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Skewers PC Before PC Became Fashionable

posted 20 years ago by stp43
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This is the best part of this tape.

Normally I don't like this kind of vulgarity-oriented comedy, but here Murphy is ahead of his time in skewering the intellectual ossification known as political correctness.

Consider his slams at homosexuality. Nowadays it is practically a crime to even look crossways at a homosexual, but Murphy nails the absurdity involved with his lampoons of Mr. T and also his portrayal of Ralph & Norton as gay lovers; the lampoon brings out the absurdity that is homosexuality, and this is what makes it funny.

Comedy nowadays needs to slam PC more and more; slam homosexuality, college speech codes, etc.

[–] ArmandoSerrano 19 years ago

There's a difference between not being PC and being blatantly offensive. Even Murphy himself has admitted that some of the stuff he was doing back then was thoughtless and mean spirited.

[–] FrauleinElsa 7 years ago

I forgot to say this to you 12 years ago: Shut up a$$wipe. Say Fa***t to me and you'll be dead. Good day.

[–] JoWilli (15004) 2 years ago

I double dog dare you to say that to me.