Wow, Tex Antoine, that’s a blast from the past, I remember that “incident” well. I didn’t watch GH, but knew of Luke and Laura as the “it” couple of their day, had no idea the plot line started either SA. Thanks for another illuminating read, Melanie!
"Rape jokes" generally told by not-very-good male comedians, are a sign of desperation. He's dying on stage and he blurts out something that is not only offensive, it fails that ultimate test of comedy: being FUNNY. Because the punchline is just a woman getting assaulted. That's not actually a joke. I bet Joan Rivers could have told a good one though.
Luke and Laura were very confusing for a coming of age teenager, but Hollywood executives can't help themselves, hence why our culture is wastebin of power grabs. I always thought he was gay, also confusing.
I think Dave Barry means a man and a woman having an honest, private conversation, not a public one. Maybe the problem is not that women are “too angry” about rape, but that most men aren’t angry enough about it, if at all.
Wow, Tex Antoine, that’s a blast from the past, I remember that “incident” well. I didn’t watch GH, but knew of Luke and Laura as the “it” couple of their day, had no idea the plot line started either SA. Thanks for another illuminating read, Melanie!
Tex Antoine - you were a NYer then! Looking back (with today's lens), feels like being in the back of a station wagon without a seat belt
Yup!
"Rape jokes" generally told by not-very-good male comedians, are a sign of desperation. He's dying on stage and he blurts out something that is not only offensive, it fails that ultimate test of comedy: being FUNNY. Because the punchline is just a woman getting assaulted. That's not actually a joke. I bet Joan Rivers could have told a good one though.
Not sure about Joan Rivers, but Phyllis Diller told her own version
Luke and Laura were very confusing for a coming of age teenager, but Hollywood executives can't help themselves, hence why our culture is wastebin of power grabs. I always thought he was gay, also confusing.
Very confusing messaging
I think Dave Barry means a man and a woman having an honest, private conversation, not a public one. Maybe the problem is not that women are “too angry” about rape, but that most men aren’t angry enough about it, if at all.