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In reply to the discussion: Wow. Three women, missing for a decade, found alive [View all]Poll_Blind
(23,864 posts)...exactly what the situation on the street, the real street, is. I look at it this way: Here's this man and he just essentially rescued three women. And he's being honest as he recounts his tale. And the standpoint he tells it from reminds everyone just how unequal things are and at first, the absurdity of the reality of his viewpoint strikes one as funny.
And then the reality sets in and there's at least a twinge of uncomfortableness, a reminder of where things really are in this country.
Now, as a person who is fond of humor and communication, and the mechanics of both, the anecdote he told was one of the most difficult kinds of socio-political editorials to craft and slip somebody, like a little time bomb, without them catching on. The reality of it "explodes" in their head, right after they laugh.
I just finished jogging so my brain is mush but I hope that makes sense.
PB