The Sarah Silverman Program: Face Wars
By fred | October 19, 2007
(S02E03) Aaaaaand back! Okay so that was a long pause between this and South Park, but I had to go away from the screen in between. But now I got back, sat down and I was still laughing at the fresh memory of that awesome episode of South Park, and this being Sarah Silverman, I was expecting a lot from the show.
And after the previous episodes so far, I had absolutely no reason to worry, quite the contrary, so I went into it ready to laugh, again. After last week when Sarah surprised us by caring for others, this time we were right back on tracks!
This time, it didn’t take long for Sarah to put things in place, but right before : the opening credits. This season they decided to change things a bit, and have different pictures and voice over each time. It’s actually a pretty good idea, and I like it. And it’s probably easier to come up with new things here than for the ending and how they always lectures her dog.
So far it’s not been disappointing, and I do like the little jokes on the very last black screen. So I should move on…
Sarah was being the victim of a hate crime. That’s right, because if she wasn’t let inside the Tennis Club it’s not because she ain’t a member or nothing, but because she’s Jew! Of course.
I’m a big fan of hers, and when it comes to this kind of dark humor I absolutely love it.
Racial discrimination was a pretty classic topic to go on for Silverman, yet this is not the first episode of the season. Hell, this isn’t even the first season, so they really didn’t rush into it. And seeing the results, the wait wait well worth it as it was hilarious!
I was rolling on the floor as she was arguing with the guy how being a Jew was much more difficult than being Black. Sure, they had hundreds of years of slavery, but they have great singing voices while all Jews had was murder showers !
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- Okay, so you’re saying is, because of our music we suffered less than the Jews ?
- Yes!
”
Jesus I couldn’t stop laughing, this is the Sarah Silverman as we love her, this shit is just hilarious. And of course it degenerated into a big thing, as it usually does with her. She painted her face black and started to be the leader of a great movement because people don’t talking about racial issues and simply ignores them.
But don’t forget we’re talking about Sarah Silverman here, so of course what was driven her was to be a queen, the center of everyone’s attention, and in the end she didn’t do it with any racial consideration in mind, she did it to prove that she was refused access to Tennis courts because she is Jew.
And I absolutely loved that, in fact, that was indeed the case. Now that’s something you didn’t really expect, and how great was it to see the woman come in to see Sarah at the hospital to confess that it was because she was Jew that she wasn’t let in, but now she was realizing how worst it could have been. I mean, she could have been Black!
So yeah Sarah was at the hospital after she got shot and almost died. Well, not really, she only got in the arm, but you know her. Safety on, safety off. Safety on, safety off. See, one more: Safety on, safety off… oops!
The other plot involved her gay friends over-smocking pot. This one was (a little) predictable, from them having what obviously was “the greatest idea“, to the “valuable lesson” they learned. But this doesn’t mean it wasn’t funny. Whether they were just freaking out, or walking while inside their car. I’m just surprised their admission to smocking so much on TV didn’t had any consequences, felt a bit useless.
- Once again this week they had the recurring “meeting under the table” moments, and I just wanted to mentioned Robot Steve going “Yes Brian I will“. Made the hole thing hilarious.
- While Sarah painted her face black, the black guy from the bar did “dress up” as a Jew. That means things such as a big pointy noose, those little curly air on the side and of course, a T-Shirt that says “I love money!”.
- “I’d kill myself if I were Black!” Loved that, as well as the way she left the bar.
- I really liked the part where she was slowly getting her bed in sitting position. Made me think of Darth Vader for some reason.
- Oh and of course, loved the Hitler make up!
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