Bingowings said:
Vaderisnothayden said:
Bingowings said:
The humour is only misogynist if he is being serious, which clearly he isn't.
As to bad taste that's subjective (just like his opinions).
As I said earlier there is a difference between Warren Mitchell playing a bigot and Warren Mitchell being a bigot.
Certain types of things are misogynistic even when they're meant as humor. The humor here is clearly misogynistic. Clearly he is not being serious about keeping women tied up in his basement, but putting it forward as a joke is misogynistic. And humor is often used as cover for bigotry, such as in various comedians' routines -fake bigotry that really is real bigotry.
What utter twaddle.
So The Great Dictator is a pro-fascist film?
The French and Saunders Silence Of The Lambs skits are psychotic traits?
I suppose Withnail And I is a two hour advert for alcoholism.
Did I say it was the case for all works? Nope. Not all humor is the same thing or works the same way. Some satire is just satire and some satire is just cover for bigotry. Just because it's true of one work doesn't mean it's true of another. Like I said, I never said it applied to all works, so it's unfair to act as if I did. But RedLetter watchamacallim's humor is certainly misogynistic. Making jokes like that is misogynistic. "It's a joke" is the constant excuse people hide behind when their bigoted "jokes" are criticised. It doesn't wash. I think if the posters here included more women you'd find a higher proportion of people here offended by his "humor" because men on average find it easier to avoid being offended by misogyny and to refuse to acknowledge when misogyny is afoot. Put it simply, if you were a woman you might not be so ok with his "humor".