 In 2016, Racial Stereotypes Rule! Wednesday, May 31, 2006
The Bitter Realist surfaces from a self-imposed bitter slumber to point out the latest faux pas in a series of same in New York's futurama. Anyhoo, as we scoured New York Magazine's preview of the destruction that designers will wreak upon our fair city over the next decade, we noticed a fantastic little rendering from the incestuous clan over at SHoP, depicting the new East River waterfront, chinaman with bird cage and all. We just love cultural stereotypes. Where's the black guy with a boom box, the Puerto Rican with the flag-do-rag, the gay guy with a wifebeater and cutoff jean shorts? Doesn't anyone at SHoP know how to search Google Images? What city do those clowns live in?Silly Bitter Realist. Everyone knows things are different in the Future! · New York Magazine Owns New York. In 2016. [The Gutter] Reader Comments (19 extant) 1. isn't this guy always dissing on shop? pasquarelli should just give him a job and shut him up. By bitter biter at May 31, 2006 1:38 PM2. Who needs a job when you have a MASSIVE trust fund? By Bitter Realist at May 31, 2006 1:40 PM3. there i said it By pasquarelli sucks at May 31, 2006 1:52 PM4. Seems like if SHoP is going to insert really distasteful scale figures (intended or not) in their project renderings they deserve every diss they get. By Winka at May 31, 2006 1:55 PM5. what should they be using, winka, supermodels? By Anonymous at May 31, 2006 2:13 PM6. this reminds me of a competition for a big airport in SE Asia about ten years ago. Our $10,000 rendering came back--and every single figure in it was white, american, dressed in a suit. Not a single Asian anywhere. It was like there's been a military takeover. We didn't win, and people did get fired. Personally I think every photoshop rendering needs at least one streaker. By ando's dog at May 31, 2006 2:25 PM7. When did architects get so all righteous up in there? I think we should all be grateful there are any people at all in the rendering. You certainly won't see any in the photography after completion. J'adore #5's response. Not there's a stereotype no one seems to mind. By Scarlett at May 31, 2006 2:34 PM8. my god that's the ugliest, cheapest render I have seen in a long time By Anonymous at May 31, 2006 2:34 PM9. No, not supermodels. Black guys with organ grinder monkeys. By Winka at May 31, 2006 2:35 PM10. o c'mon, you gotta give SHoP SOME credit - the people they chose are as shabby and cheap looking as the rendering itself, well done guys! 11. >Black guys with organ grinder monkeys. Now, Winka, that would be a new stereotype. Organ grinders were usually white. By Lawn Jockey at May 31, 2006 2:51 PM12. What do you want from me? I'm Dutch and out of touch. By Winka at May 31, 2006 2:54 PM13. This location would never have this many people ever at one time. A more realistic image would show a barren (but well-designed!) space with one homeless person groping himself on the bench. Render that. By the renderer at May 31, 2006 3:30 PM14. No, no, what's missing is the child with the balloon. Old school, sappy entourage. By Freddy Botchy at May 31, 2006 4:36 PM15. what else do you expect with ms paint? being pc adds another 10% to the rendering costs By Anonymous at May 31, 2006 4:54 PM16. Who's Greg Pasquarelli? By Querying Jim at May 31, 2006 7:51 PM17. >16. Who's Greg Pasquarelli? i only know him as the guy who talks way too much at reviews and flip-flop between what he likes and dislikes 4 times a minute. homie needs to get a grip, SHoP is so 1990. By Anonymous at May 31, 2006 8:50 PM18. i'm goin. By pinto been at May 31, 2006 11:46 PM19. http://www.special-ringtones.net/mp3/ ringtones site free. Free nokia ringtones here, Download ringtones FREE, Best free samsung ringtones. from website . By funny ringtones at August 14, 2006 12:11 PMAll set here? Continue enjoying The Gutter... « Gutterland JargonWatch™: "Modernism is Autistic" | Home | Expensive Shit for Expensive Shit » Back to top |
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