Roy, I think you will need to start doing background checks on your subscribers, because you may have crossed the line from making US laugh to giving THEM ideas, or at least actual *funny* ideas instead of the flat-footed bullshit they think up on their own.
“dress in Pepe LePew costumes for your next abortion clinic protest” had me screaming.
"I know we all look down on artists because most of them don’t make any money, but they’re only poor because they insist on making unpopular socialist art. When conservatives finally start making conservative art, it stands to reason we will get rich from it. Why should an art business be any different from a car dealership or a payday lender?"
I have to admit that I'm finding the Lola Bunny outrage particularly hilarious. Because NONE of those people professing outrage has ever seen the original cartoon, they're convinced that the anime-porn version of Lola Bunny is the original and the original is some kind of cancel-cultured de-sexified character.
But what can we expect from a group of people who proudly stood on street corners waving signs that said "Tea Bag Me!"
As I may have said, I was in a relationship with a guy who claimed to be a libertarian (of course, he was just a Log Cabin Republican with a taste for nose candy) and asked me “Why are so many artist against capitalism?”
I had to tell him I and too many artists i know had been ripped off or or poorly treated by some self described businessman...
The dirty little secret is that as a rule, conservatives can't create anything of any quality to speak of. For example, there's the Great White Whale (pun not, no, it is, intended) of a conservative counterpart to SNL. Never happened, there doesn't even seem to be a major, funny conservative comedian out there. Forget an ensemble of them let alone a writer's room. Of course, arguably, the scandals based on bullshit, deliberate misreadings and characterizations of events is pretty much their maximum creativity but even that's, I dunno, proves the rule?
Anyway, I'm hopeful for the Ben Shapiro-produced Gina Carano/Kevin Sorbo/Scott Baio franchise. I mean, it'll surely be better than the Star Wars sequels. Or maybe, if Ben can't get the financing, they're settle for a remake of The Fountainhead. Of course, no gender swap, Sorbo will still be Roark and be the architect, but Carano will play his loyal wife who gladly and effectively kicks ass on his behalf.
And when Hasbro gets a clue, I will be there for the enhanced Potato Head set that includes all genitalia (and chest hair for Mr. PH) and, just to send the right message, guns, guns, guns. And MAGA caps. (Hasbro, you read here first so send me my payoff.)
I’m trying to conjure an animal appropriate for a wing nut cartoon ( king cobra? Norwegian rat? slime mold?) but I can’t bear to saddle anything more sentient than a rabies virus with that identity. Behold, “The Adventures of Covidman - Winnowing the Weak.”
I was watching the Mandalorian last night & marvelling at the wonders of libertarianism (not that it advocates such, but does a good job of showing them) -- but the thought struck me: do conserva-toadies & meatheads not remember that they are always fodder for the hero's prowess, the chumps to be despatched with flair.
The answer she suggests herself: these "conserva-toadies & meatheads" just think they haven't yethad the chance to show off their warrior's flair. And as soon as the boss is dead, they'll have their chance.
If I'm not mistaken, Little Black Sambo is in the public domain, which means we don't even have to worry about coming up with ideas. All we need is an artist or two willing to work for a flat fee (and exposure, which is obviously invaluable) and we can churn out these books through Regnery Publishing, which isn't going to put us through any kind of rigorous editorial process, even to check spelling errors. Not that you need to read words in a book, what are ya, a college professor?
I suppose there are and have been some artists who are/have been conservative, but in general artists and entertainers are liberal. Why? Because in order to make:
1. art, you have to want to deal honestly with emotions and human nature, and conservatives are attracted to conservatism precisely to avoid such matters, especially in themselves. Instead, they cede authority to religion and political dogma.
2. entertainment, you have to want your subject to be human nature as it precedes political ideology, and they can't do that. (Cf. no. 1.) You have to respect truth more than message, whereas their priorities are exactly the opposite.
3. political satire, again, you have to focus on actual human nature as it is deformed and perverted by ideology. But they start with ideology and end up manipulating stereotypes in the service of the "message." Their audiences laugh at and like the result because it confirms the cheap stereotypes they walked in with. Real satire reveals something. Conservative "satire" confirms everything. Conservative comedy is like Soviet physics.
I 👍this because it touches on a thing that gets overlooked imho: as popular media gets woker, straight white people see and hear more and more other people Not like them, and it's pissing them off, partly because our monkey brains want to see our reflection in the mirror, and partly because it's a concrete demonstration of a loss of privilege. They don't give a good goddamn about Seuss or Potato Heads, they see an imagined part of their imagined past being taken away from them in the media, and it's one more straw on the camel's back. At least when Govenor Schwartzenegger made a show of driving a Hummer and smoking cigars, he was in favor of something. These people are just whining about "losing" things they don't care about.
(Was about to offer Jose Carioca https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Carioca but (1) Disney and (2) "illegal immigrant".)
Roy, I think you will need to start doing background checks on your subscribers, because you may have crossed the line from making US laugh to giving THEM ideas, or at least actual *funny* ideas instead of the flat-footed bullshit they think up on their own.
“dress in Pepe LePew costumes for your next abortion clinic protest” had me screaming.
