Reckless Comedians

In this era where same sex marriage is already approved in some parts of the world, I can't understand why some people would still want to offend and humiliate gays... or find being gay per se humiliating. I don't know why a lot of people find 'gay jokes' funny. I mean, I know we have different interpretations of what's funny but Michael V.'s parody of Hindi Ako Bakla and Wag na Wag went a little bit too far. If you are to look at it critically, what is wrong with being gay anyway? Why are gays being condemned? And if you turned out to be gay later in your life, what is wrong with that? Why would gays try to conceal their real gender? 

Another aspect where I think that those to parodies are wrong is the media aspect of it. Michael V., aka Bitoy, is a know comedian. I have no control over his beliefs but my point is, he should be aware that he might worsen the oppression of gays. Also, though I know that those parodies were from a few years back,

he should also be aware that the world is evolving. And that it should evolve for the better. We should accept a person for who he/she is. (I don't know if I'm even saying it right for there are no pronouns for gays.) 

Anyway, it doesn't end there. Another from his collection of tacky parodies, DJ Bumbay falls under the racist category. DJ Bumbay is straight-up offensive to Indians or so locally called 'Bumbays'. The parody did not fail to point out how Indians are entrepreneurs who sell off-quality goods. They were also berated as those who lend money through 5,6 and puts interests that are too high. Why don't we just respect each other's norms? And yes, it may not be purely his intention but, Bitoy generalized all Indians to fall under his description of who they are. To think that he used media as a tool to make fun of them, I would not wonder why many Filipinos look at Indians in a certain negative manner.

For a change of perspective, here's an Indian stand-up comedian who tried to be funny about Filipinos:

Russel Peters pointed out how Filipinos speak bad English... Which would appear like he's generalizing that all Filipinos are bad in English. But it's totally not true because in fact, we are considered to be one of the best English speaking countries in the world. One proof would be every time that we join beauty pageants, Filipinos do not need translators for English is the second language in this country. 

Clearly I am trying to defend my self as a Filipina but I also know how wrong Bitoy's parody (more like insult) about Indians is. I know how good they are in marketing and entrepreneurship. In fact, when I was in Dubai, they flooded the electronic stores! They are good salesmen and I'm telling the truth. I am not just saying this for objectivity's sake. 

I just hope that if people wants to be funny, they should know their boundaries.