Katharine McPhee And Funny Or Die Present: Let's Make Fun Of A Homeless Woman
Remember a few weeks ago when Katharine McPhee, whoever she is, was being mobbed by paparazzi and a (presumably) homeless woman came to her defense, pulling her away to safety while yelling at the cameramen? It was pretty funny, actually, but in a "celebrity becomes suddenly confused" way. Today Funny Or Die put up a new original video featuring Katharine and the woman, known as "Quween," and not to be a party pooper because it is based on a pretty funny and original idea, but there's just no way to watch this without feeling kind of icky inside, you know?
A friend suggested that there is one way to watch this without feeling kind of icky inside, and that is to watch it with the assumption that Quween really is "an eccentric local" (nice euphemism, FOD) and that this video gave her the thrill of her life, and she's totally in on the joke and not homeless and being exploited at all. But it's a stretch. I'm not saying FOD or Katharine McPhee, whoever she is, are bad people or anything. I'm just saying guys, come on: eek! Some ideas are best left on Twitter.
Posted by Lindsay at 4:00 PM in Bad Idea Jeans, WebJunk
Tags: Katharine McPhee | Paparazzi | Quween
What does this woman do to garner paparazzi attention?
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actress??? humanitarian??? i thought this girl was just a FINALIST on American Idol... however quite hilarious video: I dont kiss ass, i kick ass ask larry king
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I think you guys should launch Racismgum.
I'm...possibly not kidding.
Score = 7
i feel like this is just slightly over the line that Tim and Eric really don't want to cross.
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It's spelled Quween.
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"You better watch your back, alphabets." (Alpha Bits?)
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but she kicks harvey levin's head. isn't this worth celebrating, in or outside of your domicile?
you better watch your back, lindsay-bets.
Score = 1
How is it a stretch to believe that Quween was in on this joke? Because she totally was. And it was funny.
"Coffee too hot? I'll blow on that shit and fuck it up!"
Hahaha.
Score = 18
I agree with Smiley. She's totally in on the joke and it's WAAAAAAAAY more racist to automatically assume that she's not.
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I totally agree. You are the one who gets to decide what's racist and what's not. WAAAAAAAY.
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It's all fun and internet videos until somebody goes home to an abandoned building.
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Just because she appeared on camera and said stuff doesn't mean she was "in on the joke." A few weeks ago Funny Or Die basically got Lindsay Lohan to humiliate herself similarly, and Lindsay probably thought she was 'in' on it. With both this video, and the Lindsay Lohan video, the subject is telling jokes, but you're laughing at them, not with them.
Score = 1
Let's say Quween wasn't homeless. Nobody would object and it would be a little bit of fun for her and the internets. Now just because she's homeless she can't be in an internet video. Even when she's clearly in on the joke. Just putting her on and having what looks like a fun time for everybody is somehow socially insensitive. I don't get that.
Score = 3
I read the outrage before I watched the video, and I'm just not feeling the connection. Yeah she's homeless, yeah it's a little icky, but FOD have provided her with an e-mail address. How's she going to check her e-mail if she's homeless? They're clearly hooking her her with some benefits and giving her an outlet to cash in on her 15 minutes of fame.
And really, isn't cashing in on your 15 minutes of fame really what America is all about?
Score = 6
How's she going to check her e-mail if she's homeless?
haha, have you ever BEEN to a public library?
Score = 2
What I sometimes wonder about, is how do the homeless masturbate. I mean, that's something I do only at home.
Score = 2
Have fun with that.
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You know, Quween is my absolute hero. She had the best of intentions, as it seems she truly thought she was doing this "person" a favor. Instead, she inadvertently pulled the curtain on one of the biggest celebrity facades of all time. People like McPhee are supposed to act like the paparazzi is some macabre entity obstructing their life as a "real person", but the truth is barely concealed: they thrive on this incessant attention. They've built their lives around it. If she woke up tomorrow, and didn't have hordes of slimy trolls following her around with cameras, she would be emotionally destroyed.
This is the deal. The celebrity pretends to lament the constant attention to appear "just like you" (which can elevate their Q Score, not to mention all the free press), and the paparazzi gets to make a killing off of bathing suit photos. This isn't just free market, it's a business model. And we're all players.
I know this is a little heavy handed for a site like this, but it does affect us. I mean, we are now talking about Katharine McPhee (I still have no fucking clue who this is, and I refuse to find out). Now, she's realized a few more people know who she is, and decides to use her little run-in with the real world to make a cute little internet video making fun of disadvantaged Americans to expand name-recognition and further her career. Fuck her, and fuck anyone who perpetuates this bullshit. It would be destroying our culture if it wasn't already a pile of urine-scented ashes.
This is fucking sickening.
Score = -1
Absolute, best, biggest, macabre, real, barely, incessant, slimy, constant, free, free, little heavy handed, fucking, few, more, real, cute, little, disadvantaged, urine-scented, fucking. Urine-scented FTW.
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Absolute, best, biggest, macabre, real, barely, incessant, slimy, constant, free, free, little heavy handed, fucking, few, more, real, cute, little, disadvantaged, urine-scented, fucking. Urine-scented FTW.
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LOL white people.
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Adjectives.
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This will all even out in a few years when Katharine McPhee is homeless.
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