Damn Dirty ******'!

BOB: Those damn dirty niggers!

BET: What did you say?

BOB: Those damn dirty niggers, they be all up in my shit again!

BET: Don't be using the word around me boi!

BOB: F**k you bitch, if I wanna be nigga' hatin', I be nigga' hatin'.

BET: Well take yo' nigger hatin' somewhere else fool.

BOB: Yo pussy ass bitch, why I outta f**k your ass up.

BET: Oh you're big man now are you?

BOB: Yo' know it.

BET: Big man, f**king asses up and nigga' hating?

BOB: Uh-huh!

BET: You ain't no real man, you don't work. Get a job, then you have the right to be nigga' hatin' all yo' want.

BOB: No woman be tellin' me how to do ma shit!

PRIEST: Do you take Bet to be your wife?

BOB: What?!

PRIEST: Do you take Bet to be your wife?

BOB: Yeah, yeah motherf**ka!

PRIEST: And Bet do you take Bob to be your husband?

BET: I do.

BOB: Yo' damn right you do.

PRIEST: I now pronounce you man & wife.

BOB: Yo' hear that woman, he be callin' me a man!

BET: You are a man and now my husband. I love you brother.

BOB: Yo' damn right!

I think, unless you're black, you're on very dangerous ground using the notorious 'n' word.

Even black comedians should make sure they use the word only in VERY funny material. I don't believe it can survive being used in a less-than-top-class comedy context.

Leaving that aside and moving along, I think the sketch would be improved significantly by ending with the priest's first line and extending the line to "Do you take this woman to be your lawful wedded wife?"

Trimmed in that way, the sketch is sharp enough and funny enough to survive the use of the 'n' word.

Is it 'sharp'? Seemed like a fairly standard sketch with a fairly standard 'twist' to me. Like the classic "it turns out to be his mum" twist we see all the time. I mean, don't get me wrong, it wasn't badly written, but the concept didn't excite me in the least. Of course, presumably it would have to be a radio sketch otherwise the punchline would be prematurely revealed by the actors' garb.

James, you are right. It's a standard twist in a standard sketch. Only hidden behind a barrage of naughty words.

I almost regret posting this now, but at the same time I don't.

Thank you both for making interesting points.

As long as the actors were black or mixed race & comfortable with what they were saying then it is cool.

I think someone posted one on big brother before though & he got a really hard time with his.
I know that some of the black community affectionatley refer to themselves as the N word. As long as it is done that way I personaly dont see a problem.
In America white people are known as crackers. I presume because during slavery us whites cracked the whip. TBH I have no real idea why. Just an assumtion. Chris Rock uses it. I don't take offence.
Good Sketch X geezer.

The main reason why blacks use the word is because they say that by using it they reclaim the word for themselves and remove its stigma.

Problem with the use of this word and the density of it, it's going to detract from the actual comedy by focussing on the naughtiness of the words.

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The main reason why blacks use the word is because they say that by using it they reclaim the word for themselves and remove its stigma.

Problem with the use of this word and the density of it, it's going to detract from the actual comedy by focussing on the naughtiness of the words.

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Good Point!

Cracker: Apparently it comes from cracking corn. Poor white southerners couldn't afford to buy corn meal so they had to crack their own (according to wot I just Googled).
I always thought it was referring to the white colour of a Jacob's cream cracker!!

Thanks James. I have always wondered!

The 'n' word is simply how people from the southern USA pronounce 'negro'. As such, it has no negative connotation whatever.

This time next century, words like 'the' and 'a' might be equally taboo.

Who knows?

...I don't think so, mate.

To all of the above.

Wikipedia says "Southern dialect in many parts of the southern United States changes the pronunciation of "Negro" to "nigra" so I don't think I'm too far out.

Words often change 'er' and 're' endings for each other, either in writing or when spoken, so it's not hard to see how the word originated.

My gran used to sing a lullaby to us that went "Go to sleep, my little piccaninny". It was only a few months ago I found out a "piccaninny" is (or was) a derogatory term for a black child. So gran was singing to me "Go to sleep, you little baby nigger." Shocker!

Quote: Perry Nium @ February 10, 2008, 2:35 AM

My gran used to sing a lullaby to us that went "Go to sleep, my little piccaninny". It was only a few months ago I found out a "piccaninny" is (or was) a derogatory term for a black child. So gran was singing to me "Go to sleep, you little baby nigger." Shocker!

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That is hilarious.
And thank you for giving me the opportunity to realize, my new waterproof mascara, is not waterproof at all!

I once attended a meeting chaired by a a young black woman from Channel 4 where we were told that the term 'ethnic minority' was non-pc.