> I agree. > > What I was referring to was what were, perhaps, unintended > consequences: people in the audience going full circle and, in > effect, joining the anti-Semites on-screen in their derision of Jews. > > Hey, maybe I'm wrong and maybe I read the crowd wrong at the showing > I attended...but that's the vibe I got.
Ok, I get you point better now. Yeah, that is a tricky part of this kind of balls out satire. He is really waaay into Andy Kaufman territory here isn't he? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > I laughed with everyone else when I was watching the Borat movie, > in > > > which a lot of fun is made at the expense of Jewish people. But > at > > > one point in the movie, I realized that everyone seemed to be > > > laughing AT the Jews, not with them -- as I think was Baron- > Cohen's > > > point -- and the humor went off on an anti-Semitic tangent. > Perhaps > > > this was Baron-Cohen's point; I don't know. > > > > Since Cohen himself is Jewish, I don't think the movie ever got off > > it's satiric intent. I never felt the movie was making fun at the > > expense of Jewish people, the focus was clearly on the people > willing > > to go along with his anti-semitic rants. > > > > I agree. > > What I was referring to was what were, perhaps, unintended > consequences: people in the audience going full circle and, in > effect, joining the anti-Semites on-screen in their derision of Jews. > > Hey, maybe I'm wrong and maybe I read the crowd wrong at the showing > I attended...but that's the vibe I got. > > > > > > > Exposing people's > > willingness to go alone with prejudice was not a tangent, it was the > > central focus of his work. > > > > Next stop homophobia! I can't wait for his Bruno movie to come out. > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings > <no_reply@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> , "shempmcgurk" > > > <shempmcgurk@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> , off_world_beings > > > <no_reply@> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [snip] > > > > > > > > > > > OffWorld prediction : He will donate it to the TMO within 5 > > > years. > > > > > > (offworld has not been wrong on any prediction given on > FFl , > > > and > > > > was > > > > > > the first to show outright support for Obama of anyone on > FFL -- > > > a > > > > > fact > > > > > > that I know half of you cannot stomach .... yet you know it > is a > > > > fact, > > > > > > and are too cowardly to acknolwdge it....Ha ha > ha....OffWorld > > > fukin' > > > > > aa > > > > > > PWNS FFL ! ) > > > > > > > > > > > > OffWorld > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > OffWorld was also the first to come out with a blatantly > racist > > > put- > > > > > down of Obama saying that they will start calling the official > > > > > residence of the president the "Black House".>> > > > > > > > > Ha ha what a retard and racist you are Shemp. Only a racist > could > > > not > > > > handle that joke. I'm British You're not. You are an ignorant > fuck. > > > > No-one in Britain cold possibly take it the way you did,. Wow, > what > > > an > > > > ass you made of yourself here. We are toally used to that humor > > > where I > > > > come from. The blacks and whites joke around like that all the > time > > > you > > > > dumb fucking American racist retard. (yes, you act like the > racist > > > > Americans that carried monkey dolls of Obama around. Admit it > > > Shemp, you > > > > are a total racist. Just admit it. ) > > > > Black guys totally thought this joke of mine was was funny when > I > > > said > > > > it to them. > > > > > > > > > > > > Which "Black guys"? > > > > > > You live in the White-est state in the union: > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont#Race_and_gender > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > They laughed in joy and camaraderie at it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In all likelihood, they were laughing at you. > > > > > > Or, they were laughing in order to placate you because they know > you > > > are such an unstable nutjob that if they didn't you could come > after > > > them. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It is a wonderful > > > > thing, and I think it should be called the Balckhouse because I > > > love the > > > > idea that a minority is President. But a lonely racist liek you > has > > > no > > > > black friends and you come to FFL because you have no friends > at > > > all. > > > > Its burning you up in fear and cold ice in your hart, and you > can > > > feel > > > > it can't you. You are a hateful racist and you have nothing but > > > fear and > > > > hate to offer FFL. > > > > > > > > Us Europeans left that black white shit behind decades ago you > > > fucking > > > > turd. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, you Europeans are so superior to us North Americans. And > you > > > have such an enlightened and cultured view of those who skin > color, > > > religion, and ethnicity is different from your own. > > > > > > Oops! Except for those little squirmishes known as WW I and WW > II. > > > > > > But they didn't have ANYTHING to do with race, did they? > > > > > > Oops again! > > > > > > But, hey, what's another 60 million dead? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But that is something a lonely racist like you will never > > > > understand. You are a racist, that is why you could not laugh > at > > > the > > > > OBVIOUS and very tasteful 21st century joke for 21st century > people > > > with > > > > no hate in their hearts. None. Man, you are the worst racist > hateful > > > > turd that ever walked the planet. You squirm when you meet a > colored > > > > person don't you. > > > > > > > > > > > > Is that how you refer to your "Black friends" in Vermont? > As "the > > > colored"? > > > > > > I'm sure they amused by that one, too, just as they are by you > > > calling the White House the "Black House". > > > > > > Do they laugh and chuckle with you when you drop the "colored" > bomb? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It is sad for you. I only feel pity for you. > > > > > > > > What a totally sad little old man you are Shemp. > > > > > > > > Shemp, you are left behind in the dust of history. You might as > well > > > > admit you are so retarded in this modern world that you cannot > even > > > joke > > > > about black and white as ALL THE REST OF US IN THE WORLD, BIT > BLACK > > > AND > > > > WHITE, ARE ALL JOKING AROUND and HAPPILY POKING FUN AT EACH > OTHER > > > ABOUT. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Any time I hear a "racial" joke or "Jewish" joke, I get really > > > uncomfortable. > > > > > > Aside from the fact that there's a lot of truth to the old adage > that > > > teasing is a form of disguised agression, everyone has their own > > > sense or version for humor. It's best not to joke at all, is my > > > experience, because you never know how the other party is going > to > > > take it. > > > > > > I laughed with everyone else when I was watching the Borat movie, > in > > > which a lot of fun is made at the expense of Jewish people. But > at > > > one point in the movie, I realized that everyone seemed to be > > > laughing AT the Jews, not with them -- as I think was Baron- > Cohen's > > > point -- and the humor went off on an anti-Semitic tangent. > Perhaps > > > this was Baron-Cohen's point; I don't know. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You are left behind in your racist cesspit. You sad little turd > of a > > > > being. > > > > > > > > I feel only pity for you. > > > > > > > > OffWorld > > > > > > > > > >
