tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886019928490580813.post5041218145514930244..comments2023-02-10T07:10:38.285-06:00Comments on What's Going On In My Head: Comic Right...Negative/Positive*Jamie*http://www.blogger.com/profile/04848356939033050280noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886019928490580813.post-59308983850792949452007-03-04T09:23:00.000-06:002007-03-04T09:23:00.000-06:00Jamie,I see what you are saying. That IS a valid ...Jamie,<BR/><BR/>I see what you are saying. That IS a valid concern. Even Jonathon Swift had people who actualy thought that he was proposing that the Irish eat their babies to keep from starving.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, a parent raising two of the next generation, I can assure you that they and their friends have an uncanny grasp of wordplay, irony and parody. :-)<BR/><BR/>I'm glad I understand your question better now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886019928490580813.post-51827705650778255932007-03-03T23:45:00.000-06:002007-03-03T23:45:00.000-06:00Teresa,I understand what you're saying and can agr...Teresa,<BR/><BR/>I understand what you're saying and can agree with some parts but understand me...<BR/><BR/>I can decifer when Steven Colbert and others are poking fun at conservative ideas but my main concern lies with the kids who are viewing these comedians and not neccessarily understanding as we are. After all doesn't society raise bigots? There's always censorship but parent's can only do so much.*Jamie*https://www.blogger.com/profile/04848356939033050280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886019928490580813.post-7076639849410491542007-03-03T22:43:00.000-06:002007-03-03T22:43:00.000-06:00Jamie,For me, it depends on the intent and the con...Jamie,<BR/><BR/>For me, it depends on the intent and the context. When the comic makes the joke, is it clear whether that person is furthering, compounding or endorsing the harmful stereotype, or mocking the idea of the sterotype and trying to get us to see how rediculous it is?<BR/><BR/>Negative things can be diffused by the right kind of humor, and if we can come together and laugh at how pointless and irrational hurtful things are, maybe it can empower us to change them as well, rather than fear them or just feel alone in our hurt.<BR/><BR/>Of course, some comedians get this across to their audiences better than others, and some people just aren't the right audience for some comedians...some people shouldn't attempt that kind of humor.<BR/><BR/>When Steven Colbert makes his jokes, I have always thought that we were laughing at the rediculousness of homophobia, and the ridiculousness of stereotypes and not at gay people. You obviously have a different interpretation, and that is cool.<BR/><BR/>I just want you to know that few (if any)of the people laughing at Steven's jokes are laughing for the reasons you think they are. He's playing a comic characature of the conservative hyper-masculine blow-hard culture warriors like Bill O'Reily, Rush Linbaugh and Sean Hannity who say the sorts of things he says, with the intent of making them look rediculous.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, I find Andrew Dice Clay to be completely unfunny, as well as Dennis Miller. Their humor strikes me as mean-spirited.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886019928490580813.post-90215870103468500282007-02-28T14:19:00.000-06:002007-02-28T14:19:00.000-06:00wow that's deepwow that's deepAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com