There is always the question about when to mix tragedy with comedy. However, I think Lenny Bruce struck a fine balance when he opened his post Kennedy assassination club act three days after it happened with, "Wow! Poor Vaughn Meader."
OMG! I loved that "First Family" album when I was a kid! I dunno, maybe it wasn't "too soon" by the late 60's? Or maybe that so many other awful things had happened that JFK didn't have the same salience by then?
One other thing: Why should the van with the billboard be considered out of bounds if (a big if, admittedly) they accurately show members of these groups? They’re not contacting employers, or posting addresses, just the names and pictures. If someone is a member that’s posted on the billboard, they’re free to disavow the statement. And employers, the same “adults in the room” are free to reach the calculus you did about how young and stupid they were, same as we both wished they would have for the last decade.
There is always the question about when to mix tragedy with comedy. However, I think Lenny Bruce struck a fine balance when he opened his post Kennedy assassination club act three days after it happened with, "Wow! Poor Vaughn Meader."
OMG! I loved that "First Family" album when I was a kid! I dunno, maybe it wasn't "too soon" by the late 60's? Or maybe that so many other awful things had happened that JFK didn't have the same salience by then?
I always thought it was Harry Frazee. Thanks for settin' me straight. HA
You got my hopes up with that Double Coverage by A Whitney Brown--long overdue for a comeback.
One other thing: Why should the van with the billboard be considered out of bounds if (a big if, admittedly) they accurately show members of these groups? They’re not contacting employers, or posting addresses, just the names and pictures. If someone is a member that’s posted on the billboard, they’re free to disavow the statement. And employers, the same “adults in the room” are free to reach the calculus you did about how young and stupid they were, same as we both wished they would have for the last decade.
Do *not* — I repeat — do *not* check the “Fire In A Crowded Theater Box:
https://www.popehat.com/2012/09/19/three-generations-of-a-hackneyed-apologia-for-censorship-are-enough/