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[lollardfish]

Can anyone more knowledgeable than I point out any examples of the Vilification Tennis show doing productive social satire - that is, making fun of something in order to demonstrate its impropriety or nonsensical nature?

I'm seeing excuses that I shouldn't be offended at their upcoming show because it's productive social satire.

I think it's just an excuse and the show isn't about satire, it's about getting laughs by being as mean as possible. They are really good at it. They get a lot of laughs. I think they're kidding themselves about the satire, but I'm not that familiar with their shows.

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[buttonlass.livejournal.com]

Hello Mark. I knew your answer to the question and wish I had been around earlier for this chat.

I didn't see this movie because I was told it used the r-word and did in fact write a letter complaining about it to the paper. I cringe to think how incoherent it must have been given my lack of practice writing such things, but I tried.

Believe me when I say I don't expect you to care. I have ceased to wonder or care if other people think I'm uptight or too delicate or deluded on this subject.

I'm hoping to make the world slightly nicer for my son. If over the space of his life I can explain one less time why some jerk called him a name and make my sons life a little more pleasant I will be pleased.

I have stopped complaining about this unless it's right in front of me. I've moved on to bigger fish.