Grand Forks appearance of Williams and Ree comedy duo derailed by Sioux nickname controversy
March 3, 2011 at 6:07 am in Grand Forks Herald
Williams and Ree, the longtime comedy duo who bill themselves as “the Indian and the White Guy” and play off race for some of their material, were negotiating in February to play Grand Forks this month when UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname controversy apparently derailed the talks. Continue Reading
Oh, for heaven’s sake. This is getting ridiculous!
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Their show plans being ruined is actually funnier than their show.
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Of course Sioux fans aren’t offended. Missing the point here, folks… They’re coming to the empire arts center anyway. Win/Win
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Since the word “indian” is such a sensitive issue, I propose that “it” be abolished from all languages. Hope I can propose “it” without saying “it”. Now… the world will be a better place.
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Unbelievable! They have performed at the local Indian Casinos many times.
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Just when I thought people could not get more stupid, but bam…there it is! I wonder who the idiot was who had that ignorant idea.
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And I was worried that I was gonna be the only guy who felt this way,,,, thank god for the other bloggers,,,,,,
OMG, this is why, when we grew up and had to learned about the “real world” after we left the RRV….. Absolutely unbelievable…..
I’m speechless
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I guess the person who had that idea has an areavoices account and just hit the dislike button! hahahahahaa!!
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R I D I C U L O U S
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see where political correctness gets us! OMG!
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Really! The Indian & The White Guy is offensive? Stop over analizing everything! If they want to cancel something because of it’s content, they should turn on their TV sets! 90% of that IS offensive! America (including North Dakota) has officially run-a-muck! Let the bleeding hearted liberals keep setting the aggenda, making the rules and passing more laws to give us more freedom until we don’t have any freedoms left! (it is where we are heading)
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The Empire Arts Center just booked William & Ree for March 15th! More details on the blog http://empireartscenter.areavoices.com/
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I would’ve cancelled them because they suck. This is painfully bad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz40CLVsxpw
Git’r'done humor for sweatpants-wearing Wal-Mart shoppers.
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Look! The elephant is in the room!
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The key to this article is at the end – the opinions of Mr. Ree. The Herald would like us to believe by the headlines that somehow they chose not to come because of the logo. Reading to the very end, you find out what they think of the logo. Very clever Dennis, Jacobs, and your little slave writer Chuck Haga. You are trying hard to sway the public on dumping this logo, but slowly you are being outnumbered. You are misusing your positions. By the way, I’m so sick of Tom Dennis and his opinions, I wish there was another paper that had delivery.
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We have enough conspiracy theories already. But thanks anyway.
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