“Because literal-minded people don’t understand metaphor, irony or comic exaggeration. People who are not literal-minded can see there’s various different interpretations, depending on different contexts.”
Say it out loud again, John!
ChunkyBubblz on
Maybe it’s just not funny to use racial slurs fifty years later? Maybe it was never that funny to begin with?
RiggzBoson on
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MrTonyDelgado on
I haven’t seen Fawlty Towers in about 20-something years, and I don’t remember any racial slurs. So, this probably tells me it’s not vital to the premise of the show. Not sure why that would be a hill to die on.
ManOnNoMission on
No no, we get irony. We just appreciate good irony.
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“Because literal-minded people don’t understand metaphor, irony or comic exaggeration. People who are not literal-minded can see there’s various different interpretations, depending on different contexts.”
Say it out loud again, John!
Maybe it’s just not funny to use racial slurs fifty years later? Maybe it was never that funny to begin with?
Another old man complains that society is evolving with the passing of time.
Join the queue.
I haven’t seen Fawlty Towers in about 20-something years, and I don’t remember any racial slurs. So, this probably tells me it’s not vital to the premise of the show. Not sure why that would be a hill to die on.
No no, we get irony. We just appreciate good irony.