[SML] cringeworthy jokes

[Richard Niederberg]

A lot of the lines were originally spoken inadvertently. The problem arises
when they are repeated out-of-context. PC is still inconsistent with the
text of the 1st Amendment.(a 'balancing act', In many cases); as are
Copyright regulations (Title 17, US Code),..
/s/ Richard

On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 6:53 AM Dan Sheehan via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> I remember "little moron" jokes.
> Bssically identical to the many
>    "dumb  (hair color, ancestral nationality origin, ethnicity, ...)"
>  jokes
> except avoided direct identity stereotyping.
> Wasn't intended to be P.C.  but worked
>  (unless, of course, you happened to actually BE a little moron,
>  in which case you probably wouldn't get it anyway).
>
> oops
> I'll just shut up now.
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 2:56 AM Judy Kupferman via Stagecraft <
> stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>
>> Somebody write " Regarding the "Hang the blacks" joke, the very reason
>> the story is funny is because it is cringe-worthy.?
>> If anything, it emphasized the fact that there was a time when this was
>> an acceptable thing for some groups of men to be saying, and that this is
>> cringe-worthy. "
>>
>> No, I disagree - to check how I felt, I substituted a joke about Jews.
>> And then, especially considering the climate in some places today, it felt
>> awful.
>>
>> Judy
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/s/ Richard
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