Thursday, December 9, 2010

Violence Against Women is HILARIOUS!

Tis the season! As I was (poorly) wrapping some Christmas presents, I had the TV on in the background. Since I don't have cable, the two tv channels available to me are Fox and NBC. Double yay. NBC's multi award winning show 30-Rock was on, and I wasn't really paying attention, because I find Tina Fey's single-women over 30 are pathetic act annoying, but then, to my delight, I saw that one of the characters, played by Tracy Morgan, was screening a documentary at a Women's Shelter on x-mas, to maintain a "serious" image to help his chances at winning a Golden Globe.

What followed was comedic genius! Tracy's character walks into a room full of hollow-eyed, frightened looking women, and says "Listen up, a Man is speaking" and then goes on to say that his film will mirror their own sad lives. OH HO HO HO! My sides, they burst with the hilarity! Wait, why aren't you laughing? Maybe you don't get that this is a satire? You see, the women are in the shelter probably because they've been abused, most likely by their male partners (and some of them have their small female children with them as well) and so when Tracy's character says what he does, he's poking fun at the fact that not listening to men is what got them there in the first place! And their lives...hahaha, so sad! It's funny because it's true!! He's insensitive!!

Seriously, why aren't you laughing? God, you feminists have no sense of humor.

This makes me absolutely sick. I'm going to opt for the radio from now on, and I'm also planning on sending a letter to NBC about this. They won't give a shit, but perhaps if enough people complain, they'll feel the sting of those lost advertising dollars.

1 comment:

  1. This is one of those things that never ceases to inspire the whole *lolsob* response in me. It's like, people expect a gold star for even talking about issues, but all they're doing is reinscribing the same *abusive* stereotypes that existed before... And then they get mad when you kick up a fuss becuase, hey, they've engaged with the dialogue, and man... they don't discriminate...

    people suck, dude. we should totes take over the world.

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