Sylvester McCoy in The Hobbit 'like Jar-Jar Binks'

[Ghost Bones]

Sindatur wrote:

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Never understood where that stereotype came from. I've lived in a few predominantly black neighborhoods and never noticed a higher presence of Chicken and Watermelon eating amongst blacks.

The fried chicken shops near me often have more black people in than would be representative of population. I've never in my life seen a black person eat watermelon though. I've always assumed it was to do with savage ancestry stereotyping like "spear-chucker" as a watermelon is an exotic fruit.

Imagine McCoy as Jar Jar though. "Nowwwww Hace, the drrrrrroid army..." or whatever.

[Alidar Jarok]

iguana_tonante wrote:

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From what I understand from this post, it's a Southern US thing.

To add to that, there was a large exodus of black Americans to the north who brought their food with them. In the north, these traditionally southern foods were not anywhere near as popular, so they became associated with the newcomers (i.e., African Americans).

[Lonemagpie]

Candlelight wrote:

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http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment...ckson-a-wizard

Oh dear.

Oddly, the *actual* review that Stuff links to - http://www.nydailynews.com/entertain...icle-1.1209539 - has no such reference to Sylv or Jar Jar - Stuff's reporter seems to have, well, made shit up.

Though I can definitely believe that he'll be crap in it

[Ghost Bones]

Why change the habit of a lifetime, eh. Though if they wanted Jar Jar Binks, they should have got Matt Smith in.

[The Mirrorball Man]

Ghost Bones wrote:

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Why change the habit of a lifetime, eh. Though if they wanted Jar Jar Binks, they should have got Matt Smith in.

Badam psh.

[Captaindemotion]

Could be worse, he could be in I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here