http://www.avclub.com/article/portla...rtlandi-243359
I like the show, but it can be kinda dingy at times. If that's how they were treating the filming location (the article claims they left it a mess and the stipend the store got didn't cover the revenue it lost by closing for filming) then ok, fuck them.
but....
the SJW comes out.
the real reason why? Fred Arminsen in a dress is offending all the trans people.
The Show Sucks
The Women and Women First segments that are filmed at In Other Words are trans-antagonistic and trans-misogynist and have only become more offensive as the show goes on. ‘LOL Fred Armisen in a wig and a dress’ is a deeply shitty joke whose sole punchline throws trans femmes under the bus by holding up their gender presentation for mockery and ridicule. In a world where trans femmes – particularly Black trans women – are being brutalized and murdered on a regular basis for simply daring to exist, dude in a dress jokes are lazy, reactionary, and actively harmful. They’re also just straight up not funny.
Also: there are no Black people on Portlandia. There are a tiny number of people of color on Portlandia. Portland is white but it’s not that damn white. It’s also a city with a deeply entrenched history of racism and white supremacy. In Other Words is in the heart of a historically Black neighborhood in Northeast Portland. We have Black Lives Matter written on our window. Black Lives Matter Portland meets regularly in our space. But as more and more Black folks and people of color have become involved at In Other Words, Portlandia has only gotten steadfastly more white. Oh and also: the last time the show filmed in our space, the production crew asked to us to remove the Black Lives Matter sign on our window. We refused.
sooooooooooooooooo
it's ok to joke, as long as it's not about transgendered people. GMAFB. it's comedy. sometimes it's offensive. But they let this shit go on for 6 seasons. And now that it's not cool anymore to do it, they're 86'n the entire thing.