tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post4517544096089309402..comments2024-03-24T13:26:57.317-07:00Comments on Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule: PEW-LA-LA!Dennis Cozzaliohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-8606822088283604112018-02-11T22:03:51.379-08:002018-02-11T22:03:51.379-08:00First Speedy Gonzales, now Pepe. Millennials: Ruin...First Speedy Gonzales, now Pepe. Millennials: Ruining it for everyone.<br /><br />IT'S JUST A FUCKING CARTOON!!!mike schlesingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824197221204862706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-20665336583495428772018-02-11T10:12:36.685-08:002018-02-11T10:12:36.685-08:00PLP was my least favorite WB character when I was ...PLP was my least favorite WB character when I was a kid; I found PLP shorts unfunny and vaguely disturbing even then, long before I heard the phrase "gender issues."<br /><br />You are absolutely right that any kid knows that PLP's predation of that poor cat is wrong. Just as any kid knows that Bugs Bunny collapsing the Hollywood Bowl onto the head of a pompous opera singer is also wrong. The difference is the opera singer "deserves it" for making the fatal mistake of bullying Bugs Bunny. This is the WB formula: our central character is minding their own business when some maroon comes along and messes with them. Cue falling anvils.<br /><br />The problem with PLP is that formula is inverted. The anvil falls on a helpless, dumb animal, whose "crime" was to unknowingly make herself attractive to PLP. She hasn't a chance against a talking animal who wears clothes, has opposable thumbs, unlimited resources and a untreatable case of narcissistic personality disorder. Kids, can you say "power imbalance?" I knew you could.<br /><br />That said, the pissed-off patron reaming the concession-stand kid is *another* example of power imbalance. She has as much right to her opinion about PLP as you have about Chucky movies. But she's a maroon for chewing out some poor guy who had (probably) zero to do with choosing the short and who cannot talk back to her without losing his job. You wanna vent? Vent to the manager! "Lady, leave the kid alone and save it for Facebook!" I can hear Bugs saying.<br /><br />Her attacking somebody that can't attack back is the ugly behavior. Not her gender or opinion.<br /><br />And yeah, SJW is a loaded term wielded by those maroons who think there are too many female SF writers.Binrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01119305207503893228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-38798745295474658802018-01-30T08:26:38.125-08:002018-01-30T08:26:38.125-08:00Terry, it is absolutely true that members of both ...Terry, it is absolutely true that members of both sexes were groaning and shifting in their seats during the cartoon-- I was seated on all sides by mostly men, in fact, and could easily hear their complaining noises. Of course I do not mean to imply that it is only one gender that was taking offense, because that clearly isn't true. What is true is that it was a young woman who was berating the kid behind the snack bar. That fact wasn't meant as a generalization by me, just an act of reportage. Is there a gender implication to the phrase "social justice warrior" that I'm not aware of?Dennis Cozzaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-6693011648817240872018-01-30T01:52:06.861-08:002018-01-30T01:52:06.861-08:00Having lived here for three decades, I’ve become u...Having lived here for three decades, I’ve become used to various younger generations demonstrating superiority to films of the past—whether by laughing at them or demanding rigorous suppression. Perhaps someday, there will be a return to watching old movies/TV even if they have to be preceded by caveats about context, treatment of subject matter and predudices of the era of their making. But in the meantime, I’d caution against the easy temporary satisfactions of saying SJW and implying only one gender takes easy offense (usually, it’s both).Terry McCartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11773608967317465220noreply@blogger.com