Adam is confused. It hurt itself in the confusion!

2 Broke Girls co-creator defends show's racial humor in worst possible terms

I’m so glad that the reporters at the TCA press tour addressed things that needed to be addressed in regards to 2 Broke Girls, namely the shallow, racist stereotypes that make up the supporting cast.

While the article pretty much sums up what I like about the show (enjoyable lead roles that have been developed over the series) and what I hate (pretty much the rest of it), what does annoy me is how Michael Patrick King outlook on the series and how responds to everything brought up.

Being a white, straight male, I can’t say I’ve had to deal with things that say, MPK had to, growing up gay. I’m sure was difficult, but I think unless you’ve been in the position where you’re looked down on because of your race or your sexuality, you don’t really understand what people have gone through in the past or continue to struggle with. Which is why all the racist bullshit in 2 Broke Girls sort of irks me. He’ll obviously have first-hand experience of what is must be like to watch television and have shows make fun of gay people to the point where you think “hang on, this doesn’t feel like a joke any more…” which is why I can’t understand why every week we get Han and Oleg acting how you’d imagine complete bigots view other nationalities. Something just isn’t adding up.

Look, comedy is comedy, and at some point everything has to be made fun of. But if your friend kept making fun of the same thing every week, you may start to believe that he means what he says (or maybe he just isn’t creative with his jokes). I also believe that if you don’t find something funny (hello every Seth MacFarlane animation!) then turn the damn thing off.

There lies the problem, because like a lot of other people, I do like the show. I just know it can do better.

God, those new episodes of Arrested Development can’t come soon enough.