Curb your Jesus humor http://blogs.jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/curb-your-jesus-humor/ Larry David comes under fire over a Jesus-related gag in the latest episode of “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” en-us aeden@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-10-28T;18:57:00-05:00 Comment by Bill Pearlman WPearlman@aol.com I’m a regular listener of Savage, First he is a very pro-israel guy. Secondly, I’ve never once heard him ridicule a Jew who was proud of who and what he was. And that is a category that does not include Larry David. I’m a regular listener of Savage, First he is a very pro-israel guy. Secondly, I’ve never once heard him ridicule a Jew who was proud of who and what he was. And that is a category that does not include Larry David.

]]> 2012-02-09T;19:12:00-05:00 Comment by Wmktravis wmktravis@yahoo.com We have free press and pretty much unrestricted art.  But no one gets a pass on bad taste or cheap laughs. For Maltzman to complain about “Savage” without explaining what “Savage” said (and I don’t defend “Savage” but at least had the integrity to hear what he said) without jumping on all the antis (you know, anti Muslims, anti Jews, anti Xians, anti various colors, amputees, blind, deaf, mentally ill, and so forth) is dishonest.  Would he like a Larry David show that slaps and slams wheelchair racers, deaf ministers, blind shopkeepers in government buildings, stutterers, or tourette syndrome shouters?  Not too damned funny, eh? He complains because there are folk who think that Larry David is not always funny.  He is, I think, best when he is self-deprecating, and at his worst when he slams others.  Consider this:  Had David decided to poke at Muslims rather than Xians he would have been put on the death list along with the Danish cartoonists and the newpapers. And consider that Yale Press published a book about the cartoons without using the cartoons. And yet these clowns complain that Americans are not “tolerant” enough without saying that nonAmericans are not “tolerant.” I don’t care if you like “Savage” or not.  David uses cheap shots and that denigrates his otherwise creative work.  And to defend him on this one is wrong. We have free press and pretty much unrestricted art.  But no one gets a pass on bad taste or cheap laughs.

For Maltzman to complain about “Savage” without explaining what “Savage” said (and I don’t defend “Savage” but at least had the integrity to hear what he said) without jumping on all the antis (you know, anti Muslims, anti Jews, anti Xians, anti various colors, amputees, blind, deaf, mentally ill, and so forth) is dishonest.  Would he like a Larry David show that slaps and slams wheelchair racers, deaf ministers, blind shopkeepers in government buildings, stutterers, or tourette syndrome shouters?  Not too damned funny, eh?

He complains because there are folk who think that Larry David is not always funny.  He is, I think, best when he is self-deprecating, and at his worst when he slams others. 

Consider this:  Had David decided to poke at Muslims rather than Xians he would have been put on the death list along with the Danish cartoonists and the newpapers.
And consider that Yale Press published a book about the cartoons without using the cartoons.
And yet these clowns complain that Americans are not “tolerant” enough without saying that nonAmericans are not “tolerant.”

I don’t care if you like “Savage” or not.  David uses cheap shots and that denigrates his otherwise creative work.  And to defend him on this one is wrong.

]]> 2012-02-09T;19:12:00-05:00 Comment by Carl Maltzman cmaltzmanesq@hotmail.com Psycho Michael Weiner rants under the nom du radio of Michael “Savage,” because he is so humiliated by his Jewish heritage.  The other day he ranted and raved on his show about the “Jewish” element in the humor of Larry David.  Weiner’s complaint?  If only Jews could be more like Christians, how much better off everybody would be.  You see, Weiner objects to Larry David’s poking fun at “stereotypical” Jewish traits.  Weiner expresses this by complaining that Larry David is the type who would normally be working in the garment industry. Instead, Weiner states, David is in a business where he ridicules the noble, moral Christians who worship “crying” paintings of their holy icons.  So in other words, Weiner just HATES ethnic stereotypes, unless HE IS the one doing the stereotyping.  Of course, there is actually a logic to what Weiner is saying.  He hates stereotyping Christians, because he loves and admires Christians.  He himself LOVES stereotyping Jews, black, Muslims, because he hates Jews, blacks, and Muslims.  It is quite obvious from his statements that it eats him up alive to be a member of a group that, as he stereotypes it, spouts vulgarity from Hollywood, and thus pollutes the pure, moral Christian America he longs to be accepted by. And just a note on an objective factual basis:  Weiner states that in the TV episode in question, the only Christian represented was an overweight, ugly woman.  No, Weiner, get your head out from up your ***.  Larry David’s character’s CHRISTIAN estranged wife was also depicted, and depicted as a beautiful,talented, woman who David’s character wants to remain married to.  And Julia Louis-Dreyfuss was also in the episode, a non Jew, and quite attractive.  But Weiner is too enraged by self hate to see the truth. Psycho Michael Weiner rants under the nom du radio of Michael “Savage,” because he is so humiliated by his Jewish heritage.  The other day he ranted and raved on his show about the “Jewish” element in the humor of Larry David.  Weiner’s complaint?  If only Jews could be more like Christians, how much better off everybody would be.  You see, Weiner objects to Larry David’s poking fun at “stereotypical” Jewish traits.  Weiner expresses this by complaining that Larry David is the type who would normally be working in the garment industry. Instead, Weiner states, David is in a business where he ridicules the noble, moral Christians who worship “crying” paintings of their holy icons.  So in other words, Weiner just HATES ethnic stereotypes, unless HE IS the one doing the stereotyping.  Of course, there is actually a logic to what Weiner is saying.  He hates stereotyping Christians, because he loves and admires Christians.  He himself LOVES stereotyping Jews, black, Muslims, because he hates Jews, blacks, and Muslims.  It is quite obvious from his statements that it eats him up alive to be a member of a group that, as he stereotypes it, spouts vulgarity from Hollywood, and thus pollutes the pure, moral Christian America he longs to be accepted by.
And just a note on an objective factual basis:  Weiner states that in the TV episode in question, the only Christian represented was an overweight, ugly woman.  No, Weiner, get your head out from up your ***.  Larry David’s character’s CHRISTIAN estranged wife was also depicted, and depicted as a beautiful,talented, woman who David’s character wants to remain married to.  And Julia Louis-Dreyfuss was also in the episode, a non Jew, and quite attractive.  But Weiner is too enraged by self hate to see the truth.

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