There's enough truth to it to be funny but enough affection that it doesn't offend - for example, the comically menacing queerness of Jennifer's Body the "blue-collar" humour of Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, and Larry the Cable Guy and the parody of Jewish-American culture by many Borscht Belt comics. The stereotype is made by someone from the targeted culture itself and points out its own self-acknowledged flaws.This also happens a lot in cases of whitewashing, which tend to get a pretty cold reception in diaspora communities but barely raise an eyebrow in their home countries. The stereotype, for whatever reason, doesn't translate over or read as negative - for example, as mentioned on this page, Speedy's horrible diction and accent were absent in Spanish dubs, where he spoke perfect Spanish.The demographic rarely appears at all in the media, so they embrace any representation they can get - for example, the title character in Borat (again) and Khan in Star Trek.
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