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In reply to the discussion: You saw their boobs? Now go fuck yourself. [View all]Beaverhausen
(24,470 posts)9. In context, the skit made him "worst host in Oscar history"
If you saw the whole opening, you get that it was stupid and childish on purpose.
We also got to hear Bassey, Streisand, Adele and Zeta-jones on the show. Talented women were represented.
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Steve Martin did a skit (I think on SNL) where he listed such names and followed with...
Gorp
Feb 2013
#143
Exactly. I am SOOOO tired of this shit I could scream. I did not watch the Oscars, and am so
Nay
Feb 2013
#304
Exactly. The public demeaning of women under the cover of "jokes" is what racists do when they
ancianita
Feb 2013
#321
In which the "so that makes it all OK" is implied. Oy. Will they never get a clue?
Squinch
Feb 2013
#205
I can't believe they showed that scene while they sang and danced....oh wait....
truebrit71
Feb 2013
#136
"The guy is a testament to our times. Ugly and cheap and successful as fuck."
HangOnKids
Feb 2013
#17
Did you also find MacFarlane's assertation that he ISN'T a part of that chours funny?
bighart
Feb 2013
#20
I have watched Family Guy and the repeated message is that woman who are attractive
WCLinolVir
Feb 2013
#267
Well another false equivalency. I didn't see Seth getting kicked in the balls.
WCLinolVir
Feb 2013
#268
Seth was many things, but "scrubby" he wasn't! As for whether or not the actresses in the song
WinkyDink
Feb 2013
#26
How does the popularity of Fifty Shades of Grey relate to the idea that wealthy women are
Squinch
Feb 2013
#208
That there is something beyond just avoiding poverty that keeps women with abusers
joeglow3
Feb 2013
#277
You seem to be very familiar with this book which you find disgusting. Me? I have not read it.
Squinch
Feb 2013
#292
One is an individual some think is righting a wrong and the other is just a POS...
joeglow3
Feb 2013
#319
I never said that. I said normal people are more empathetic to vigilante justice
joeglow3
Feb 2013
#323
"than to dudes beating the shit out of chicks to get off sexually." todays porn
seabeyond
Feb 2013
#324
As a woman, degreed, fairly well read, I can say I pretty much agree with your analysis.
ancianita
Feb 2013
#349
you know what i saw with the book. they have become popular with new writers for kindles.
seabeyond
Feb 2013
#355
I was suprised to see the likes of Walmart and Target cave and carry the books
joeglow3
Feb 2013
#356
Yeah, cause ***Katherine*** was a young actress when boob shots were all the rage.
redqueen
Feb 2013
#278
In college I used to watch a lot of movies on the weekends with a group of friends.
JVS
Feb 2013
#166
Theron did not look impressed when they cut to her. I thought it was childish, but no surprise,
Mnemosyne
Feb 2013
#73
I didn't see the Oscars this year and I refuse to look up this skit on YouTube
justiceischeap
Feb 2013
#55
That was actually the point that McFarland was making with the song...
NewYorkTaxPayer
Feb 2013
#137
Yes. Professional women should just suck it up when their craft is reduced to making jokes about
Luminous Animal
Feb 2013
#151
Um, NONE of the professional women you mentioned were at work at the time....
truebrit71
Feb 2013
#158
It was a work event in a social setting. I've been to plenty and never has the emcee
Luminous Animal
Feb 2013
#164
Nope. It is an award ceremony for collegues who are in the same field. The parties come
Luminous Animal
Feb 2013
#242
How much time have you spent thinking about it, and how much time do you think
snooper2
Feb 2013
#178
The minute you grow a vagina you can tell women to "Fucking. Get. Over." sexism
Matariki
Feb 2013
#211
Because that doesn't fit in with the outrage meme that this tread is supposed to be about...
truebrit71
Feb 2013
#62
Nah...just sick and tired of the over-reaction and near-constant man-bashing that is allowed on DU..
truebrit71
Feb 2013
#126
Sure, because people who object are calling for McFarland to be executed.
Sheldon Cooper
Feb 2013
#82
Yeah, because that entire song was about the context in which the boobs were seen yes?
truebrit71
Feb 2013
#86
On the plus side, if this is one of the top things that DUers are outraged about,
Nye Bevan
Feb 2013
#90
It is a nice switch from the "Obama's gonna cut my SS after he drone strikes me!" threads. nt
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#120
I would be truly worried if I were being back slapped by those who are insisting that this crap
Squinch
Feb 2013
#221
I just read the entire Guardian essay. Jesus. I am doubly glad I missed the Oscars; I never
Nay
Feb 2013
#309
the thing, men have no handle and control over women any other fuckin' way. the more they get in
seabeyond
Feb 2013
#350
Didn't see the show either, but sadly I did go and look up the song on you tube.
Squinch
Feb 2013
#334
I'm a fairly nihilistic person, but a little Seth McFarlane goes a long ways...
Tom Ripley
Feb 2013
#113
Stop being reasonable!!! I am outraged that you are not similarly outraged!!!
truebrit71
Feb 2013
#135
How about Shatner's joke that McFarlane would come out in 2015 and join the Gay Men's Chorus?
Zen Democrat
Feb 2013
#183
funny how so many people who didn't watch are outraged. It's about context people
Beaverhausen
Feb 2013
#217
I wasn't offended, but it was so lame. Not as lame as his "Arrogant New Englander" act, though.
Dash87
Feb 2013
#230
I flat out quit watching Family Guy when they had Rush Limbaugh on the show
Jamastiene
Feb 2013
#232
Wow, he portrayed Rush in a positive light? Many of his fans/defenders keep saying how smart he is,
redqueen
Feb 2013
#302
So if 100% of DU agreed with you and showed the correct amount of outrage, then what?
RetroLounge
Feb 2013
#241
McFarlane is certainly a cheap, tasteless hack but he is merely a symptom of the all-round decay
entanglement
Feb 2013
#246
It's Your Level Of Hyper-Outrage That's Going To Turn McFarlane Into Another Lenny Bruce. (nt)
Paladin
Feb 2013
#293
My thoughts exactly. The whole show was fun and entertaining. Sock puppets were GREAT!
Owl
Feb 2013
#332
Because, you know, if you don't cover up, you deserve whatever anyone says about you.
Squinch
Feb 2013
#337
So now we have "acceptable" Dick Humor by dickbrains. Har-de-har-har. Dicks.
ancianita
Feb 2013
#322
yea. i took note, that the violation is a joke... a laugh, a giggle. we are told, her fault
seabeyond
Feb 2013
#325
Sigh, yes. And people here will actually blame the women, or minimize the problem,
redqueen
Feb 2013
#326
a decade ago we would all agree that was simply wrong. now, too many men do shit like this,
seabeyond
Feb 2013
#328
My wife thought that song was HILARIOUS (I'm not much of an Oscars watcher myself).
Grown2Hate
Feb 2013
#340