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Re: Something not right about Captain Ahnee and the Dipwads?
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Fri, 3 Nov 2000 14:54:57 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> Call me a stick in the mud, and this may be an unpopular viewpoint.
>
> I looked at this, and I looked at the earlier "Mark goes for donuts". I
> laughed a lot, both times. (I laughed at the E! jarjar mockumentary too.)
> LOTS of talent went into making these graphic comics, there is no denying that.
>
> And to a certain extent, all humor centers around the discomfiture,
> misfortune, or embarrassment of others or of ourselves.
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> But is a storyline in which the protagonists either ignore injustice or
> actively participate in it... is that storyline "good"? Is it funny, really,
> to see the suffering of another who is being victimized because of his
> appearance, language, or (in Jar Jar's case, he's not very bright) mental
> handicap?
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> I just don't know. That's why I followed this up to off-topic.debate. I
> expect I am going to get some replies that say "lighten up, it's all in
> fun". Heck, I sort of feel that way myself. Something here is making me a
> bit queasy, I can't claim that I have come to grips with it exactly. There
> are no good guys, per se, in the strip, so we can't say the good guys are
> doing bad things...
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> Talented as this work is, and as much as it made me laugh, I am not sure I
> want to see a bunch of other works that all "celebrate" intolerance. or
> something.
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> Jar Jar is a sentient being (of a fantasy world) and I suspect he has rights
> and doesn't like being beat up because he talks funny or looks funny. He
> didn't CHOOSE to look goofy, did he?
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> On the other hand, who am I to say what sort of work other people should
> create or not create? I dunno.
May the group please pardon a "Me too" post, but I have to heartily agrew with
you Larry, and I believe that it was something that needed to be said. The
comic stip was absolutely fantastic - beautifully done, but the Jar Jar incident
was disturbing. I'm not for censorship when it's not my tax dollars at work (I
read a good quote on a bathroom wall - "The government is not here to support
art anymore than it is here to suppress it" - but I digress...), but the idea of
a helpless creature being beaten is well, not funny. It is objectively Not
Funny. I'm very passionate about SW. Jar Jar wearied me, and yes, I sighed
that it has all come to this, so to speak, but I've seen a cruel streak
regarding Jar Jar that I just don't understand.
James "Who is not only a stick-in-the-mud, but a wet blanket as well" Simpson
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