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1990s/2000s film series cited as example of when races acknowledged differences and clowned each other but were still tight

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"races acknowledged their differences and clowned each other but were still tight in the 90s/00s. Now it's weird"
Rush hour and race relations · u/Anxious_Day_7231 · ↑147 · 2023-09-27
"The Jackie Chan films Rush Hour and Shanghai Noon were released in 1998 and 2000 respectively, and were both significant critical and commercial successes. Much of the humour in these movies comes from satirising racial ignorance and prejudice. For example in Rush Hour, Chan's character drops the N-"
"How are people even dealing with a room of people where someone's like 'put on unsolved mysteries!' and someone wants twilight zone and someone wants rush hour and half the room will disappear to their rooms if it's not a modern marvel style goof…"
Anyone else struggling with how little gen z knows about anything? · u/Interesting_Pitch713 · ↑117 · 2025-12-25
"Hopefully this doesn't impact Rush Hour 4 getting made tho."
Chris Tucker and Epstein · u/Tiny-Computer6950 · ↑57 · 2025-12-20
"The action movies had real effects, with less cheesy CGI. The stupid tropes, funny jokes, and good one liners think of rush hour, think of the matrix."
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