Comic Druski has as soon as once more set the web on fireplace, this time with a daring new skit filmed at a NASCAR race that has folks laughing, debating, and questioning what it reveals about American tradition.

Within the viral video, Druski seems in full “whiteface”, full with a mullet, farmer’s sunburn, overalls, tattoos, and a cowboy hat, totally embodying the stereotype of a beer-chugging, flag-waving “proud American.” He belts out Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the usA.,” clinks beers with strangers, smokes with a girl on his lap, and even spits close to Black attendees. Probably the most placing half? Nearly nobody round him appeared to note he was in costume.

Followers had been fast to attract comparisons to the Wayans brothers’ 2004 movie White Chicks, the place comedy and parody uncovered exaggerated features of whiteness. Druski’s efficiency takes an identical strategy, however this time aiming at “red-blooded” Americana. The skit not solely entertains but in addition underscores how whiteness can usually be carried out and accepted with out suspicion, even when the conduct is excessive.

This isn’t Druski’s first time crossing comedic strains for cultural commentary. Earlier this 12 months, his “Preston” character, a white boy “accepted by the hood”, sparked conversations about race, parody, and authenticity. However the NASCAR skit has struck a fair deeper nerve by flipping the lens, displaying how racial stereotypes work in reverse.

One spotlight got here throughout the nationwide anthem, when NASCAR driver Ty Gibbs was caught on digital camera struggling to carry again laughter as Druski sang alongside, a second that rapidly went viral.

On-line reactions have been largely constructive, with followers praising each the satire and the fearlessness of Druski’s efficiency. Nonetheless, some critics have tried to twist the dialog, suggesting the skit provides them license to carry out blackface. 

At its core, the skit resonated due to the satire beneath the laughs. For many years, Blackness has been caricatured in mainstream comedy. With this efficiency, Druski flipped the lens, placing whiteness below the identical comedian microscope and sparking each laughter and dialog.