*TRIGGER WARNING* This episode contains language people may find objectionable.
In celebration of their 100th episode milestone, Donovan and Harrison return to the long-abandoned well of their original episode ideas, finally making good on a topic that’s been promised since the initial podcast trailer! Are there things we cannot, or should not, joke about?
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Topics for the episode include…
The quest for humor
Who gets to cancel Kevin Hart?
Queering the Simpsons
The targets of humor
Music Included: “Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss)” by Betty Everett
FURTHER READING:
“Jim Carrey Takes a Whack at Louis CK”
“‘Diversity Day’: Too Much or Not Enough?”
Homer’s Phobia on The Simpsons Archive
“When the Simpsons Came Out of the Closet”
“COMMON CYBORG,” by Jillian Weise
Next Episode: SELF DESTRUCTION?!!
The thing I couldn’t think of, the recent harangue that exemplified the right controlling the outrage narrative was the whole “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” bullshit. No liberals were actually talking about that, but liberal outrage was 24/7 news on FOX News
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Also, what bothered me about the episode of The Office under a social issues read is it kind of perpetuates the myth of the well-intentioned, accidental racist. But that’s okay, because it was episode two.
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