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More satire... feminist edition

As long as we're discussing what does and doesn't work as satire, I saw for the first time today (via the Bitch Blog) this video from Thunderant -- aka Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney and NPR-bloggin' fame and Fred Armisen of Saturday Night Live. Check it out:

I find it pretty funny -- gently poking some fun at feminist stereotypes. But maybe that's just my crush on Carrie Brownstein talking.

What do you all think?

Posted by Ann - July 14, 2008, at 05:31PM | in Humor , Video

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I think it didn't need a 36 second intro.

i'm going to have to agree with ann on the carrie brownstein factor. if anyone else would have done this i probably would take it the wrong way. given that one of the leads is a feminist and it never ever felt like it had malicious intent i never even took into account that it may have been done in bad taste.

that said, i love thunderant and i thought this video was hilarious - easily their best skit.

sleater-kinney fans should check out the rest of their skits, because corin tucker makes cameos all the time.

[0+] Author Profile Page Edgy1004 said:

I thought it was funny too. It wasn't saying that feminism is stupid it was just picking up on the funny little things. This could have easily been set in a local vegan deli or the the like. If I can't laugh at myself then I have no business laughing at other people.

[0+] Author Profile Page ann bran said:

As both a feminist and someone who works at a bookstore, i find it funny. I can relate to the "we're closed!" part.

Hehe! I have a crush on Carrie Brownstein too! That was cute.

[0+] Author Profile Page mdee said:

My cat is really good at yoga, too.

I thought it was funny precisely because it didn't rely very heavily on stereotypes. Half the humor was just the way the characters phrased things, which had nothing to do with feminism, but just came from them being funny characters.

Too long intro and the humour was kind of flat. It's way too bland and cautious to be interesting for me.

[0+] Author Profile Page bitoffluff said:

I think it was pretty amazing! Subtle and nuanced characters--the scene itself could have been shorter, but I think as satire it's gentleness works.

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