really? how can you love someone who beats you at scrabble?
nobody can beat me at Scrabble... :cool:
oohhh i'm so truculent today
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
I've just returned from youtube. Josh Blue is hilarious, I'm glad he won. Hopefully he gets to English TV soon.
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
I've started a satirical comic blog, and a major theme is my life as a disabled person. But I've recently come across a slight issue in that my friends, when they've seen the cartoons, have been a bit embarrassed to laugh. I think satire only works when boundaries are pushed, a la Borat. But I'm just a BIT concerned that people aren't all that ready for the subject of disability to be covered, even if from a disabled person. I'm not the sort of person to worry about that - I'll draw the cartoons anyway. It's only my life we're talking about after all. I wonder whether people know how commonplace some of the incidences in the cartoons are. If they knew, I hardly think they'd see them as 'risky' at all.
My question: when do you find satire funny? Could you give me an example of something you felt uncomfortable to laugh at? Is it possible to make someone laugh and think at the same time? Do you have to appear 'tame' and give concessions to people's sensitivities in order to make them laugh?
I'm sure the majority of people who saw Borat were not ant-semitic, and yet the anti-semitic humour made people laugh their arses off. Why?
You know what? I was a little afraid to check out your blog. There's that fine line. And.....I thought your comics were great! Really.... I'm not just saying that because you have a pretty face.
From my understanding, as long as you're not being disrespectful you can resonate with a lot of people. I think it's entirely acceptable to poke fun at circumstances you live with personally--it's a form of sharing your own view and experience with us. We can intellectualize why certain humour is "acceptable" or not, but it's the inner child who bursts out laughing, irrespective of reason. Which I did, with your blog.
I loved Josh Blue too, and there's nothing like humour to unite people and maybe even to enlighten a person or two as to a disability they may not understand the fine points of. Good for you! I'm a fan!
"The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth." ~ Niels Bohr
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
That's awesome. What's the next step? I feel like a 14 year old with a new girlfriend. Don't worry, it doesn't have to be THAT next step.
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
Looks like you two are meant for each other.. what would the 'partnership' be called? harmlessDunk? f***man???
Byrnzie... you may have jumped on the bandwagon when it comes to names (and after all, I did the groundwork too... how difficult was it to go from HarmlessDunk to Harmless Little Man.. no very!) BUT... I refer to my post... I initiated the possibility that they get together! So... royalties are mine too!
Byrnzie... you may have jumped on the bandwagon when it comes to names (and after all, I did the groundwork too... how difficult was it to go from HarmlessDunk to Harmless Little Man.. no very!) BUT... I refer to my post... I initiated the possibility that they get together! So... royalties are mine too!
The money's not in the natural resources, it's in the production and the final product. Away with you, you groupie! :mad: :rolleyes:
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really? how can you love someone who beats you at scrabble?
nobody can beat me at Scrabble... :cool:
oohhh i'm so truculent today
bastard. I bet you beat him with a stick!
I've just returned from youtube. Josh Blue is hilarious, I'm glad he won. Hopefully he gets to English TV soon.
- the great Sir Leo Harrison
- the great Sir Leo Harrison
You know what? I was a little afraid to check out your blog. There's that fine line. And.....I thought your comics were great! Really.... I'm not just saying that because you have a pretty face.
From my understanding, as long as you're not being disrespectful you can resonate with a lot of people. I think it's entirely acceptable to poke fun at circumstances you live with personally--it's a form of sharing your own view and experience with us. We can intellectualize why certain humour is "acceptable" or not, but it's the inner child who bursts out laughing, irrespective of reason. Which I did, with your blog.
I loved Josh Blue too, and there's nothing like humour to unite people and maybe even to enlighten a person or two as to a disability they may not understand the fine points of. Good for you! I'm a fan!
http://www.myspace.com/illuminatta
Rhinocerous Surprise '08!!!
Harmless Little Man it is
That's awesome. What's the next step? I feel like a 14 year old with a new girlfriend. Don't worry, it doesn't have to be THAT next step.
- the great Sir Leo Harrison
http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/67556/Seinfeld_s_Kramer_A_Crazy_Racist.html
I demand a 10% cut of aLL royalties. :cool:
Byrnzie... you may have jumped on the bandwagon when it comes to names (and after all, I did the groundwork too... how difficult was it to go from HarmlessDunk to Harmless Little Man.. no very!) BUT... I refer to my post... I initiated the possibility that they get together! So... royalties are mine too!
The money's not in the natural resources, it's in the production and the final product. Away with you, you groupie! :mad: :rolleyes:
Well... Dunk is scottish and maybe he'll wear a kilt and littlef*** does look cute on his pic.... OK... groupie it is...
Oops... forgot... they're married, I'm married....
OK... I've just patented the name Harmless Little Man... the name is mine now... and... I get a 'finders fee' for getting them together.....
Looks like I've got tea making duty then. :(