--- In [email protected], "Jeffrey Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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.
hehehe I don't think you have to worry about that! :) http://www.1938media.com/outing-gay-geeks/ > 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] >
