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"You look for explanations, I don't even understand. If u need someone to blame, throw a rock in the air. You'll hit someone guilty." U2about 5 hours ago from TweetDeck
"Get it right: there's no blood thicker than ink. Hear what I say: nothing's as simple as you think." U2about 5 hours ago from TweetDeck
"They say be careful where u aim because where u aim u just might hit. You can hold on to something so tightly, you've already lost it." U2about 5 hours ago from TweetDeck
@yksin One of my favorite musicals, Mel. Never been able to see it done on stage. Congrats to you niece & family!!!about 5 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to yksin
@tonei For Bruno to reinforce these stereotypes means that the audience simply isn't able to critically think. At all. (Not surprising, eh?)about 12 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to tonei
@tonei Bruno isn't pissing me off. It's our inability to recognize & process satire in our culture. It's a sign of our intellect. weakness.about 12 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to tonei
@tonei For Bruno to 'reinforce" a stereotype is to accept that this exaggerated extreme actually exists in the first place. Which is absurd.about 12 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to tonei
@tonei The issue is really how so many American kids (and people in general) are unable to process "the argument" of a satirical work.about 12 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to tonei
@tonei ...than it does to the film's merits, argument, etc. A parallel argument was made about NBKillers when it came out.about 12 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to tonei
@tonei Interesting. The trick is, Bruno's such an exaggeration, *nobody* is Bruno. The comments listed speak more to American stupidity...about 12 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to tonei
About to have our little online Facebook baby shower. Friends in and family all over the place, from Florida to California. Should be fun!about 16 hours ago from TweetDeck
"Sleep...Sleep tonight & may your dreams be realized.If the thndrcloud passes rain, so let it rain. Let it rain down on me.So let it be." U212:24 AM Jul 11th from TweetDeck
@tonei Cohen reminds me of the late Andy Kaufman, whose whole point was to basically screw with the audience and their "values".11:22 PM Jul 10th from TweetDeck in reply to tonei
@tonei But Cohen definitely goes farther than most can reasonably stand! I do get that. heh.11:16 PM Jul 10th from TweetDeck in reply to tonei
@tonei Fair enough and understandable, though I'm not sure Sandler or Napoleon are anywhere near as close. Not satires, just gags/themes.11:16 PM Jul 10th from TweetDeck in reply to tonei
@tonei What's your take on it? Plan on seeing it?10:39 PM Jul 10th from TweetDeck in reply to tonei
@tonei Yup. And for those in the middle, the ABTs of the world become as ridiculous as the caricatures played by Cohen. They become absurd.10:36 PM Jul 10th from TweetDeck in reply to tonei
@tonei Baron's main purpose, IMO, is to blow the extreme and to show the absurdity of those reacting to his characters, because they buy it.10:34 PM Jul 10th from TweetDeck in reply to tonei
@tonei The trick is if the audience is unable to critically think, they won't get the argument. And that's the danger of satire in the U.S.10:31 PM Jul 10th from Twittelator in reply to tonei
@tonei ... And I do think that satire/parody has positive value, despite the offensiveness in its depictions.10:30 PM Jul 10th from Twittelator in reply to tonei