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Did this scene from Jurassic World just insult Pakistanis? |
2015-06-21 |
[DAWN] Jurassic World has been a mammoth success. It is well on its way to rake in $1 billion at the box office, shattering previous records but that's not what's making rounds on social media -- viewers are expressing disbelief over the supposed racial slur that they heard five to ten minutes into the movie. Tut tut! A racial slur, was it? One of the many species of dinosaurs that appear in the movie is the Pachycephalosaurus (pronounced pak-ee-sef-a-low-sor -us). When a bunch of them escape, one character states: "The pachys are out of containment!", which phonetically sounds a lot like Paki, the n-word for Paks apparently. Back in my Army days we had what they called Forward Area Refuelling Points, which was abbreviated FARP. One went to a FARP to pass gas, and things went downhill from there. I don't think the guys that came up with the abbreviation did it to cause the hee-hees among the easily amused among us. Although it sounds just like a short form for Pak, it's used as a pejorative against South Asian people, mostly in the United Kingdom. Obviously the fact that the script was penned by Americans and the movie was set in Costa Rica doesn't make a difference: the damage was done. We also had those things we put on our backs sometimes when we went out for a hike. We called them "bakpaks." But we only called them that because we didn't like Pakistainians. |
Posted by:Fred |
#7 Well,...I hope so. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2015-06-21 23:28 |
#6 As for the PAKISTANIS - D *** NG, DOES THIS MEAN THERE IS NO "ISLA NUBAR"??? LOL. |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-06-21 20:05 |
#5 Great movie - I'm glad to see the producers didn't over-feminize or super-duper downplay the T-Rex's + Raptors like they did wid "LOST WORLD". The above being said, as per 1960's-1970's Guam Taotamonas + Madonna, my focii is the symbolism + interaction between the two Brothers, the two Sisters, the Younger Brother in hiding seeing the approach of Indomnious Rex, + the "Ghost in the Garage/Old House". |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-06-21 20:04 |
#4 Tell me about it. |
Posted by: Rotherham 2015-06-21 13:04 |
#3 I wuz hoping a velociraptor (speedy bastard) peed on the wholesome kram. |
Posted by: Shipman 2015-06-21 01:47 |
#2 Pak billboards and loudhailers holler, "Ask any devout Allah-wallah! You'll howl at the softness! Your soul will be spotless! It's new improved Islam, by Allah!" |
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2015-06-21 00:31 |
#1 Pure hardheads! Their highest attainment? To battle for Al's entertainment: The Koran inflames 'em And till Islam tames 'em The pachys are out of containment! |
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2015-06-21 00:27 |