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Posted by Nick Macpherson on 07/15/06 11:51
Derek Janssen wrote:
> Nick Macpherson wrote:
>
> > oldmolly2...@yahoo.com wrote:
> >
> >>Fred Goodwin, CMA wrote:
> >>
> >>>The 10 least politically correct movies ever
> >>
> >>I'd add White Dog (1982) to the list.
> >
> > Since politically incorrect means "anything I agree with in my
> > courageous way but others may not", sure. Calling something politically
> > incorrect is about the most self-congratulatory thing anyone can do.
> > It's a way of flattering your own self for imagined cultural
> > fearlessness.
>
> And we seem to have multi-levels--
> Seeing as not only
> A) the MSNBC writer worked through the ENTIRE litany of "Oo, it's so
> *naugh-ty*!" overused fratboy list-cliche' favorites (Team America, Bad
> Santa, Blazing Saddles), that sounded more like a Blockbuster Recommends
> list than a sociological analysis,
> but
> B) Freddy also took the time and trouble crosspost it to six groups
> *AND* x-post another thread with just the Song/South mention to six
> Disney groups,
>
> ...We seem to have a dimensionally onion-like multi-tiered level of
> self-backpatting UPON self-backpatting.
>
There's plenty of politically incorrect movies being made. Soul Plane,
White Chicks, Little Man . . . but they're not funny or incisive so
it's not as if being "unPC" is even much of a virtue taken on its own.
It's like the National Review review of Team America. The reviewer
thought it was dull, tasteless and not especially funny but he liked it
because it pissed off liberals, and once you go down the realm of
associating "unPC" with "it's good because it pisses people off" then
you're showing the critical rigor of Calvin Rice.
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