jokes Re: MDDM: Washington & Gershom

[Doug Millison]

Yes, that's my point exactly.  Gershom changes master-slave  jokes that
portray stupid slave owners into king-fool jokes that portray stupid kings,
because he knows the former will offend and the latter amuse white slave
owners like Washington and his peers.

At 3:43 PM +1100 7/12/02, jbor wrote:
>on 12/7/02 3:22 PM, Doug Millison at millison at online-journalist.com wrote:
>
>> (By the way, it is worth noting that Gershom takes
>> master-slave jokes and turns them into king-fool jokes -- I suspect that's
>> because he knows what Washington and his fellow white Virginians in the
>> bars where he performs want to hear, they don't want to be reminded of the
>> master-slave situation, but instead laugh at a bumbling King.)
>
>Gershom (attributed) to George, Martha, Chas and Jere: "Actually they're
>Slave-and-Master Joaks, retailor'd for these Audiences ... "