Git 'r' Done?

So, after a long day of errands and cleaning and laundry and more, unexpected errands so I could finish cleaning I have finally sat down, turned on the TV and prepared some of my new blueberry green tea. And as I was reading a sad email from a friend, I began to notice that what was playing on my TV was Larry the Cable Guy... Now, I have to admit, I would really rather be listening to two 15 year olds oogle a fellow shopper at Target while a woman I've never seen before pops out of nowhere to try to push a particular vacuum on me, then lay in wait for the other woman on her cell phone to try to push the same vacuum ("It's on sale, too!")... and I thought that experience was excruciating about 90 minutes ago. And by the way, the woman was not affiliated with Target or Bissell (the vacuum she was pushing on her fellow shoppers), she just happened to be in the vacuum aisle and felt the need to spread the word of the Bissell. I bought a Dirt Devil...

Now, I was pondering yesterday the racial tensions of our country; yet tonight, I wonder why only certain segments are targeted. As I listen to Larry the Cable Guy--out of sheer laziness to find the remote or walk over to the tv--I find him incredibly objectionable. It isn't just bad taste, it is flat out bigotry--everything from race and ethnicity to women and gays. Intermittently scatter, of course, with more "jokes" about feces and gas than one should really ever be subjected to.

And, I think Larry gets away with it because he plays the part of the redneck buddy that isn't all that bright. Larry also gets away with it because he is walking a fine line of the comedy routine. Unlike other comedians that take the stance of uber Americana, Larry and many of his cohorts do not do so to poke fun at the idiocy of it. When he talks about the difference between toddlers and terrorists and states that one wears a diaper on his head, it isn't to make fun of those that actually believe that sentiment--it is to entertain those that believe that sentiment. And given the very large, packed stadium he is performing to and the reaction he got, it's pretty fucking scary.