- Murphy MacMannus introducing Romeo. Boondock Saints II (Quote transcribed by IMDB.com)

Movie critics had a field day every time the Boondock Saints II script called for an ethnic slur.

I’m not one to necessarily condone ethnic, racial, handicap slurs and the like. Every time Max Power says, “Fuckin’ Ret*ard,” – like Murphy MacMannus did in BDSII -  I cringe.

But once again, it depends on your culture.

What the critics failed to point out was that every ethnicity represented in the movie was insulted equally. To the point of equality. There wasn’t whites, blacks, and browns and the like. Characters in the movie didn’t see each other based on the color of their skin so much as they saw each other based on their home.

Take the phrase, “This is our Mexican,” that was used by Murphy to describe Romeo to McGinty (McGinty? That’s the guy who owned the house on Fraggle Rock). Vulgar and vile it was, but it got laughs.

How?

Well, follow me down…

Now when the Saints went to Romeo’s uncle’s place and Romeo’s uncle started talking down about Romeo, the Saints backed Romeo up.

“He’s with us.”

And this phrase got cheers.

Confused?

As the old phrase goes:

“Nobody picks on my brother but me.”

Sometimes, friends make fun of each others backgrounds not because of the color of each others skins but simply to get under each others skin and make them tougher. They can do that because they trust each other. They’ve built up a relationship. They’ve built up community. – That sounds very 2.0-ish

And when someone from the outside tests them, friends pull together.

They’re with you.

Another lesson in separating the “sh*t” from the sh*t, courtesy of C-Ho

C-Ho Corporate Mesothelioma Rating:  3 out of 10

A C-Ho rating of 3 out of 10 goes to the veneered-eared stupid f*ckin’ retard movie critics who don’t know the difference between an ethnic slur and a verbal slug in the arm.

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