Re: Comedy: This Country Has Lost Its Mind

On 11/22/2024 5:26 PM, Rhino wrote:

On 2024-11-22 4:59 PM, moviePig wrote:

On 11/22/2024 4:38 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

Man speaks facts.
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https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1655934898149138433/ vid/480x852/ xmLUmna2JdFU09vr.mp4?tag=14

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But he's hardly "speaking truth to culture" when, in the same breath, he himself swerves demurely past "the n-word".
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Maybe he's worried about being "cancelled" and losing his livelihood? (I'm assuming this is a professional comedian who faces the prospect of losing bookings if his use of that word is publicized.)

The clip is certainly funny, regardless.  But the n-word sidestep does underscore context, which renders the new song's blatant obscenities indeed rather less "sexy" than the old classic's seductive wheedling.