligent and has a very caustic sense of humor. No wonder he's been a regular on this site for so many years. Meade Skelton, racist faux-southern country singer, is a bit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ySKkcZaXDE&feature=c4-overview&list=UU7efwGoW7Nc9POSnWOEioyg
That got me thinking.
Obviously, this was a very self-effacing remark. Meade knew exactly what he was responding to, and he knew exactly what he was doing. That was a direct, unflinching, knowing smirk of a comment. Meade knows what he's doing. He knows exactly what he's doing. It's a character. 100 percent performance. If that comment wasn't enough to convince you, there was another one in the comments section of his review of the box set for season two of Mama's Family on DVD; some other smart-aleck, obviously another poster from this forum, posted "Do they include the episode where Urkel builds an atomic bomb in Mama's basement?" Meade responds, not honestly and obliviously, as we might be conditioned to expect from this forum--but once again, very knowingly--by saying "wrong show, boy". This is a very savvy response, playing on the 'too dumb to know any better' racist aspect of his character. This response, and many others in addition to the first one, demonstrate a clear understanding of irony and sarcasm. "Definitely not racist" is not the response of a man who simply doesn't understand what all the fuss is about. There's no way to read that comment without sarcasm. And besides, the sing-songy tone and goofiness in recent videos, the Mama's Family review in particular (with the over-the-top comical false start) speaks for itself.
Meade is clearly very intelligent and has a very caustic sense of humor. No wonder he's been a regular on this site for so many years. Meade Skelton, racist faux-southern country singer, is a bit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ySKkcZaXDE&feature=c4-overview&list=UU7efwGoW7Nc9POSnWOEioyg
Re: Meade Skelton is 100% Character
Posted by:
Nicetry
()
Date: November 24, 2013 10:18PM
Meade Lover's Wrote:
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> I never put a lot of thought into it until
> recently, when for some reason I found myself on
> Meade's MonumentFloyd Youtube channel, following a
> link from this site. It was a recent video; I
> happened to read the comments section, and saw
> that someone (obviously a regular user of this
> site) had posted the erroneous "uppity negroes"
> comment from last year. Meade replied very
> sarcastically only by saying, "definitely not
> racist".
>
> That got me thinking.
>
>
> Obviously, this was a very self-effacing remark.
> Meade knew exactly what he was responding to, and
> he knew exactly what he was doing. That was a
> direct, unflinching, knowing smirk of a comment.
> Meade knows what he's doing. He knows exactly what
> he's doing. It's a character. 100 percent
> performance. If that comment wasn't enough to
> convince you, there was another one in the
> comments section of his review of the box set for
> season two of Mama's Family on DVD; some other
> smart-aleck, obviously another poster from this
> forum, posted "Do they include the episode where
> Urkel builds an atomic bomb in Mama's basement?"
> Meade responds, not honestly and obliviously, as
> we might be conditioned to expect from this
> forum--but once again, very knowingly--by saying
> "wrong show, boy". This is a very savvy response,
> playing on the 'too dumb to know any better'
> racist aspect of his character. This response, and
> many others in addition to the first one,
> demonstrate a clear understanding of irony and
> sarcasm. "Definitely not racist" is not the
> response of a man who simply doesn't understand
> what all the fuss is about. There's no way to read
> that comment without sarcasm. And besides, the
> sing-songy tone and goofiness in recent videos,
> the Mama's Family review in particular (with the
> over-the-top comical false start) speaks for
> itself.
>
> Meade is clearly very intelligent and has a very
> caustic sense of humor. No wonder he's been a
> regular on this site for so many years. Meade
> Skelton, racist faux-southern country singer, is a
> bit.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ySKkcZaXDE&feature
> =c4-overview&list=UU7efwGoW7Nc9POSnWOEioyg
If it is an act, then he is a method actor. Having met Meade in person, he is exactly as he is in his videos. Same kind of mannerisms, speech, and everything. He has noticeable trouble making eye contact. I don't know if maybe it might partly be an act, but part of it is definitely how he is. His antiquated views on race could be because he was raised by parents born in the early 1930s who grew up in Richmond.
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> I never put a lot of thought into it until
> recently, when for some reason I found myself on
> Meade's MonumentFloyd Youtube channel, following a
> link from this site. It was a recent video; I
> happened to read the comments section, and saw
> that someone (obviously a regular user of this
> site) had posted the erroneous "uppity negroes"
> comment from last year. Meade replied very
> sarcastically only by saying, "definitely not
> racist".
>
> That got me thinking.
>
>
> Obviously, this was a very self-effacing remark.
> Meade knew exactly what he was responding to, and
> he knew exactly what he was doing. That was a
> direct, unflinching, knowing smirk of a comment.
> Meade knows what he's doing. He knows exactly what
> he's doing. It's a character. 100 percent
> performance. If that comment wasn't enough to
> convince you, there was another one in the
> comments section of his review of the box set for
> season two of Mama's Family on DVD; some other
> smart-aleck, obviously another poster from this
> forum, posted "Do they include the episode where
> Urkel builds an atomic bomb in Mama's basement?"
> Meade responds, not honestly and obliviously, as
> we might be conditioned to expect from this
> forum--but once again, very knowingly--by saying
> "wrong show, boy". This is a very savvy response,
> playing on the 'too dumb to know any better'
> racist aspect of his character. This response, and
> many others in addition to the first one,
> demonstrate a clear understanding of irony and
> sarcasm. "Definitely not racist" is not the
> response of a man who simply doesn't understand
> what all the fuss is about. There's no way to read
> that comment without sarcasm. And besides, the
> sing-songy tone and goofiness in recent videos,
> the Mama's Family review in particular (with the
> over-the-top comical false start) speaks for
> itself.
>
> Meade is clearly very intelligent and has a very
> caustic sense of humor. No wonder he's been a
> regular on this site for so many years. Meade
> Skelton, racist faux-southern country singer, is a
> bit.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ySKkcZaXDE&feature
> =c4-overview&list=UU7efwGoW7Nc9POSnWOEioyg
If it is an act, then he is a method actor. Having met Meade in person, he is exactly as he is in his videos. Same kind of mannerisms, speech, and everything. He has noticeable trouble making eye contact. I don't know if maybe it might partly be an act, but part of it is definitely how he is. His antiquated views on race could be because he was raised by parents born in the early 1930s who grew up in Richmond.
Re: Meade Skelton is 100% Character
Posted by:
comic genius
()
Date: November 24, 2013 10:40PM
He's the Andy Kaufman of our time.
Re: Meade Skelton is 100% Character
Posted by:
comedy gold
()
Date: November 24, 2013 11:17PM
comic genius Wrote:
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> He's the Andy Kaufman of our time.
I came to this conclusion myself recently.
No one can be that ridiculously inappropriate without working hard on it.
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> He's the Andy Kaufman of our time.
I came to this conclusion myself recently.
No one can be that ridiculously inappropriate without working hard on it.
Re: Meade Skelton is 100% Character
Posted by:
BEH
()
Date: November 25, 2013 03:17AM
Lol...Meade is a retard