| | ACK! I'm too jazzed about the move to sleep. I check into the new place
at 10am and then it'll be six straight hours of back strain and
swampass. 
I found out earlier this evening that there's a built-in microwave
above the range. We've got SUCH a sweet microwave/toaster combo now,
that I hate to give it up for a standard bun warmer.
I have this huge problem with Carlos Mencia, primarily because it seems
like he's hijacked Dave Chappelle's racially observant sketches. As
though we wouldn't notice. One of the more prominent numbers on
Broadway's Avenue Q score is entitled "Everyone's A Little Bit Racist".
It grapples with political correctness in an uproarious lyrical
fashion. In light of all of this racial humor, it made me question the
present (and future) of comedy material.
Perhaps I'm slow to the gun, but it would seem that these issues are
already being addressed. Tonight I watched The Aristocrats. One of my
new favorite comediennes, Lisa Lampanelli, had a pretty poignant
insight on the topic of racial boundaries, as she works primarily in
that vein. The question was posed: after the lewdest of sex taboos have
permeated the comic sphere, what's there left to laugh at? Oh yeah,
each other.
Is political correctness the next social wall to destroy? Or do these
jokes build walls? This is my question to you, dear readers. Does
racially charged humor fortify our stereotypes, or set us at ease and
allow us to approach these issues with a grin?
Ciao for Now, Mark |
| | Posted 8/1/2006 6:03 AM - 36 Views - 2 eProps - 1 Comment
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