Justice System wins big at comedy awards
May 15, 2012 
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By Karl Stennienibarra
The Maltese Justice System has won several comedy awards at the International Comedy Festival in Melbourne, after finally being recognised for the hilarious piece of entertainment it is.
Former Justice Minister Carm Mifsud Bonnici's official government photo
The System walked away with four awards in all, including Best Sketch for the recent ‘Angry Japanese Man Whose Sushi Restaurant Got Robbed’ sketch.
“Oh harro prease. My money got a-storen and I want justice-u. Hoh hi hoh hi hoh I no speakey Martese. Me so sad! Reave me arone! ” was just one of the lines which earned the sketch the top accolade.
Collecting the awards on behalf of The Justice System was Justice Minister Chris Said.
“Above all, I’d like to thank my predecessor Carm Mifsud Bonnici, whose dedication to farce allowed The System to become the pinnacle of absurdity it is today. Here’s hoping he handles the forthcoming wave of immigration with the same ridiculous vigour.
“I’d also like to pay tribute to our award-winning slapstick team, also known as the Police Force. That ‘mistake in the charge sheet’ gag never gets old.
“Whoops we let a paedophile priest walk free!” Hahaha, gets me every time, as does the ‘whoops I accidentally assaulted a civilian again’ routine.”
The System also won an award for Best Opening Credits, in which a plaintiff is repeatedly summoned to court, only to have his case deferred every time, followed by sad trombone music.
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Why do you guys have to be so racist? The third paragraph depressed the hell out of me and prevented me from enjoying what would otherwise be a really great post. Even if we can overlook the cruelty of mocking a person who was robbed and denied justice, I doubt Mickey Rooney style wartime propaganda schtick is winning big at the Melbourne comedy festival in 2012.
If they target the same people I’d be inclined to agree with you but they do not, they take the piss out of everyone, even the Maltese, especially the Maltese.
Taking the piss and racially vilifying are different. It doesn’t matter if you mock your own people as well, or if they did it once or several times (this is at least the second Asian joke on BS), invoking hurtful racist stereotypes is beneath a normally witty site like this.
There is also a difference between public figures who are subject to satire and victims of crime, although neither category deserves racist abuse.
If you read the original Times article in which the Sushi Owner had his say, you’d find that he was concerned of the mockery of the Police and the other people in the courthouse. The way this article is written, in context it belittles the petty mockery of the Police rather than the Asian himself, thus it continues to embarrass the court system…
…obviously now that I had to explain the joke…