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From: chabot@miles.DEC (All God's chillun got guns)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Yet More Madonna
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Date: Tue, 3-Sep-85 17:36:56 EDT
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> Apparently, most of the Militant Feminists (i.e., any who describe themselves
> that way)...

I must have missed some postings--who here has done this?

> ... either (1) don't watch videos, or (2) can't understand sarcasm.
> I'll assume possibility one, although number two is awfully tempting and I
> have seen a number of examples.  An interesting thing about the Madonna video
> "Material Girl."  This particular video is a (fairly) clear case of sarcasm.
> The lyrics are enough to get anyone angry, and I was surprised the first time
> I heard the song.  

The problem in not understanding all sarcasm, but some people probably have
different reactions to different instances.  You yourself relate that the
first time you heard the song you were surprised.  I think the problem might
be that some see or hear it, are appalled, and don't listen to it for a
second time.

Misunderstanding an instance of sarcasm is a problem even in a usenet posting
rife with little smiley faces, even by people who post sarcasm themselves.

But your insight about the video is appreciated!  Thank you.

L S Chabot   ...decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-amber!chabot