WATCH THE CLIP BEFORE YOU READ.It's a simple two step process, don't fuck it up!
Around 2 years ago a buddy of mine put me on to this video. When I first saw it I didn't know whether to be mad or hungry. I think I should tell you that my "buddy" is a small white woman, and I am a proud, 12 foot tall, attractive black man. My jaw dropped as she laughed hysterically. "This is so offensive" I thought, " and "white woman, you shouldn't be laughing at this". Then something funny happened...I GOT HUNGRY. Call me an uncle tom, a sell out, Mr. Bojangles, Cuba Gooding Jr., whatever you like, personally I don't care. After watching this video I somehow found myself doing the old soft shoe in front of my stove; as I poured fresh Wesson oil into a pot, and prepared a well seasoned batter. This song has everything I like. A good beat, a concept I can believe in, and it asks me questions so I know the artist is trying to connect with me, and keep me involved. "You like the wings? You like the thighs? You like the white meat? You like the legs?". I do! I do! I do like all those things!I feel like you know me so well.
For me, the best part of this video is the fat kid in the blue hooded sweatshirt. He starts out so excited, then gets upset as his hunger begins to grow. Around the 2:28 mark, he's clearly not having fun anymore, and to put it mildly is pissed off. I love how he puts his hands in his pockets as a sign of protest. "Uh...I was told there would be chicken here, what's taking so long. You guys have me chanting, beating on tables, and I still haven't gotten my two piece leg and thigh plate yet. I'm not asking for a lot. I don't require money. We agreed you would pay me in chicken, that's all I need, and that is what I expect". I feel you little man, stand up for your rights. Don't let that blue headed, cross dresser, frying chicken on a grill do you dirty. By the way, frying chicken on a grill? a pit at that? There truly are no words.
Some of you might be offended by this, but its important to remember that it's times like these that I would cordially ask you to go fuck yourself. I think its funny so I put it on my blog. The truth is no matter what race you are, I'm sure you can find about a billion things wrong with this clip. Unless you are in the Klan, in which case this is probably in your training video, or at least shown at movie nights, during Klan For Kids summer sleep away camp. Honestly, part of me does cringe a bit when I see it, but I have managed to laugh my way through it every time. As dumb as this video is, it can spark an open dialog amongst black people about negative racial stereotypes, and how often times minorities seem as if they are trying their damnedest to reinforce them. In closing, is this offensive? Yes! should I have eaten 10 pounds of KFC Original Recipe after watching it? Probably not. But a wise man once said "Sometimes in life you have to laugh to keep from crying". I would suggest that others you just need to fry some chicken.
