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Animal-Mother
Feb 14, 2012

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Todd Barry looks, acts, and sounds like a murderer. And I don't mean like a creepy serial killer who leaves no evidence besides grisly details scrawled in a secret memoir. I mean like a mob enforcer.

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Animal-Mother
Feb 14, 2012

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Louie is promoting rape culture. Let's boycott FX.

Animal-Mother
Feb 14, 2012

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Space Hamlet posted:

I agree that the scene was about Louie's self-righteousness in the wake of his recent bogus epiphanies, but that doesn't mean it wasn't also intentional that the guy was black. It's easier to be a prick at someone when they have less privilege than you do, which made the scene a touch more believable, and also a touch more of an indictment of Louie.

Why not just treat the text as text? Louie didn't bitch at an aracial humanoid mannequin, he bitched at a black guy. It plays into the scene whether or not it was the core of what the scene's about.

First, the prick is the guy spitting on the bus. Second, privilege isn't going to protect you from getting your rear end kicked by the type of guy who spits on the bus.

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Space Hamlet posted:

Alright, okay. I guess I just don't feel like "um, Louie wouldn't feel safe yelling at a scary black man" is a very good counterpoint to "race is somewhat of a factor in the scene"

People who spit on the bus are either drunk, insane, on drugs, or have stopped giving a gently caress. You're the one making race the issue, not Louis.

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dantheman650 posted:

I wonder if Mr. Hoffman is modeled on a teacher Louis has while growing up.

The whole thing about stealing the scales and being defended from the principal by a teacher is a true story, if one of his old appearances on O&A is to be believed.

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