No Humor in NBC's Outsourced

Comedy is the shield for all of our ills. If you are racists, sexist, ageist, homophobic, or anything else tasteless and rude., there is one way for you to get away with this behavior....BE FUNNY! Comedy allows us to all laugh at our shortcomings and those of others. Through comedy, we learn not to take each other to seriously and it can bring together people who might not normally associate. But I can not stress enough the importance of ACTUALLY being funny.


Unfortunately, the new show "Outsourced" falls in this category...ABSOLUTELY NOT FUNNY. This new NBC comedy on its face seems like it would be rich with laughs, not so much. The series starts with Tom (Ben Rappaport) returning from training to start his new job as a call center manager in Kansas City (being from here, the humor is not lost on me) only to find out that the entire center has been 'outsourced' to India. Tom is given a choice, move to India or be fired. No surprise... he is off to India. Once in India the good times (not really) begin. This show manages to offend people from India, Women, Gays, Mid-westerners, and even, the WNBA ( which is my book is the most serious offense), which would all be good if they had managed with in all of that to be funny.


The sad part is that I am really excited to see so many people of color working, but like early African American roles, Hollywood likes to introduce people at their worst. I hope there are more shows that feature Indian actors in the future, but this one sucks!!! Not sure who at NBC gave this show the green light, but they should be OUTSOURCED!!!