Um, what's an SMS?
Sir? I'd like you to take the helm, please. I need this man to tear all my clothes off.
Zoe ,'Serenity'
Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kathy A - Nov 13, 2006 8:57:58 am PST #9766 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 13, 2006 9:01:46 am PST #9767 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
My HL love grows apace.
Mine just took a hit. Weren't there any undeserving assault victims in NYC that night that he could have rescued instead?
amych - Nov 13, 2006 9:03:22 am PST #9768 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
FWIW, I really don't like humiliation humor, and I liked Borat: except for a couple of moments, I didn't find it to be at all watch-from-the-hall. (This is possibly because the victims declined to be embarrassed in the least.)
It's got its problems as a movie (mostly with the cobbled-together "plot"), and it's not as good as the Ali G shorts, but I found the mood to be is very different from kicked-in-the-nuts movies.
amych - Nov 13, 2006 9:04:06 am PST #9769 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Um, what's an SMS?
UnAm for text messaging.
Ailleann - Nov 13, 2006 9:04:51 am PST #9770 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
I'm glad I'm not the only person who felt uncomfortable watching Meet the Parents.
My feeling also extends to Anger Management.
Fred Pete - Nov 13, 2006 9:05:05 am PST #9771 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
I can deal with embarrassment/humiliation humor if it's a comeuppance. I couldn't make it through Meet the Parents.
Borat? Definitely Not My Thing.
Cashmere - Nov 13, 2006 9:10:52 am PST #9772 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Um, what's an SMS?
SMS stands for Short Message Service.
Vortex - Nov 13, 2006 9:16:22 am PST #9773 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
How many of the Borat victims were drunk?
The USC frat boys are claiming that they were induced to sign the release form and are suing.
Scrappy - Nov 13, 2006 9:25:49 am PST #9774 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I don't have a problem with humiliation humor if it's fictional. No one is really being humiliated, so it's okay. Kevin Kline's character's disdain for Michael Palin's stuttering in Fish Called Wanda is hilarious, but I wouldn't find anyone treating a real stutterer that way remotely funny. Some of the TDS/Colbert interviews squick me, but I've read interviews with Colbert and Stewart that make it clear that most of them are set-ups--the interviewee is in on the joke. As a matter of fact, Colbert says the trouble a lot of times is that interviewees are SO into the joke that they want to do "comedy" and they have to tell them just to state their case and not try to add jokes or anything.
Trudy Booth - Nov 13, 2006 9:27:27 am PST #9775 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I can't even stand most episodes of Frasier since they tend to be based on him humiliating himself.
But I think I'm going to make myself watch Borat because I think he's pretty much a genius -- my fondness of seeing people exposed as hypocrites and bigots is likely to outweigh my dislike.