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deutsey

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23. Yes, I find this omission of context baffling

Reply to gauguin57 (Reply #19)

Wed Feb 27, 2013, 10:55 AM

Feb 2013

Are people intentionally mischaracterizing the song as a stand-alone part of the show or are they just incapable of grasping it as a joke within a joke?

The more criticisms I read, the more I think some people just didn't get what was going on and took it at face value. It would be like someone reading Swift's A Modest Proposal and getting outraged that he wants us to eat Irish children.

I did not watch the show (I don't particularly care about the Oscars, honestly), and I'm not a fan of MacFarlane, at least based on what I've seen in Family Guy. It isn't even really the offensive side of his humor (I'm a fan of some of the old National Lampoon from the '70s) so much as he just runs his gags into the ground.

But I think it sounds like the controversy around the boobs bit is really overblown.

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"I Saw Your Junk" -- McFarlane rejioner [View all] MindPilot Feb 2013 OP

had no idea who he was before, but he has shown himself to be a sexist a**hole, regardless niyad Feb 2013 #1

do you GRENADE Feb 2013 #13

nice start to your stay here. yes, I do understand the concept of comedy. I also understand niyad Feb 2013 #15

i didn't realize GRENADE Feb 2013 #20

nice try, but doesn't wash. my opinion is not based on your post count, but your words. niyad Feb 2013 #24

have a great day GRENADE Feb 2013 #26

Now, that is probably the best way to respond. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #30

perhaps if people were not making, or defending, sexist, misogynistic comments, paragraphs niyad Feb 2013 #32

I didn't see the 'other' performance, but I'm always up ... DreamGypsy Feb 2013 #2

I had the same idea, but he forgot Sean Connery in Zardoz. Ian David Feb 2013 #3

Beans & Franks RockaFowler Feb 2013 #4

I remember that scene, but I don't think we saw the frank or the beans. n/t Ian David Feb 2013 #6

Okay, you're right. I found it. Although it's more like bits and pieces of it... Ian David Feb 2013 #9

I'm looking, though... Ian David Feb 2013 #7

oh that equals things out. Because it's in front of an audience of a billion. cali Feb 2013 #5

I'm sorry. MindPilot Feb 2013 #11

You need to look a little closer at Hollywood... ljm2002 Feb 2013 #16

It is not about what's on-screen. MindPilot Feb 2013 #17

Where did I say it was about what's on-screen????? ljm2002 Feb 2013 #18

actually, according to industry reports, it isn't really better than 10 years ago. niyad Feb 2013 #27

Anthony Weiner Showed His Junk Yavin4 Feb 2013 #8

There are many talented misogynists. backtoblue Feb 2013 #10

Meh. tosh Feb 2013 #12

Wow, that was thought-provoking. MindPilot Feb 2013 #14

LOL! You are right tosh Feb 2013 #25

"We Saw Your Boobs" was part of a comic bit set up by William Shatner ... gauguin57 Feb 2013 #19

I read, like, you know, newspapers and stuff, but not so much the entertainment sections, so niyad Feb 2013 #22

Yes, I find this omission of context baffling deutsey Feb 2013 #23

Regarding Dave Letterman, I haven't been nearly as hardcore a fan since bullwinkle428 Feb 2013 #28

Just because he's liberal doesn't mean I have to like him. (And I don't.) reformist2 Feb 2013 #21

Oh, that was awesome! Aerows Feb 2013 #29

Liberals CAN be sexist Taverner Feb 2013 #31