tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964847228497363438.post5796371281818634606..comments2024-03-11T10:32:34.217+00:00Comments on Conservative Tendency: Inciting hatred?Mark Englishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506844097173520312noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964847228497363438.post-91129884746826133602010-12-12T04:37:18.287+00:002010-12-12T04:37:18.287+00:00I liked the Danny Katz piece you cited. There are ...I liked the Danny Katz piece you cited. There are similarities to, but also differences from, the song. Katz is ostensibly defending accountants while in fact making fun of them, whereas Randy Newman has only that one soppy bit and the rest is (mock) abuse. Another difference is that shortness is something one has no choice about - like skin color etc. - and so one is on more dangerous ground here. (Part of the humor of the Katz piece derives from the fact that being an accountant does not in reality represent a serious problem, social or otherwise. Being short can.)Mark Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506844097173520312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964847228497363438.post-3272132418450375892010-12-11T12:35:25.516+00:002010-12-11T12:35:25.516+00:00I think this is a meta-satire. It's a satire o...I think this is a meta-satire. It's a satire on our tendency to satirise some things but not others. Smallness is not one of the things we do satirise, so it is meta-satirical to satirise it.<br /><br />My local newspaper today had a similar spoof satirising our tendency to satirise accountants. Here:<br /><br />http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/we-will-all-be-held-accountable-20101110-17nrz.htmlAlanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16898681927233029900noreply@blogger.com