Did Isaiah Washington Call his Castmate the Derogatory Term Meant for Homosexuals?
The Speech that Made the Muslums Mad at the Pope
I was watching something on HBO night before last.. The Big Black Comedy something or other.. there was a big black ball on the stage. I just watched one skit, a woman - I don't know what her name was. I laughed at some of her jokes, but I tell ya, if she didn't use the word "nigger" in her skit at least 40 times before I turned the channel, my name isn't what it is. And her audience, when they panned the camera, was cracking up. It was a predominantly black audience. I find that so strange. Some of the things she was saying about 'her' nigger (hubby) weren't very flattering either. I just wish I could understand why folks in the audience didn't get all offended and hostile and insist that she go to counceling and anger management to find out why she felt compelled to use that word so much. Peculiar...
It seems that more and more public figures are getting into trouble for using words considered to be derogatory to someone, or a racial slur to the other. Man I'm glad we private figures aren't dissected like that. I'd be in therapy all the time.
I can't tell you how many times I've called someone "Pie Face!" I have absolutely nothing against pies, nothing, but it sure feels good to say it sometimes. And I've had my share of being called downright "Pussy Face!" And I know the call-ee had nothing whatsoever against Pussy. Nothing. It wasn't exactly a slur against Pussy per sae, it was just that the person was angry with me and I suppose likened my face to a .. well.. Pussy. At that time. Are we talking kitten? Cat? Something else? I don't know. I just know I don't look like anything resembling anything the word Pussy describes. I don't think so, anyway. *sighs* I hope not, anyway. But my point is...although I didn't and don't particularly like being called "Pussy Face", I can understand why the person felt compelled to say it. I, with my wit and great countanance pissed them off so badly they lost control.
Did I point my finger and say "Therapy! You disparaged Pussy! You need help! You don't deserve to live with the rest of us civilized folks!"
No. I did not. I sniggered up my sleeve that the name caller lost control. A grown person standing there with spittle dripping down its cheek, eyes all bloodshot and bulging so angry they could just burst and all they can come up with is a lil' ol' "Pussy Face!"
Egads, this is the world we're living in.
Posted by juel at January 28, 2007 06:27 PM