Slog - Comments on German Black

Comment by ecce homo

ecce homo — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:49:05 -0800

Chuckers,

You would look good standing on my lawn...just make sure you bring a beany and a whip. I also like black and white checkered shorts, not the red and white.

Thanks...

Oh and I suspect that it looks this way because of manufacturing standards, not malice.

Are you going to vote Obama, Chuckles?

Comment by billy

billy — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:49:46 -0800

And look, he's groping his nuts. That's not right.

Comment by Blunderplank

Blunderplank — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:51:33 -0800

WTF! Even MLB bobbleheads are better representations than that!

At least he/it's wearing a flag pin.

Comment by Mahtli69

Mahtli69 — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:52:03 -0800

That is a gigantic flag lapel pin.

And, I wonder if its eyes close when he lays down?

Comment by Non

Non — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:52:46 -0800

I hate that Obama will become the projection plate for all blindly lobbed contemporary minority struggles.

Comment by SDizzle

SDizzle — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:52:49 -0800

And.. uh... it doesn't look anything like him...

Comment by LogopolisMike

LogopolisMike — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:53:08 -0800

>What�s wrong with this Nemeski�s vision?

Um, he's German.

Comment by six shooter

six shooter — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:54:51 -0800

I love European stereotypes of American icons!:

1. The Indian with the full headdress.
2. The Cowboy with a gigantic 10-gallon hat
3. Any variety of black person: Cotton-picking, Auntie, Soul-Brother
4. Plantation owner.

(From what I've seen, the Dutch are the best at it.)

Comment by shub-negrorath

shub-negrorath — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:55:17 -0800

All Schwarzeneggers look the same to me.

Comment by boxofbirds

boxofbirds — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:55:41 -0800

So they slap a standard issue black baby boy head on a body wearing a suit with a flag pin and call it Obama?

I can decide if this is charmingly funny or horrifying.

Comment by Bellevue Ave

Bellevue Ave — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:56:19 -0800

the only wrong he committed was creating new clothes for a generic doll.

Comment by Blunderplank

Blunderplank — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:58:32 -0800

@8, those are stereotypes right here at home too.

Comment by UNPAID BLOGGER

UNPAID BLOGGER — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:00:23 -0800

In any case, I guess it's better than a monkey doll.

Comment by billysauce

billysauce — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:01:35 -0800

It's the choad Obama!

Comment by mcCain

mcCain — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:02:01 -0800

I'm jealous. Where's MY joke shop items??? Where's MY Older Than The Earth items for sale, huh huh???? Where's MY Bush Beanie Baby being hugged by me huh???

Comment by Charles_Mudede_Is_A_Latent_Racist

Charles_Mudede_Is_A_Latent_Racist — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:02:19 -0800

YES! Another post by Charles with no links or references. Do all the dolls appear this way? Are all the dolls childlike and poor representations? Are all the dolls just a super cheap way to try and make money? Will Malibu Barbie show up in her SUV with a blind spot to run over the "Obama" doll? And once again, I get inspired to not feel like letting it go.

Comment by Simac

Simac — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:04:12 -0800

Germans are clueless. They still call chocolate-covered marshmallow candies "Negerkuesse" ("Negro kisses"). But you can't actually *talk* about racism there; that would be racist...

Comment by J.R.

J.R. — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:08:46 -0800

That doll looks more like Gary Coleman than Obama.

Comment by Cato the Younger Younger

Cato the Younger Younger — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:11:50 -0800

Imagine, something racist from Germany...I mean I am SHOCKED I tell you; just shocked! The Germans, I expected so much more from them after their long history of embracing blacks and jews. I mean wasn't Hitler a Black Jew from Nigeria?

Comment by Dingo Rossi

Dingo Rossi — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:13:02 -0800

That can't be an Obama doll, it's wearing a lapel pin. =P

Comment by JC

JC — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:14:51 -0800

http://www.puppenklinik.biz/impressionen/index.html

http://www.deutsche-klassiker.de/beruehmtheiten/index.php

All his dolls look like children, including his Mozart, his Lady Di, and his pope dolls. None of them are very good likenesses. I don't think his Obama doll is meant to be racist. It's just using the same parts that make up all the other dolls. More lazy than racist.

Comment by prenks

prenks — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:22:17 -0800

Personally, I'd like to know why people in Europe are making dolls of presidential candidates in the US. I can completely understand following the politics of a country that has such global influence, but making novelty toys? As a limited edition keepsake? Seriously? Are they tired of dolls of the Royal Family? Or is it too tiresome to make a new President of the European Council doll every six months?

Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale

Lloyd Clydesdale — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:24:30 -0800

They chose "dark black" because Obama is black (aka half-white).

Comment by Charles_Mudede_Is_A_Latent_Racist

Charles_Mudede_Is_A_Latent_Racist — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:25:04 -0800

JC, Charles thanks you for doing his legwork for him.

Comment by COMTE

COMTE — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:32:38 -0800

It's not a doll, @18...

Comment by Sad Comment

Sad Comment — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:35:41 -0800

Where is the mccain grampa doll? I hear it drools on itself and is grumpy if it doesn't get a nap.

Or the Cindy mccain evil Stepford wife doll that eats the babies of all of the other dolls.

Comment by Greg

Greg — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:44:53 -0800

Srsly?

Comment by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me

You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:47:19 -0800

@26

Cindy McCain doll is unavailable at this time. It is selfishly waisting its time in some third world country fixing cleft pallets and cleft lips on little baby poor people.

The evil bitch.

Comment by Sad Comment

Sad Comment — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:51:39 -0800

@28

Don't be fooled by the right wing hype, she has already posted recipes for the children on her website.

mmmmmmmmm!

Comment by P to the J

P to the J — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:04:58 -0800

Fixing wooden platforms? Good for her!

Comment by laterite

laterite — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:18:48 -0800

I thought the white dude was Steve Coogan at first glance.

Comment by RonK, Seattle

RonK, Seattle — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:19:07 -0800

I recall something he said in an interview ... something about not doing a Hillary doll because it would be hard to get a good likeness.

The imagination reels, jigs, and hornpipes.

Comment by Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:25:57 -0800

The skin color is off, but after glancing at the Puppenklinic's website, it looks like all the dolls are infantile by design.

Comment by Tizzle

Tizzle — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:00:24 -0800

It looks exactly like every other German doll I've seen, with a different skin color and clothes

(anecdotal evidence I know)

Comment by yuiop

yuiop — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:06:30 -0800

Common mistake -- that's the Mugabe doll.

Comment by Spoogie

Spoogie — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:16:33 -0800

Oh, man. This is not a good day. I actually agree with Chaz.

Comment by Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:32:29 -0800

So we've established that this doll doesn't look like Obama because no German dolls look like anybody over the age of five. Can we next tackle the question of why anyone would want to buy this?

Comment by michael strangeways

michael strangeways — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:36:53 -0800

I think this a leftover Jesse Owens doll from the '36 Olympics. Hitler naturally put the kibosh on it, but those enterprising Krauts knew that it would come in handy some day....

Comment by umvue

umvue — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:32:07 -0800

Does it come with or can you purchase other outfits? A nice bicycling ensemble might be nice.

Comment by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me

You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:51:19 -0800

That is clearly an Idi Amin doll.