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"There she sits with stars in her eyesBut too afraid to dance'Cause every guy that she holds so closeJust wants to get in her pants." To be effective, comedy has to be rooted in truth. If Dustin Nickerson had made up descriptions of how the Looney Tunes characters behave or focused on characteristics that today's viewers would not find uncomfortable, his bit would not have inspired me the way it did. It was that connection to reality that allowed me to write about aging art as a barometer of soc
When Companies Get Bigger, Customers Get Smaller (opens the original)
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Whoever developed the character of "Peggy the Customer Service Representative" really had their finger on the pulse of the American consumer. The move to offshore call centers may have saved corporations tons of money, but customers often paid a steep price with their frustration. It wasn't bad enough that certain operators were hard to understand; they also often lacked the training or authority to fix the problems customers called about. There was also the unsettling question of whether the pe
The Cost of Looking Away (opens the original)
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"Don't you hate it when those facts interrupt?So much more fun just to make it all up." - Living Colour, "Mind Your Own Business" As public opinion continues shifting toward broader social acceptance, it is getting harder for radical conservatives to manufacture outrage to feed their culture wars. It wasn't too long ago that they had convinced many Americans to fear that same"'sex marriage would cause the collapse of society. Still, once those rights were fully granted, it quickly became clear t
How Trump And His Supporters Dragged 9/11 Into Political Mud (opens the original)
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For all of Trump's whining about the 2020 election being stolen from him, it is Al Gore who arguably has the more legitimate right to that claim. With the 2000 presidential election too close to call, the Supreme Court effectively put its finger on the scale, anointing W as President. Gore could have either accepted the questionable ruling or plunged the country into a constitutional crisis. In the interest of preserving the union, Gore was forced to concede a defeat that didn't necessarily exis
The Songs We Loved (opens the original)
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"You all know it's wrong, but you're singing along." Comedian Dustin Nickerson has a bit where he looks at the Looney Tunes from today's point of view. As good comedy does, he gets his laughs by making the audience uncomfortable. Children now are learning empathy from Bluey; what were we getting out of the hijinks of Bugs Bunny and his famously chaotic co-stars? Did spending our Saturday mornings laughing at the speech impediments of Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, and Elmer Fudd permit us to do the sam
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