28-12-2013, 04:15 PM
Tracy Riddle Wrote:Satire/parody has always been something that keeps me halfway sane. There are a lot of people out there who don't even understand the concept and just look at you like you're crazy or being blasphemous or something. Humor cuts through all the bullshit of life more effectively than anything else. In America, only the comedians are allowed to stand up on TV and say something even partly truthful.
Tracy: Thanks for the thoughtful commentary on satire, parody, and humor. It is important to remember as well that humorists have made important contributions in keeping the JFK assassination before the public over the years. They include such luminaries as Dick Gregory and Mort Sahl. Even Woody Allen offered his characteristic New Yorker's humor on the nonsense of the single bullet theory. His scene in Annie Hall is a classic!
James
For the notorious clip from Annie Hall, see this interesting article, "The Humor in the J.F.K. Conspiracy," which was published in The New Yorker on November 22, 2013:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/cu...iracy.html