tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939540709666345656.post6232917741138641466..comments2023-05-29T05:39:03.467-04:00Comments on private matters and public things: Say It Ain't So?Sammy Wheelock aka "SW"http://www.blogger.com/profile/12838650350541903735noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939540709666345656.post-48799252452967207352011-06-15T15:56:55.402-04:002011-06-15T15:56:55.402-04:00I am surprised to hear that anyone does not find 3...I am surprised to hear that anyone does not find 30 Rock funny. Is that a hoax?Jeff Strabonehttp://jeffstrabone.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939540709666345656.post-25499618713643091132011-06-15T12:55:58.347-04:002011-06-15T12:55:58.347-04:00Episode 3.Episode 3.Sammy Wheelock aka "SW"https://www.blogger.com/profile/12838650350541903735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939540709666345656.post-13120653644679726362011-06-15T11:29:46.357-04:002011-06-15T11:29:46.357-04:00Oh, it is, is it? Good! I have only watched the fi...Oh, it is, is it? Good! I have only watched the first two episodes so far. Perhaps I should skip ahead to when it starts getting funny? When is that?Stevennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939540709666345656.post-3647163272721732192011-06-14T20:11:27.631-04:002011-06-14T20:11:27.631-04:00Yes . . . and YES!Yes . . . and YES!Sammy Wheelock aka "SW"https://www.blogger.com/profile/12838650350541903735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939540709666345656.post-24566930446121625832011-06-14T16:41:11.321-04:002011-06-14T16:41:11.321-04:00Is 30 Rock actually funny?a
More importantly, wil...Is <i>30 Rock</i> actually funny?a<br /><br />More importantly, will you assure loyal readers of this blog that there will very soon be a post on the treatment of LGBT issues in <i>The Hangover Part II</i>?Stevennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939540709666345656.post-36784102247672922852011-06-14T10:11:06.002-04:002011-06-14T10:11:06.002-04:00I think the outcome here will be good.I think the outcome here will be good.Sammy Wheelock aka "SW"https://www.blogger.com/profile/12838650350541903735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939540709666345656.post-55985450433956610972011-06-14T08:41:25.701-04:002011-06-14T08:41:25.701-04:00I asked last night that Tracy Morgan/Jordan come o...I asked last night that Tracy Morgan/Jordan come out, so to speak, as pro-gay, and he seems to be prepared to do so. Here is <a href="http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/marc_malkin/b246930_new_tracy_morgan_twist_embattled_comic.html" rel="nofollow">the latest</a>.<br /><br />I don't know what motivated his anti-gay rants in the past, but this is a decent outcome.Jeff Strabonehttp://jeffstrabone.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939540709666345656.post-75201829446884843932011-06-13T12:08:55.006-04:002011-06-13T12:08:55.006-04:00There is currently quite a lot of press on this Tr...There is currently quite a lot of press on this Tracy Morgan issue. I've not seen anybody defending him, but remain unable to find what he actually said. Regardless, Tina Fey scolds him in a very appropriate manner:<br /><br /><i>Fey echoed that when she said in her statement that "I hope for his sake that Tracy's apology will be accepted as sincere by his gay and lesbian coworkers at "30 Rock", without whom Tracy would not have lines to say, clothes to wear, sets to stand on, scene partners to act with, or a printed-out paycheck from accounting to put in his pocket. The other producers and I pride ourselves on '30 Rock' being a diverse, safe, and fair workplace."</i><br /><br />I think there's something really touching when she includes the accountants, neatly undercutting a bigoted assumption about the types of jobs a gay person would have at <i>30 Rock</i>.<br /><br />As you say, it will be worked out in <i>30 Rock</i>. Thank you for pointed out the Michael Richards episode in CYE - I will relentlessly pursue that episode down. What happened to Michael Richards was an extraordinary implosion of comedy. We see comedy fail all the time (this blog stands as a tribute to the falling of comedy), but rarely do we get this sort of atomic eruption.Sammy Wheelock aka "SW"https://www.blogger.com/profile/12838650350541903735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939540709666345656.post-26854142067459223352011-06-13T11:55:37.976-04:002011-06-13T11:55:37.976-04:00I read a similar account of Morgan's homophobi...I read a similar account of Morgan's homophobic sermon. As you point out, the accounts suggest that the formal elements of comedic delivery—'voice, characterisation, and tone'—disappeared, hence a sermon. His apology for his 'choice of words' cannot cover his content if we believe his content and his intent were identical.<br /><br />As for me, I have bought the first four seasons of 30 Rock on dvd but will probably refrain from buying season five. The best outcome would be if Tina Fey wrote the incident into the show the way Larry David did in episode 70 of Curb Your Enthusiasm with Michael Richard's racist taunts to his audience. If either Tracy Morgan or Tracy Jordan (is there really a diffrence?) comes on the television to say something supremely pro-gay, perhaps I will relent.Jeff Strabonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13381289400378450933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939540709666345656.post-77327167317148808722011-06-12T07:30:05.821-04:002011-06-12T07:30:05.821-04:00It's of no pertinence here, but I just re-watc...It's of no pertinence here, but I just re-watched the episode where Jack says:<br /><br />"Lemon, let me explain something to you that you could have no way of knowing: emotionally unstable women are fantastic in the sack and their self-loathing translates into... never mind."<br /><br />As Ezra Pound said, poetry is news that stays news.Daniel Fnoreply@blogger.com