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shorty63136
06/20/09

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And I don't know why he slapped her. It looks like HE actually messed up b/c he didn't raise his arm high enough over her head.

Fucking asshole.
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shorty63136
06/20/09

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I didn't find this the LEAST bit entertaining or humorous.

Tash.0 - You FAIL.
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Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
06/20/09

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I shall only ever endorse one 'slap on the d-floor' clip:
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LolaQuinn is full of beans
06/20/09

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It's more of a "what the fuck" thing than a funny thing...
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thesciencegirl wields the truth like a mighty axe.
06/20/09

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I've seen this on youtube before I found it disturbing and odd.
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TheCatlady
06/20/09

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Wow, I don't see anything amusing about that. This brings to mind a video clip from 1937 of the "Apache Dance." It's done with both parties consenting and is choreographed, but...

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LaComtesse
06/20/09

@TheCatlady: The context is awful but the concept and choreography is amazing.
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TheCatlady
06/20/09

@LaComtesse: @electricbubbles:

Wow, from your replies can I assume you two separated at birth :-)
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LaComtesse
06/20/09

@TheCatlady: Ha! That's funny! Well thought, @electricbubbles:
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TheOtherBoninGirl
06/20/09

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i'll stick with Joel McHale, thank you very much
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Alys Brangwin has a huge talent
06/20/09

@TheOtherBoninGirl: Even he makes forays into misogynistic territory. It's disappointing, and it sounds like lazy writing.
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unmoldednicole
06/20/09

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This isn't funny because it is a real video.
If it were a cartoon skit on Family Guy it might be funny. But Family Guy is a cartoon geared for adults that know they are about to watch something highly offensive.
I guess what I'm saying is that its not funny because its not a satire... its a REAL video.
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Jorie Slodki
06/20/09

@unmoldednicole: Family Guy has been going way too far lately. They have a joke about rape in just about every episode, to the point where a lot of people aren't watching anymore.
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LaComtesse
06/20/09

@unmoldednicole: Right. It's skipping a step that's making it "ironically funny" wherein you're laughing at the person doing the hitting because they are pathetic and it's okay to do so because no one is really getting hurt. Clearly not the case here.

@Jorie Slodki: I agree. Family Guy, which has made some hilariously funny jokes about completely taboo topics (racism, classism, sexism, antisemitism, abuse, etc.) has been skipping that ever important step lately. Rather than laughing at the perpetrator of horrible acts, we seem to be meant to laugh WITH them and AT the victim and it's just in poor taste.
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vamusical
06/20/09

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I'm confused. Is the slapping supposed to be part of the dance? Because in the video it just looks like one guy slaps his partner and everyone else ignores it or tries to break it up.
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chritter is a nocturnal feminist mancatfish
06/20/09

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This just puzzles me. I can't even think what anyone would find funny about that, even if they were a huge misogynist. They dance, he slaps her, they dance some more. And the funny is... what?
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IamnotStarJones
06/20/09

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if he slapped a dog, people would be trying to imprison him.
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Snowbunny
06/20/09

@IamnotStarJones: God, isn't that the truth. Especially if he bought that dog from a breeder rather than adopting.
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gerbilsoutofexile...is cheap and easy
06/20/09

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Will not watch the clip, but please somebody - explain to me what people are finding funny about this jackwad?
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Santos L Halper
06/20/09

@gerbilsoutofexile...is cheap and easy: Umm...uh....maybe his...wait,no....could be... nah....he appeals to their lobotomized brains?
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SomeAuthorGirl
06/20/09

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Can't watch it, Hortense... tried but stopped. It frightens me that anyone could laugh at someone strong/powerful humiliating and hurting someone weaker.
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LolaQuinn is full of beans
06/20/09

@SomeAuthorGirl: Except she looks like she could take his ass down if she wanted. It's weird because it just came out of nowhere, she obviously wasn't expecting it. Bizarre.
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Zombies make the heart grow fonder
06/20/09

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Yeah...I watched that clip and I don't see the humor in it at all. I can't even fathom why people would be amused by it or want to play it over and over. I am not outraged over it either- it is creepy and that man is a piece of shit- but I just don't see anything funny about it.
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Jackiewsu
06/20/09

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Isn't comedy about laughing at absurdities?
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Dizzy8
06/20/09

What's absurd about slapping your wife in the face? I really would like to hear what you think, because so far no one has had an explanation.

So, you're looking at your wife, gazing into her eyes a bit, dancing with her at a party, and then you slap her in the face because she missed a turn? What, precisely, is absurd about that? It seems like it would only be funny if you don't think it's hurtful to be slapped in the face in public, or, well, if you're a real dick.

@Jackiewsu:
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Mafalda para Presidente
06/20/09

@Dizzy8: @eowyn for the win: OMG PEOPLE, I think she was actually directing that question towards the creators of that show.
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tiredfairy
06/20/09

@Mafalda para Presidente: Given the fact that you can't tell tone of voice over the internet, I don't think it's "OMG" strange that some of us weren't sure about what exactly this comment meant.
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Mafalda para Presidente
06/20/09

@tiredfairy: How about asking, then?
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Jackiewsu
06/20/09

@Dizzy8: It's ridiculous to hit anyone (let alone someone you supposedly love) in the middle of a fox trot. Thats why it's absurd and to some people funny. I personally didn't find the video funny but I've laughed at plenty of things in the past that would fall under the same category as this video.
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Mafalda para Presidente
06/20/09

@Jackiewsu: Since you've clarified that's what you meant, I have to disagree. I'm not sure that you're using the word "absurdity" correctly, either. Absurd would be the man starting to fox-trot dance during a waltz. Wrong would be hitting his wife for a minor offense.
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Jackiewsu
06/20/09

@Mafalda para Presidente: No, I just wanted to through the question out there. I enjoy comedy and I tend to have a darker sense of humor. Domestic violence is and evil unconscionable act but isn't that the basis of most comedy?
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clevernamehere
06/20/09

@Jackiewsu: This isn't dark humor. Dark Humor is Heathers making suicide painfully funny, playing on stereotypes. This is just a guy hitting is wife.

Evil really isn't the basis for most comedy- Jezebel is on a bromance kick right now and I have a hard time coming up with anything really violent or evil in those movies (though I haven't seen the Hangover). Most comedy is playing on the humor of everyday awkwardness. Even when it deals with psychopaths, the humor is usually about the ordinary details like in American Psycho- it isn't funny that he kills people, its funny that he kills people in such a yuppie way.
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