"I know we all look down on artists because most of them don’t make any money, but they’re only poor because they insist on making unpopular socialist art. When conservatives finally start making conservative art, it stands to reason we will get rich from it. Why should an art business be any different from a car dealership or a payday lender?"
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Jeff Koons.
What?!?! Woody Woodpecker isn't good enough to make the lineup?!?!?! To quote the great Foghorn Leghorn, "I say, I say, what the fuck is this shit?"
I have to admit that I'm finding the Lola Bunny outrage particularly hilarious. Because NONE of those people professing outrage has ever seen the original cartoon, they're convinced that the anime-porn version of Lola Bunny is the original and the original is some kind of cancel-cultured de-sexified character.
But what can we expect from a group of people who proudly stood on street corners waving signs that said "Tea Bag Me!"
As I may have said, I was in a relationship with a guy who claimed to be a libertarian (of course, he was just a Log Cabin Republican with a taste for nose candy) and asked me “Why are so many artist against capitalism?”
I had to tell him I and too many artists i know had been ripped off or or poorly treated by some self described businessman...
Dont even get me started on the musicians..
The dirty little secret is that as a rule, conservatives can't create anything of any quality to speak of. For example, there's the Great White Whale (pun not, no, it is, intended) of a conservative counterpart to SNL. Never happened, there doesn't even seem to be a major, funny conservative comedian out there. Forget an ensemble of them let alone a writer's room. Of course, arguably, the scandals based on bullshit, deliberate misreadings and characterizations of events is pretty much their maximum creativity but even that's, I dunno, proves the rule?
Anyway, I'm hopeful for the Ben Shapiro-produced Gina Carano/Kevin Sorbo/Scott Baio franchise. I mean, it'll surely be better than the Star Wars sequels. Or maybe, if Ben can't get the financing, they're settle for a remake of The Fountainhead. Of course, no gender swap, Sorbo will still be Roark and be the architect, but Carano will play his loyal wife who gladly and effectively kicks ass on his behalf.
And when Hasbro gets a clue, I will be there for the enhanced Potato Head set that includes all genitalia (and chest hair for Mr. PH) and, just to send the right message, guns, guns, guns. And MAGA caps. (Hasbro, you read here first so send me my payoff.)
I’m trying to conjure an animal appropriate for a wing nut cartoon ( king cobra? Norwegian rat? slime mold?) but I can’t bear to saddle anything more sentient than a rabies virus with that identity. Behold, “The Adventures of Covidman - Winnowing the Weak.”
This puts me in the mind of discontinued characters in the Itchy & Scratchy universe: Disgruntled Goat and Ku Kux Klam
I was watching the Mandalorian last night & marvelling at the wonders of libertarianism (not that it advocates such, but does a good job of showing them) -- but the thought struck me: do conserva-toadies & meatheads not remember that they are always fodder for the hero's prowess, the chumps to be despatched with flair.
The answer she suggests herself: these "conserva-toadies & meatheads" just think they haven't yethad the chance to show off their warrior's flair. And as soon as the boss is dead, they'll have their chance.
I'll try to come up with a concept based on this slug
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/08/keep-your-head-the-self-decapitating-sea-slugs-that-regrow-their-bodies-hearts-and-all
"Andrew knew the answer. He wanted us to be ... artists"
Art is hard work. Not a good career choice for folks with basically one talent - shameless shit talk.
If I'm not mistaken, Little Black Sambo is in the public domain, which means we don't even have to worry about coming up with ideas. All we need is an artist or two willing to work for a flat fee (and exposure, which is obviously invaluable) and we can churn out these books through Regnery Publishing, which isn't going to put us through any kind of rigorous editorial process, even to check spelling errors. Not that you need to read words in a book, what are ya, a college professor?
I suppose there are and have been some artists who are/have been conservative, but in general artists and entertainers are liberal. Why? Because in order to make:
1. art, you have to want to deal honestly with emotions and human nature, and conservatives are attracted to conservatism precisely to avoid such matters, especially in themselves. Instead, they cede authority to religion and political dogma.
2. entertainment, you have to want your subject to be human nature as it precedes political ideology, and they can't do that. (Cf. no. 1.) You have to respect truth more than message, whereas their priorities are exactly the opposite.
3. political satire, again, you have to focus on actual human nature as it is deformed and perverted by ideology. But they start with ideology and end up manipulating stereotypes in the service of the "message." Their audiences laugh at and like the result because it confirms the cheap stereotypes they walked in with. Real satire reveals something. Conservative "satire" confirms everything. Conservative comedy is like Soviet physics.
Roy, this is another one you HAVE to make public. It's too funny for us to keep it to ourselves.
P.S. I just had to respond to this messterpiece of factual errors and bad faith. I'll let you know where it gets me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOnq4IwbJTg
I 👍this because it touches on a thing that gets overlooked imho: as popular media gets woker, straight white people see and hear more and more other people Not like them, and it's pissing them off, partly because our monkey brains want to see our reflection in the mirror, and partly because it's a concrete demonstration of a loss of privilege. They don't give a good goddamn about Seuss or Potato Heads, they see an imagined part of their imagined past being taken away from them in the media, and it's one more straw on the camel's back. At least when Govenor Schwartzenegger made a show of driving a Hummer and smoking cigars, he was in favor of something. These people are just whining about "losing" things they don't care about.