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May 17, 2008
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LeBron And Gisele On Vogue
Sports Buzz The controversy around the recent Vogue cover continues unabated online. Critics see a reductive racial stereotype in the image of LeBron James holding Gisele Bundchen on this month's cover shot - it's LeBron as King Kong - and non-critics just go "huh"?
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The Inbred Look
Movie Buzz The casting director of Shelter, a Julianne Moore/Jonathan Rhys Meyers horror movie about to start filming, was fired after putting out a call for inbred-looking people to play West Virginia hillbillies. West Virginians were not amused. We wonder, don't they have makeup artists for that sort of thing? Interestingly, a British government minister only got a slap on the wrist for his recent comments about British Muslims' inbred look.
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Super Bowl Ads
TV Buzz Once again, violent antics and broad stereotypes win the day. Despite some assertions that this year's crop of ads would be kinder and gentler, the majority of Super Bowl spots couldn't help basing their jokes on brutal pratfalls and thinly veiled racist jokes. Here's a roundup of what you missed while replenishing your snacks.
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