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| whiskeypriest |
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Marc wrote: Is it or is it not considered "politically incorrect" to announce that you fucked somebody's granddaughter on the air. If it isn't, then why the outrage?
Am I mis-using the term "politically incorrect"?
I'm not trying to censor anyone.
What's the point of decrying the (expected, and deliberately induced if more than they bargained for) response to the comment with something like:
Quote: Fuck, this political correctness crap is making me sick to my stomach. These are people in the entertainment industry. This is what their audiences expect. You don't like it? Don't fucking watch it. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 2:38 pm |
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| no, I'm not telling people to keep anything to themselves. I'm expressing myself. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 2:45 pm |
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| the emphasis on the actor's age - as if old people should be exempt from being the butt of a joke - is political correctness. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 2:48 pm |
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| Anybody seen any current films? |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 2:50 pm |
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Marc wrote: the emphasis on the actor's age - as if old people should be exempt from being the butt of a joke - is political correctness. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 2:56 pm |
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| alright, Brand is an asshole. |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 2:58 pm |
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| All this political correctness is making me sick. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 6:19 pm |
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I would cast a vote for eliminating the term politically correct -- but we seem stuck with it. The thing is, it's kind of an oxymoron, because the whole thing with politics is controversy, debate, contention between differing parties and ideologies. The idea that there would be one true Correct View in the endless scrum of politics is kind of absurd. There are words that "correct" might go with ("I am a biped" is biologically correct, say), but "politically" ain't one of them.
Okay, fuck it, I'm a biped on a GOOD DAY. |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 7:14 pm |
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The terms "politically correct" and "politically incorrect" have been mined for jokes ever since they were coined. Pretty much anything can be tossed into either basket by ideologues.
Of course that South Carolina Republican politician who offered his opinion of a Republican gubernatorial candidate (the daughter of Indian immigrants), stating that "We have a raghead in the White House, we don't need a raghead in the governor's mansion," is definitely incorrect. "Raghead" is a derogatory term for Arabs, not blacks or Indians. (The SC politics were running hot and heavy when I was visiting down there.) |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 7:36 pm |
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| Would love to retire the terms, as well. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 7:38 am |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 9:20 pm |
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| Get Him to the Greek is a romp that did not amuse me nearly as much as it did some of the reviewers. It is no Hangover. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:12 am |
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| Splice seems to be two-thirds of a decent sci-fi tragicomedy, with a remarkable scene of interspecies erotica, and a cute subplot with the monster's blobby little predecessors, Fred and Ginger. I'd say go see it for the perfs from Polley and Brody, but then don't expect anything but standard B-movie wrapping up for the last third of the film. The monster-ette, "Dren" is quite a work of CGI art blended with an actual actress, though I think maybe they made her a little too complicated in terms of all the different species parts they incorporate. This always seems to be a temptation for the CGI artists, to add too many bells and whistles. I mean, they had me with "bald French chick with scorpion tail." |
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| lshap |
| Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 6:58 pm |
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| Agree with the Bart-Man regarding Splice. "Decent" is the perfect adjective to describe a story that hints at sci-fi and horror, but then flips the torch over to the CGI guys rather than fully commit to either genre. The whole is mostly entertaining, but I walked away feeling like I just saw a bunch of old ideas...uh... spliced together. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 8:33 pm |
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| Just saw City Island, a comedy-drama (as opposed to a "dramedy," and don't ask me why but the two terms are different) starring Andy Garcia and Julianna Margulies as the father and mother of a dysfunctional blue-collar family from the Bronx fishing village which gives the movie its title. Though riddled with coincidences and featuring an annoying performance by Emily Mortimer, the movie is charming and funny, and the climactic scene is a rare mix of outright farce and tear-inducing poignance. This is a perfect rental, and Garcia and Margulies are wonderful. Alan Arkin excellently plays the small role of an acting teacher. |
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