I mean, the standard privilege-take down response to that kind of thing is "yeah it's easy not to keep score when you're winning in a rout" or "not keeping score just perpetuates the status quo" and so on. Which I'm not saying or endorsing, but pointing out in the hopes of creating more understanding (if not empathy) for why some conservatives end up as angry or disconnected as they do. Not that I find that especially productive, either.
All I can say is that it's a pretty demoralizing to live with sometimes, even though I'm sure it seems minor to anyone on the other side of it. The idea of microaggressions seem like a pretty good lens here: you're just relaxing and enjoying an awards show and suddenly you get pin-pricked by some incredibly wealthy person telling you you're wrong (or even stupid/evil!) about something. You roll your eyes, move on...and then it happens again. And again. Flash forward a couple of decades and it's happening still, and more, and it's less subtle each passing year.
This leads to fundamentally difference types of people after awhile, since any conservative who wants to consistently engage with the culture is calloused against it at the same time. On the flip side, Orson Scott Card doesn't believe in gay marriage and J.K. Rowling doesn't think someone should be fired for saying biological sex is a thing, and people are either crestfallen or burning books, presumably because they've they've spent their entire adult lives getting used to the people whose work they enjoy validating their beliefs.
I wonder if this process, and the way it shapes dual personality extremes of the perpetually aggrieved or the perpetually entitled, amplifies what would otherwise be normal and bridgeable political differences.
All I can say is that it's a pretty demoralizing to live with sometimes, even though I'm sure it seems minor to anyone on the other side of it. The idea of microaggressions seem like a pretty good lens here: you're just relaxing and enjoying an awards show and suddenly you get pin-pricked by some incredibly wealthy person telling you you're wrong (or even stupid/evil!) about something. You roll your eyes, move on...and then it happens again. And again. Flash forward a couple of decades and it's happening still, and more, and it's less subtle each passing year.
This leads to fundamentally difference types of people after awhile, since any conservative who wants to consistently engage with the culture is calloused against it at the same time. On the flip side, Orson Scott Card doesn't believe in gay marriage and J.K. Rowling doesn't think someone should be fired for saying biological sex is a thing, and people are either crestfallen or burning books, presumably because they've they've spent their entire adult lives getting used to the people whose work they enjoy validating their beliefs.
I wonder if this process, and the way it shapes dual personality extremes of the perpetually aggrieved or the perpetually entitled, amplifies what would otherwise be normal and bridgeable political differences.
Booooo!
He's the master of awkward comedy, and it's nice to see a room full of Hollywood elites not be pandered to, instead to get it with both barells. He's hardcore, and it's a refreshing change from generally intimidated safe joke hosts. I think for the most part the audience enjoy him.
His 2016 opening was slightly better though. His Mel Gibson stuff was legendary.
I've heard it said if you host a show like this you can either be popular at the after parties or popular with the general public back home. We all know what Ricky's going for.
Anyone who enjoyed it check out his 2011,12,13, and 2016 shows on you tube.
He's the master of awkward comedy, and it's nice to see a room full of Hollywood elites not be pandered to, instead to get it with both barells. He's hardcore, and it's a refreshing change from generally intimidated safe joke hosts. I think for the most part the audience enjoy him.
His 2016 opening was slightly better though. His Mel Gibson stuff was legendary.
I've heard it said if you host a show like this you can either be popular at the after parties or popular with the general public back home. We all know what Ricky's going for.
Anyone who enjoyed it check out his 2011,12,13, and 2016 shows on you tube.
But seriously, if they keep inviting him back like this knowing full well how he's going to act each time then is he really guaranteed to be that provocative? Like I said before, it comes across more like a celebrity roast than anything else and his edginess seems superficial as a result.
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I really just want you all angry and confused the whole time.