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In reply to the discussion: The Brilliance of Tina Fey's Cake Satire, Explained [View all]SunSeeker
(51,302 posts)3. Spare the mansplaining, Tom Carson. The call to inaction was not funny, nor was the rape joke.
Fey chose to end her monologue with another call to inaction, followed by an off-color comment about Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings:
Treat these rallies this week as you would the opening of a thoughtful movie with two female leads: dont show up. Let these morons scream into the empty air. I love you Charlottesville, and as Thomas Jefferson once said, Whos that hot light-skinned girl over by the butter churn?
For a joke to be a joke, it has to actually be funny. This bit was not.
Treat these rallies this week as you would the opening of a thoughtful movie with two female leads: dont show up. Let these morons scream into the empty air. I love you Charlottesville, and as Thomas Jefferson once said, Whos that hot light-skinned girl over by the butter churn?
For a joke to be a joke, it has to actually be funny. This bit was not.
http://jezebel.com/tina-feys-vexing-self-parody-1797975376
Fey's barbs at Trump and the militias were indeed funny. But the call to inaction and the rape joke, even if meant as "satire" of a "clueless attitude," is not funny. Not everything Tina Fey does is funny. I can live with that. Why can't you?
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Spare the mansplaining, Tom Carson. The call to inaction was not funny, nor was the rape joke.
SunSeeker
Aug 2017
#3
Maybe Megan should know what the word "satire" means before she opines about the bit?
DRoseDARs
Aug 2017
#4
So a man says a woman's satire about racism was great, doesn't mention gender at all
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2017
#5
Many do, because Playboy has always had top notch text content to go with the porn.
Wounded Bear
Aug 2017
#28
How many "men" have been in the market for PG13 nudity in the last twenty years?
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Aug 2017
#37
As pointed out, that just makes it more likely his audience is men
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2017
#42
Mansplaining is explaining with condescension, assuming the target is stupid.
SunSeeker
Aug 2017
#45
My dad was a WW2 POW and he loved that show- my uncle who served in the Navy but saw much less
bettyellen
Aug 2017
#38
It's complicated. It might be that getting shot and imprisoned was a relief after all the action he
bettyellen
Aug 2017
#44
If you're not getting Fey's inspired satire, you're not trying hard enough. (nt)
Paladin
Aug 2017
#18
I didn't find fey's piece funny or interesting. I'm honestly confused why it is garnering so
SweetieD
Aug 2017
#43
No, it was not supposed to be serious. It was supposed to be funny. And it wasn't.
SunSeeker
Aug 2017
#61
Let them eat cake---so she did! (P.S. Wicked satire is often not supposed to be funny. See:
WinkyDink
Aug 2017
#65