Coming Out
A young Asian adoptee "comes out" to his white, traditional parents. More modern mayhem from Seattle's sketch comedy institution. Featuring Brian Beckley, Edward T. Tonai and Yvette Zaepfel.
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(finally... I've always got the kid around lately it seems)
On the one hand it is SO funny "we taught you better than that, son!" and on the other hand it's so sad... I understand that it's highly unlikely his parents said those exact words to him, but that message must have been loud and clear.
I've always thought that must be a really difficult balance; honoring your child's heritage that is not your own/not overdoing it/making it part of your life and the child's personal history/but not letting it become a source of pain/not pushing it too hard and making a mockery of it. I know that sounds strange, "over-doing" heritage, but it is sometimes done.
I felt while watching this, that the writer's parents made a mockery of him by denying who he is, so he made a mockery of them in portraying them as the "colorblind". Clearly the real life parents these actors were portraying messed up hardcore.
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This adoptive couple, though, doesn't seem to have made any attempt at acknowledging their son's different needs and experiences due to not being the same race as his adoptive parents.
Acknowledging race differences in adoption would definitely be a good idea, and I felt this skit was commentary on those parents who are "colorblind", for whom "love conquers all" and "race doesn't matter."
I agree - very sad, but pointed out in a funny way. "Ronald Reagan Johnson." Ha!