 | Politics "wid" a taste of Philly, by Will Bunch of the Philadelphia Daily News |
| Politics "wid" a taste of Philly, by Will Bunch of the Philadelphia Daily News |
As you may have heard, the folks at JibJab.com are out with a new video today -- undoubtedly millions of bored office slackers are downloading it as we write this. To the tune of "Dixie" (an interesting choice), the new animated number called "Good to Be in DC!" has some decent yuks, although just like almost any movie sequel it's shorter and not as memorable as the original.
More importantly, and at the risk of sounding like a grumpy old man (scroll down), we thought it was kind of...oddly homophobic. Our first introduction was while we were getting dressed today and watching ABC's "Good Morning America." They played a clip that we later learned is roughtly the first 15 seconds of the film. It starts by lampooning Dick Cheney and Halliburton -- a pretty wide target.
Then "Kerry" appears to sing: "I'm sensitive -- I cannot lie."
"Edwards": "I love to hug and kiss this guy."
Swishy looking Jim McGreevey: "Are they gay?"
"Kerry" and "Edwards": "We won't say..."
OK, so millions of GMA viewers, including a lot of folks with no Internet access, only saw a snippet in which a demonstrably provable fact -- that the vice president was CEO of a company under investigation for corruption -- is equated with the suggestion that a "sensitive" Democrat and his running mate won't confirm or deny that they're gay lovers (...not that there's anything wrong with that).
Ha ha. "Nobody would think that Kerry and Edwards are gay!" True -- except your average American TV viewer -- the folks watching "GMA" while dashing off to work like I did -- is part of a public where 42 percent still believe that Saddam Hussein was behind the 9/11 terror attacks. And for whatever reasons, manliness has taken on an outsized (paging Wonkette) importance in this race.
What's more, the folks at JibJab have a bizarre idea of what constitutes "balance." And so later on, John Ashcroft appears to exclaim "I'm gay! I'm gay!" (the only thing we've never accused him of) and then builds to a finish in which John McCain appears in a silky robe to proclaim, "We go both ways in D.C.!" (politically, get it?).
At least they didn't bring up McCain's "illegitimate black daughter." But is it a little weird when, in such a short video, four men who (to the best of our knowledge) are heterosexuals are accused of being gay? Maybe the folks at JibJab are feeling a little insecure about their own masculinity.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
UPDATE: It takes several viewings to catch everything that goes on with these, so now we see that "Are they gay?" is asked by a lavender-clad Jim McGreevey, who returns briefly to "prance" (there's no other word to describe it) across the screen.
Well, at least McGreevey really is gay. Thank God there's no, like, African-Americans or anything in these videos.
Weird that they'd go claiming all these folks are gay, while ignoring the obviously flaming George W Bush, who refers to people as "fabulous" and tells men they have "beautiful faces" (even the hideous Brit Hume) and refers to his "wife" as a "lump in the bed". Really, he's acting like a caricature out of La Cage aux Folles and no one seems to notice.
Posted by: Aaaargh at October 8, 2004 12:01 PMYou're now "fisking" satire?
Posted by: jeff at October 8, 2004 12:28 PMYeah, I'd say VERY homophobic.
Posted by: John at AMERICAblog.org at October 8, 2004 01:21 PMIt's humor!
Why are you trying to make sense out of it? Are you trying to prove Rush right when he says that liberals don't have a sense of humor?
Posted by: Ted at October 8, 2004 02:19 PMI am so sick of the homophobia in this campaign. I don't care if someone suggests a politician is gay in general, but the current climate (created by the Republican homophobes) instantly makes such a suggestion the most negative statement possible (there is clearly "something wrong with it"). One of the main strategies of the Repug campaign has been to portray the Democrats as effeminate (by stereotype) gay. The fact that supposedly 'non-partisan' jokers reinforce such immaturity and bigotry does not make it humorous. The difference between liberals and conservatives is that while liberals find many things funny, bigotry is not one of them. They even went so far as to put Kerry and Edwards in bed together which I think is not only uncalled for, it's appalling and it's motive is obvious. The idea that Kerry and Edwards would be in a relationship is ludicrous anyway - they make a horribly implausible couple. If the liberals were as low as the conservatives, they would have exploited Shrub's cheerleading days at Andover long long ago.
Posted by: kirstin at October 8, 2004 03:55 PM"The idea that Kerry and Edwards would be in a relationship is ludicrous anyway - they make a horribly implausible couple." -- Funny!!
Posted by: Ruth at October 8, 2004 04:13 PMDo you recall observation right after Edwards was picked as VP? Drudge had several pictures of the two John's embracing each other and gazing into each other's eyes. I think the JibJab guys are just taking off on this.
But so what?
IT'S A JOKE. Does anyone have a sense of humor? Lighten up a little. Life is way too short to not smile once in a while.
Posted by: Ted at October 8, 2004 04:23 PM> Drudge had several pictures of the two John's embracing each other and gazing into each other's eyes.
HAW! Citing DRUDGE as a resource on Who Might Be Gay? Ted, you are teh funny!
Posted by: Chuckamuck at October 8, 2004 04:58 PMIt WAS funny. It--the humor--WAS fairly homophobic, yes. While i resent this to some degree, let's not be too sensitive here. This isn't really a big deal. Institutional homophobia? Fodder for murderous and violent homophobes? Not so much, no.
Posted by: Mark at October 8, 2004 05:31 PMChuckamuck,
There was no attempt to indicate either was a homosexual! It was merely an observation made by the press and JibJab had some fun with it.
Beam me up Scotty. No one here has any sense of humor.
Posted by: Ted at October 8, 2004 07:22 PMTheir moronic video as much as states that (1) it is laughable and pathetic to be gay, (2) that any gay person is something to be laughed at. These bozos at JibJab better hope I don't cross paths with them or I'll show them that there are gay guys out here who will gladly knock them flat on the ground. These little weasles need to have their asses kicked.
Posted by: Hephaestion at October 8, 2004 07:42 PMGotta add: Yes, at least McGreevey really IS gay, but he sure as hell never "pranced around" in lavendar. How does this crap differ from depicting blacks in a perpetual state of shuffling and saying "Yassa, massa"? Or Jews depicted by Nazis with huge noses and bags of money in their hands. These are images meant to dehumanize. They are crafted to make people HATE. These JibJab dorks should be ashamed.
Posted by: Hephaestion at October 8, 2004 07:51 PMPerhaps JibJab should have included pictures of Bush, the former high-school cheerleader, prancing around with McGreevey. I mean Repubs LOVE stereotypes and my Repub friends are always shocked to learn that their Commander-In-Chief is a former cheerleader. I guarentee you that if Kerry and/or Edwards had been a cheerleader the entire country would know it!
Posted by: Timbo at October 8, 2004 08:01 PMI had high hopes when I first saw that Jib Jab had a new video out, but I was disappointed as well.
Oh, and for the dittoheads commenting here: I don't need to be admonished about not having a sense of humor -- I enjoy "Queer Eye" as much as the next conflicted heterosexual. Homophobia isn't funny whether it's directed (disproportionately) at Kerry/Edwards or McCain and Ashcroft. It's cheap.
Posted by: Mike at October 9, 2004 12:15 PMWhat? No mention of Bush's homosexual Bull-and-Scones coffin initiation ritual? Feh.
Posted by: melior at October 9, 2004 01:21 PMFunny? Mostly.
Bi-partisan? Not on your life.
Lying about being bi-partisan? Typically Republican.
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