tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674020521440547212.post1744415314894487890..comments2023-10-30T10:53:06.965-04:00Comments on We Love Media Criticism: Bridging The Cultural DivideAlice Marwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17295370401945182558noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674020521440547212.post-71355810943858054032009-11-02T23:51:26.970-05:002009-11-02T23:51:26.970-05:00Fantastic juxtaposition of the two videos. The Kau...Fantastic juxtaposition of the two videos. The Kaufman video made me really uncomfortable, while I laughed out loud at the Louis CK place. I wonder if both comedians were coming from the same place, that is, trying to make a positive statement about class politics. Louis CK does it by emphasizing his own class position as working class, but Kaufman does it by taking the metanarrative of class to its logical conclusion: that rich people are better than poor people, and that the bodies of the poor become literal commodities. I think the latter makes us more uncomfortable, not only because Kaufman is very confrontational, but because he combines it with breaking taboos of gender and violence as well, while saying out loud things that may be implied in popular discourse but are never said.Alice Marwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17295370401945182558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674020521440547212.post-83045463018807863742009-11-02T20:58:49.642-05:002009-11-02T20:58:49.642-05:00Yes he is and I can tell you --being a native new ...Yes he is and I can tell you --being a native new yorker displaced upstate for the last few years --that it is as hick-ish as anything you'll find down south.Dylan Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08448164354586582802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674020521440547212.post-72989695627437966882009-10-29T13:02:31.218-04:002009-10-29T13:02:31.218-04:00It's strange to me that Louis CK refers to res...It's strange to me that Louis CK refers to residents of upstate New York as being white trash since i feel like we don't normally associate that region as being hick-ish. He also brings up an excellent point by saying that the term "white trash" is the only racial term that people don't get offended at, not even white people. <br /><br />Kaufman's video was very political charged with a strong message and i couldn't help but feel, like you said, uneasy when watching it because he didn't assume the same, friendly, "i'm on your side" attitude that Louis did. Kaufman is a nutzo.Nadiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11764048784082620004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674020521440547212.post-34951192679804155792009-10-29T08:32:33.726-04:002009-10-29T08:32:33.726-04:00Not especially important, but perhaps worth mentio...Not especially important, but perhaps worth mentioning: the Louis CK clip is from Skirball.Stiltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12664839305085236990noreply@blogger.com