1.the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. 2.a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule. 3.a literary genre comprising such compositions. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/satire
It was a lame attempt at satire. And satire traditionally goes after people of power and privilege, and does not function as an excuse for crap creative product. I'm not impressed, but Feldman has every right to make an ass of himself in public. And personally, if Feldman had satirized the problem of the lack of visible gays in tech using effeminate stereotypes featuring unfunny steeotypes club-going, drug-taking, sex-addicted queens (fagg.com? I don't think so, desptie the fact that a lot of you would be laughing.), I'd be on the phone with GLAAD in a heartbeat not to ask for this video to be removed, but to publicize what a counterproductive shitty thing Feldman has done. On 04/08/07, Kary Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Aug 3, 2007, at 9:27 PM, Steve Woolf wrote: > > The problem is that it's not funny. I don't mean that being > > politically incorrect is not funny in and of itself. I mean that > > comedy is hard to do. Insightful satire is hard to do. > > > > I'm not sure what else I can add to this discussion but Steve Woolf's > response hit close to home and I painfully nod in agreement. > > I struggle with walking that fine line quite a bit. Having an idea > for satire is pretty easy but executing it with just the right take > and the right comic sensibility is hard. My writing mind tends to > lean toward parody and satire. Some ideas have a large target and > it's not too hard to hit somewhere in the funny (e.g. Fred Phelps and > his Westboro Baptist Church). Other issues like race have a much > smaller target to hit to be funny. I've given it a shot a couple of > times and people either find it funny or are offended. (No links > cause I'd rather not look like an ignorant schmuck =) Plus, on top > of all that, comedy is subjective. What makes me LoL may bore > someone else. > > But unless one keeps trying to fine tune their execution by putting > themselves out there and gauging the responses (with thick skin), > they won't get better at finding the angle and finding their comic > sensibility. Yeah. Comedy is hard. > > <3 > > -- > Kary Rogers > http://karyhead.com > http://goodcommitment.tv > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
