Through performance, Tagaq said, she can crack those stereotypes wide open while still celebrating the bold perseverance of her ancestors, and the beauty of the rugged landscape they loved.
There are countless things on a daily basis, from wise cracks to stereotypes that go uncorrected by grown ups.
The film cracks open stereotypes and wears its empathy and its artistry on its sleeve.
"Society tends to shun drug users without good reason," Jackson said, "The crack baby stereotype has totally been disproven".
Just as important to his ability to disagree in a civilized and understanding manner was his ability to crack jokes about race, stereotypes and inequality that were never offensive and always pertinent.
Like the popular "What Society Thinks I Do" meme, Manning's image macros use a recognizable format to break down stereotypes while cracking jokes — the artist's memes are also "for the lulz".
So crack has always been subject to inaccurate stereotypes of both its effects and its users, and its place in society is one that has always been complicated.
And along with racial stereotypes being torn down like dilapidated crack houses, Liberals and Conservatives are being redefined, maps redrawn, hopes fulfilled.
And throughout it all, the comedian's traditionally laddish agenda is reinforced through stereotype-heavy cracks about sex and relationships, gays, performing in a "posh theatre" (whatever that means) and builders who never work but drink lots of tea.
Stereotypes are hard to reverse, but the prejudices surrounding crack are particularly enduring, with the deeply engrained canard that its use always leads to insatiable addiction and self-destruction.
