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Old Nov 21, 2007, 02:41 PM
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Well, I have a sort of phobia that goes something to the effect of, "if you like the Blue Collar Comedy shows I'm afraid of you." I put this in the same category as, "I'm afraid of the extremely religious, the extremely conservative, the extremely ignorant," and so on. Oh, and "I'm afraid of the greeter at WalMart." Can't forget that one.

But seriously. This sort of comedy depends on three things. 1. That people feel proud of/defensive about their bass akward background. 2. That the audience has never really had any experience with the subject matter. 3. The charisma of the performer.

And that's it. If you can nail these elements you too can go on tv and say whatever ignorant, racist, homophobic, insensitive crap you want.

I applaud you InACorner for having enough of a personal identity to reject this sorry excuse for a comedy tour.

Here endeth my mad rant from my soap box.

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