To Laugh or Not to Laugh; It Might be Questionable

*Profanity Warning*

Tootsie
Grease
Revenge of the Nerds
Weird Science
Blazing Saddles
Clueless
Superbad
All of these movies and more have at least one problematic but comedic scene that perpetuates rape culture and sexual harassment.

The movie, Animal House turned 40 years recently. An article came across my timeline about should fans stop laughing at Animal House because if it's many rape culture jokes, now that #MeToo has been organized. You can read it HERE.

It was a very interesting read. But it was the comments that caught my eye. Well, they caught my eye roll actually.

Some people are really ready to argue for their entertainment classics and not accept that they too are socially problematic.

"Good god... one of the funniest movies of all time... get a life."

"Oh how we live in the United States of the Offended. It's a classic movie."

"Keep Animal House, get rid of metoo."

My favorite was the "It's a movie, not real life". I never really liked the movie, Animal House. I liked it even less after I went to college. I never knew of or went to a toga party. But a man did climb through the window of woman that was in a sorority and beat & raped her. I saw her some years ago since her attack. I can still see some of her scars. I wish these commentators would put themselves in the victimized characters proverbial shoes. How would they feel if they knew some stranger was looking at them through a window via a ladder.  What if their 13 years old had attended a college party and was stopped? Doesn't seem as funny, does it?

We all have liked some questionable entertainment. One of my favorite Prince songs is "Darling Nikki". The song is a banger. But if I was Apollonia when The Kid melodically called me a whore just because I decided to work with his professional rival, at that moment I would've stormed out also. That banger banged someone's fictional feelings. But when you look at the humanity of it all, your emphatic feelings may take a hit too.

Comedy is Subjective. And that is what many in the world need to learn. Sometimes when we chuckle, "That's messed up or "That's Foul", we should also think, "Could this "joke" actually have a horrible message"? It's not always slapstick comedy. It could be triggering to a past, present, or future life.

As Always Talking to You In Adult Terms!