News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on No laughing matter? what the Romans found funny. Parent comment

Re:No laughing matter? what the Romans found funny by OJFord on Thursday September 09, 2021 @09:41AM (#28469567)
Well, it does portray a very PC acceptance (fighting for Stan/Loretta's right to have babies even if he/she can't actually have them) even if it is a joke.

So I think it's at least difficult to object to? Yes that behaviour is correct but it's not allowed in a comedy? Stop laughing (so it can still be in the script, it's just not a joke?)?

I think the whole film is far more thoughtful than it is unkind, to any group. The main contemporary objection was from religious groups of course, but just watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeKWVuye1YE.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:No laughing matter? what the Romans found funny by mbg721 on Thursday September 09, 2021 @10:52AM (#28470349)
It portrays a serious extremist group being derailed by the demands of the furthest, most boundary-obliterating, most ludicrous social extremists imaginable at the time. The fact that that group was later considered centrist doesn't make the joke PC, it just means people don't get the joke anymore.
[ Parent | on HN ]