MDDM: Washington & Gershom

[jbor]

But, if George knows that that's what Gersh is doing - and he does, because
Gershom tells him, straight out, in the text - then wouldn't that defeat the
purpose you are trying to ascribe to him for changing them in the first
place?

That's my point.

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on 12/7/02 3:59 PM, Doug Millison at millison at online-journalist.com wrote:

> 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 ... "
> 
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