Geico Cavemen: Are They Black, Are they White or Just Very Hairy
Television critics got a sneak peek at ABC’s upcoming “Cavemen” show starring the characters from the Geico commercials. In the series the caveman are seemingly always misunderstood and upset about how they are perceived in society. They’re also great dancers, known for their athletic ability, boast about their sexual prowess and have people they look down on as well - the shavers aka the clean shaven people.
After seeing the pilot episode TV critics are saying it had racial undertones the show’s creators aren’t admitting to and asked “Just who are these characters based on?”
Before the press conference “Cavemen” producers expected to be bombarded with questions about commercialism - you know, what’s next The Geico Lizard movie and books?
Instead they found themselves fending off hostile critics.
In response to a question about the cavemen’s athletic and sexual superiority, writer Josh Grodan dryly replied, “They’re Jewish.”
“I actually didn’t know we would catch so much hell,’‘ writer Joe Lawson tossed out to the room.
Things got so uncomfortable actor Nick Kroll, who plays one of the cavemen, said, “I was told there was going to be a laugh track here, but I guess that’s not the case.”
The critics just looked at him.
What happens now? It’s back to the editing room.
“Unfortunately, in our society, if you pick an offensive stereotype of any kind, it’s going to bump up into some ethnic group. It’s going to happen,” said executive producer Mike Schiff. “As we are, though, we’re talking about the cavemen, we’re making them a very specific thing.”
“We’re aware that the pilot (episode) seems to lean a little bit more in that direction. But in the episodes that we’re coming up with now, it’ll become clear what the show is about.” added Grodan.
“I think it’s really a show about acclimation more than anything, and that’s something that everybody deals with, doesn’t matter whether you are a minority or not.”
The cavemen are still hanging out at the Cavemen’s Crib.
Hmm.. isn’t that black slang 😊
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The lil smiley guy is only there for the irony in the official site being called the.. Crib.
I actually like the Geico commercials and the cavemen. In January I did a post saying there was a rumor the show was gonna be created and how great the airport commercial is.
That blurb got lost in the database debacle, which is a whole nother story.
But no, there’s no pointing and laughing.. today.
The 30 sec commercials were brilliant, and funny, but this TV series was / is a bad idea. Not gonna fly. 1 season and its a wrap.
I thought that I was just being an overly-paranoid black person when I saw these commercials. My initial thought was that they were funny. But then it started to become a lil more transparent that the scenario’s were cleverly disguised racist commentary that bared a strikingly similar resemblance to America’s black/white racial tension
from the white man’s perspective.
They were still interesting to me only because it exposed to certain degree how we actually are really perceived. An entire television series is not a good idea because it would probably be hurtful and generate a greater divide…but the truth needs to be discussed and both sides need to be heard.
The Cavemen are lame, watch that series tank
Oh my Goodness…PEOPLE…it’s a show about Cave Men…Men who lived in CAVES….what kind of racial tension is there…I guess if ya’ll look hard enough…EVERYTHING would be racial….
I love the cavemen, and I hope they keep it….good grief….I mean…get over racial bull crap….and laugh a little…..
CaveMan Lover in Virginia…
the cavemen are awsome.
A post-racial US American society: So easy a white man can do it…use it as an annoying TV commercial campaign (for insurance, a 4000 year old scam which still plagues mankind) and then convince another white man to think that such an uninspired concept would make for a “watchable” TV series.
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Lighten up everyone! This is just a friggen TV show that pokes fun at how we ALL perceive one another from time to time. It doesn’t target any specific group it doesn’t target anything. If it does one thing it just makes us aware of how stupid people can think about one another, all races and nationalities do it to one another, not only just one group. One other thing it does? It makes people laugh, just like it’s supposed to do. If not? Change the damned channel. Just innocent, light-hearted comedy, take it down a notch, would ya?
The cavemen ROCK!!!!!! dude you wish you were them! Yeah they my hubbies!!!!!!!!! 😊 wooh!
BASTARD
So what you are saying is it’s ok to make fun of a race of people that are no longer around?
Yes Cavemen Rock, we all are related to them. It’s still racial know matter how you look at it.
So when we are all gone, it’ll be ok to make fun of people who lived in houses or apartments?
Why can’t we all just get along and enjoy life together, instead of making fun of each other.
Whoo, I would like to talk to you, I agree with what you said.
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Chill people !! Racial tension ” making fun of people who are no longer around…” PUHLEASE!!
the cavemen dont even resemble blacks besides their nose width they have thin lips and hair similar to that of caucasians
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