Okay, I read the transcript of Ms Wolf’s remarks. Unless she went seriously off-script, it didn’t seem especially egregious, making-fun-of-SHS’s-appearance-wise.
I dunno, maybe the character from A Handmaid’s Tale she compared SHS to is some kind of hideous elder god, or something. That would be cruel.
Probably, but I figure Cthulhu can take it.
There is plenty of material about her to use without getting into the mean girls realm. The cracks about finally going to the prom was contemptible.
I found Wolf’s remarks humorous and appropriate. Would there have been as much of an outcry if the comic had been a man? CNN today even showed some equally “inappropriate” remarks delivered at the event in the past during the Clinton and I think it was the Bush II presidencies, and no one blinked an eye, and this with the presidents in the room.
I listened to it on Youtube and when she said the line: “burns facts and she uses ash to create a perfect smokey eye”. I thought she said ‘burns fats’. As SHS is somewhat pudgy that seemed a bit mean. I was wrong but maybe other people misheard that word too. :dubious:
And completely missing from the transcript I read. http://scrapsfromtheloft.com/2018/04/29/michelle-wolf-at-2018-white-house-correspondents-dinner/
Can anyone find the actual transcript online? Pretty please?
Burning fats don’t tend to leave a lot of ash. That’s why candles are so popular…
…“mean girls realm?” “Contemptible?”
You’ve got to be fucking kidding me. What “crack” about the prom are you talking about? What did Wolf say that was any worse than what any other comedian has said at the White House Correspondents Dinner? Worse than Joel Mchale and his fat jokes?
She said “Aunt Lydia”. Apparently, the “Aunts” were women who had power over other women and were involved in training them to their assigned roles. So, whatever you can make of that.
The Washington Post has a transcript (annotated). Here’s the full text of their transcript as it pertains to SHS:
That one hit the spot. Best part is imagining someone explaining to him what the joke is about.
Sounds like some snowflakes have been triggered and need their safe space.
I actually don’t watch the show, so I didn’t get the joke. I did do an image search for Aunt Lydia, though
The inevitable joke that Paralympians also find it a little hard to watch Trump’s administration was immediately made by many people.
As for the WHCD: the Republicans seem to have mysteriously forgotten the concept of a “roast” and how roasts typically work.
I’ve read and re-read the transcript. I’ve watched the video twice. What prom crack? I haven’t seen that anywhere.
Just searched, it was in response to a question before the event:
It’s not that Sanders doesn’t deserve abuse, it’s that liberals should be above making jokes about the appearence of women.
Related trivia: “Chris Christie” is the least poular candle scent. (Breaking my rule above)
Is that a joke about the appearance of women?
Maybe she did her research and discovered that on May 13, 1998 SHS was working a shift at the animal shelter and couldn’t go to the prom. More likely it’s a dig at her being so unattractive that no one invited her to the prom.
So what I’m taking away from this whole WHCD episode is that it is only okay to call people liars, insult their appearances, and criticize their characters if you do it from the safety of Twitter.