tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907216.post7915452621477641077..comments2024-03-22T22:39:49.773-05:00Comments on I don't know, but . . .: Fieldsjameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907216.post-64450741236604275722019-10-25T15:26:24.931-05:002019-10-25T15:26:24.931-05:00I should go look at the site cited. BUT expressin...I should go look at the site cited. BUT expressing an opinion from complete ignorance: <br /><br />The contrast between "The Simpsons" cartoon itself and the "Itchy and Scratchy" cartoon-within-the-cartoon relates to the feature described. Homer is often damaged -- a cannon ball is fired into his gut, or whatever. Ha ha. We laugh at Homer. <br /><br />But the mouse slices the cat's belly open, extracts the liver, fries it, and serves it up at the cat's own dinner. We laugh not at the violence, but AT BART, who laughs at this awful sequence. <br /><br />There is a line between humor and violence. A "Three Stooges" eye poke that left a stooge bleeding from the eye sockets would NOT be funny, I think. I hope. Most people wouldn't find it so. But the over-the-top portrayal of non-damaging violence -- the contrast between the cannon ball and the "dent" -- is funny. <br /><br />Not that woke scolds are able to make the distinction. J Melcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349242761775214765noreply@blogger.com