# Sandra Bernhard makes rape funny again! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 3, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandra-bernhard-makes-rape-funny-again/466254 "2008-10-03T00:18:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandra-bernhard-makes-rape-funny-again/466254/1 "2008-10-03T00:18:44Z")
[Sandra brings the house down](http://theaterjblogs.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/first-footage-of-sandra-live-on-stage-at-theater-j/) I guess it was only a matter of time before someone said that Palin should be raped, but why did it have to be a Jewish comedian? When David Duke can take the high moral ground over you, you know you’re doing well. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandra-bernhard-makes-rape-funny-again/466254/2 "2008-10-03T00:46:30Z")
I can’t believe she’s still working in the entertainment industry. She was never relevant, and yet is somehow less relevant now than she used to be. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandra-bernhard-makes-rape-funny-again/466254/3 "2008-10-03T00:54:01Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I can’t believe she’s still working in the entertainment industry. She was never relevant, and yet is somehow less relevant now than she used to be. If by relevant you mean funny, I agree. ---
**Author:** ![bacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b782af/32.png) [@bacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bacon)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandra-bernhard-makes-rape-funny-again/466254/4 "2008-10-03T00:58:49Z")
You owe me 1:45 of my life back… ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandra-bernhard-makes-rape-funny-again/466254/5 "2008-10-03T01:20:30Z")
Sandra Bernhard offends someone! News Flash! Film at 11! Alert the media! In other news, the sky is blue, rain is wet and space is cold. Thank you and good night. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandra-bernhard-makes-rape-funny-again/466254/6 "2008-10-03T01:28:48Z")
Sandra Bernhard…when your dictionary doesn’t have a definition for “ugly.” ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandra-bernhard-makes-rape-funny-again/466254/7 "2008-10-03T02:22:01Z")
I didn’t even click on the video but just in that still shot, that “woman” looks more like Tom Berenger playing a USMC gunnery sergeant in drag. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandra-bernhard-makes-rape-funny-again/466254/8 "2008-10-03T02:25:44Z")
She’s hot…at least, Madonna thought so once, so it must be true… ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandra-bernhard-makes-rape-funny-again/466254/9 "2008-10-03T02:28:56Z")
Upon further review, she’s not funny. At all. Paging Sarah Silverman! ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandra-bernhard-makes-rape-funny-again/466254/10 "2008-10-03T03:32:55Z")
Again? When was rape funny before? (or Sandra Bernhard for that matter) ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandra-bernhard-makes-rape-funny-again/466254/11 "2008-10-03T04:20:05Z")
When did she mention rape? Something about a shaved twat? I am drunk so I’m sorry for being dense. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandra-bernhard-makes-rape-funny-again/466254/12 "2008-10-03T04:28:05Z")
I watched your fucking clip and read the review. Where does Sandra Bernhardt say Sarah Palin should be raped? She calls Palin a turncoat bitch and tells her to lay off the Old Testament, stick to her goyische, shiksa New Testament… and that’s it. So please, if you’re going to put something inflammatory in your thread title, at least provide an accurate cite. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandra-bernhard-makes-rape-funny-again/466254/13 "2008-10-03T04:29:08Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > When did she mention rape? Something about a shaved twat? I am drunk so I’m sorry for being dense. Yeah, I just watched the clip and didn’t hear anything about rape. And I was sober when I watched it. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandra-bernhard-makes-rape-funny-again/466254/14 "2008-10-03T04:39:11Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > In other news, the sky is blue, rain is wet and space is cold. Thank you and good night. Total nitpick: Space isn’t cold. It’s not warm either. There is no temperature in space. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandra-bernhard-makes-rape-funny-again/466254/15 "2008-10-03T04:40:19Z")
Here you go, guys: > [@](#): > > Bernhard said Palin would be “gang-raped by my big black brothers” during a diatribe in her one-woman show in Washington last month in which she also criticized Palin for opposing abortion rights. (Source: [Associated Press](http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hykDgK92Lf4ZYK2u_alMKRSRvlEwD93IF2FO0)) ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandra-bernhard-makes-rape-funny-again/466254/16 "2008-10-03T06:02:23Z")
Ya, sorry about not putting in the direct cites about the rape comment - I missed the ‘edit window’ and then got called away. In any case, there is reference to it in the comments on that page. HongKongFooey [QUOTE=HongKongFooey] Again? When was rape funny before? (or Sandra Bernhard for that matter) [/QUOTE] I guess it depends on how you tell it, or who the person getting raped is (and, of course, the answer to the parenthetical question is ‘never’). ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandra-bernhard-makes-rape-funny-again/466254/17 "2008-10-03T06:12:33Z")
On the subject of the humor of rape: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3av_qRR_DWc) ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandra-bernhard-makes-rape-funny-again/466254/18 "2008-10-03T07:36:42Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > On the subject of the humor of rape: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3av\_qRR\_DWc](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3av_qRR_DWc) That’s a really interesting clip, Lobohan. Not at all funny, but interesting. I wish I had the time to read all 2,200 (or whatever) comments on it, where strangely it seemed to have moved over to a discussion of whether lack of Christianity leads to child abuse. Which is a whole other discussion and series of pit threads. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandra-bernhard-makes-rape-funny-again/466254/19 "2008-10-03T07:55:56Z")
> [@Junior\_Spaceman](#): > > That’s a really interesting clip, Lobohan. Not at all funny, but interesting. > > I wish I had the time to read all 2,200 (or whatever) comments on it, where strangely it seemed to have moved over to a discussion of whether lack of Christianity leads to child abuse. Which is a whole other discussion and series of pit threads. If you don’t think Porky Pig raping Elmer Fudd is funny, then I guess you and I have different opinions on that subject. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandra-bernhard-makes-rape-funny-again/466254/20 "2008-10-03T12:43:37Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > If you don’t think Porky Pig raping Elmer Fudd is funny, then I guess you and I have different opinions on that subject. It make have elicited a slight turn of the mouth … the first couple times I heard it. But I knew what that link was without even having to open it, which should say something about its ubiquity. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandra-bernhard-makes-rape-funny-again/466254.md?page=2)