Paddy's Revenge - racist?

Question

What do people think of the leprechaun in the Steve Mac video for "Paddy's Revenge" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl6vZ0POzZY

A) Aw jaysis, sure its only a bit o auld craic to be sure, to be sure.

B) Its border-line racist...and reminds me of Dylan Moran's quote of how the English still view the Irish; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4MwblcGZbI

Answer 1

Och ,sure, its only a bit of craic, if you can't have a laugh and a send up about yourself, you have no sense of humour. Well done Steve Mac.

Answer 2

C.  It's shite but hardly racist. Any right thinking person looking at this will see it for idiotic concept of Irish identity is still held by a few dim witted Americans, I couldn't give a **** what anyone thinks about this video who truly believes we dress up like leprechauns.

Racism should be reserved for serious issues, where people are discriminated against because of their ethnicity.  Who's being exploited here?  Except the stupid sods who think this video has anything to do with Ireland.

PS. I don't think the english people, in general see Irish people as inferior, Look at how we were seen as the example by the British for how the Lisbon Treaty should be ratified?  You shouldn't use satire as a basis for fact.

Answer 3

I agree with Soul Jacker,extremely shite and tacky but not racist.

Haven't watched Dylan Moran in ages,gonna now though    Cheers

Answer 4

D) I love it! The leprechaun is way more authentically Irish than Michael I've-been-tangoed Flatley and I absolutely covet one of the dancing girls' Can-Can gunas. As a pee-take of Riverdance, it rocks. As a serious assault on Irish identity - erm, no, I don't think so. We hung ourselves out to dry on that count when we allowed Flatley and co onto the Eurovision. Even Dustin has failed to change the national stereotype. As far as the world is concerned, all Irish men have double jointed hips, a drinking/fighting problem and bad facial hair, while the cailins are all bouncing curls and bouncinger bosoms and we'd stab ye as quick as look at ye. We're all thieving layabouts too, but once we get the drink into us, sure we're the charmingest poets on earth. Oh well. It could be worse. We could be English ;-)