Comments on: BoomTown Talks to a Puppet

By: Hank Williams

Hank Williams — Thu, 22 May 2008 22:31:11 +0000

Well, I am a Howard Stern fan, so I am not hypersensitive. And I can tell you there is s *huge* difference between someone like Howard, who I think people get offended by but who absolutely knows where the line is and someone like Loren who says stuff like, “black people are so f****** lame.”

So Kara, did you get the “strongly rendered” satire.

By: Cyndy Aleo-Carreira

Cyndy Aleo-Carreira — Thu, 22 May 2008 20:13:42 +0000

You end up hating yourself for watching it. Sort of like reality tv.

By: Kara Swisher

Kara Swisher — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:38:27 +0000

Hank:

He called me a mean lesbian in his tags. I am, but I take your point. Loren veers very close to the offensive edge, but I think he is a satirist and very little is off limits.

I don’t think everything he does is funny, for sure, but that this is his brand of satire. And I do think it satire. There are lots of those in comedy like this.

By: Hank Williams

Hank Williams — Thu, 22 May 2008 10:21:55 +0000

I wonder if the only words you could use to describe Loren would be “bracing” and “strongly rendered” If he had said something equivalently offensive about Women or lesbians as he said about African Americans. Just in case you have forgotten, read this: http://whydoeseverythingsuck.c.....ights.html

To use a George Bush word, this piece sounds very much like “appeasement.”

By: dave mcclure

dave mcclure — Wed, 21 May 2008 22:05:55 +0000

“bracing”… heh. yeah