| Lisnaholic |
05-02-2018 08:09 AM |
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Originally Posted by Janszoon
(Post 1945944)
The roasting is one of the most well-known parts of this event. Stephen Colbert famously eviscerated George W. Bush to his face at one of these and Larry Wilmore dropped the N-word while trashing Obama to his face at another. It's sort of a symbolic celebration of free speech in the face of power. It's too bad for Sanders that her boss is such a baby that he wasn't there for the roasting but she chose to take a job which involves her being his proxy. No one is forcing her to stay in that job and it's not like she'd be the first to resign from the position.
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^ Thanks for explaining the traditions of the Correspondent's Dinner, which I didn't know about. With that context, if SHS was knowingly going to a "roasting" I guess I should dial back my outrage. Wolf's speech was clearly just a part of the modern American way of public life.
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Originally Posted by Frownland
(Post 1945930)
Lmao likening that to racism (didn't watch the video btw) is over the top man. She was roasting everyone, comedians cut deep and even then, that's hardly cutting deep. Everyone needs to loosen their grip on their pearls. Imagine if she had really gone in on her in a genuinely sexist way, there wouldn't be enough smelling salts in the world for everyone to come to terms with the situation. The whole event reeks of cheap glamour and media masturbation anyway, plus they'll never top MC Rove's performance.
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^ Yep, I admit it's a big leap from a couple of personal remarks to a racist rant, but Kramer's was the first example I thought of to illustrate that being a comedian isn't quite the blanket excuse that Wolf's being accorded.
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Originally Posted by Blank.
(Post 1945945)
Yeah, men can be made fun of but leave the poor women alone. They totally don't make fun of each other all the time for their looks. Women every where are perfect and they totally don't judge men based off the way they look. That's totally not the reason why The Rock is shirtless in every movie he's in. No judgement at all.
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^ Well, Blank, I'd say that in some professions looks are of paramount importance, so taking examples from the modelling or movie industries isn't representative of the experience of most of us; from politicians like SHS down to regular non-famous types. But I guess you have a point. Some women have promoted the notion that they should judge and be judged on merit, but there are plenty of others, as you say, who make fun of each others' looks. To quote Donald Trump, "Sad!" |
