Re: Here's the fraudian putting the boot into Bill Archived Message
Posted by Ian M on January 7, 2023, 6:49 pm, in reply to "Re: Here's the fraudian putting the boot into Bill"
Ken said: 'Firstly its an anecdote and it's so particular I reckon it probably happened' - probably true. I was wondering about to what degree personal experience and/or coming from a similar background makes prejudicial comments more 'okay' somehow. I can't remember if Hicks had a poor/working class background which he then managed to escape, thus leading to a 'well, I made it out so you've got no excuse' mentality. There was another deeply unfunny Kemah Bob sketch I saw where she dresses up as a black, male rap singer:
On the one hand it uses ID politics as an excuse for a depiction no white person could ever get away with, her own identity as a black woman (or whatever she identifies as) 'allowing' her to make sweeping generalisations about black men. But at the same time it arguably exhibits a class prejudice against uneducated, under-privileged artists, adding to the oppression they face. The feminists might say she was punching up but the socialists might say she was punching down. I guess this is why 'intersectionality' came about... Anyway, there seemed to be a period in the 80s and 90s where single mums were fair game to comedians & other artists. Maybe because of Reagan's lies about 'welfare queens'? Here's an excruciating example from Neil Young (though I always quite liked the riff):
cheers, I
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