‘2 Broke Girls’ stars Kat Dennings, Beth Behrs speak out over ‘aboriginal’ joke on show
Well, this is something that “2 Broke Girls” probably is very familiar with at the moment: Controversy over whether or not something is offensive. However, the difference here is that this time, even some of the actors are speaking out against it.
The moment comes from a recent episode of the show that featured the Han character (Matthew Moy) saying that “[He’s] in a casual flirtation with a woman in Australia. She’s part Aboriginal, but has a great personality” as he searches for a lost iPad. Ironically, the Han character himself was originally under fire for perpetuating a variety of Asian stereotypes, and over time the show tried to change it up so that the jokes are a little less race-oriented.
As you would expect, the “Aboriginal” joke did not go over well in either Australia or New Zealand, which led to Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs speaking out against in on Saturday. We’re sure that there will be someone out there who goes to an extreme here saying that they are at war or something with the writers, but we don’t see it like that. You name a sitcom star who has never been upset over one line that was in a script at some point; you may get paid for it, but there are always lines that are either too much or, in this case, extremely over the line. The writer hopefully will apologize, and then everyone moves forward.
To us, the biggest surprise of all is just that this line made it through the censors at CBS, who are rather strict when it comes to the content that they put on the air. While this show is traditionally very filthy, it still is monitored.
Ultimately, we don’t think anyone would watch this and think that any actor actually shares these beliefs as Han, a fictional character. It’s a controversy that may last a couple more weeks, and then ultimately dies off.
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