Right, that was the point of the main joke. What struck me was the one-liner within the main joke. It stood out because it's something I've mulled over before, and it's not something I've heard discussed. While in the joke the two Kareems were schoolmates, the point easily translates to regular street violence. Maybe "snitches get stitches" isn't the entire story.
I don't want to overanalyze, but I thought it was a good example of the premise Dr. Loury first laid out when he announced these events.
Gotcha. Yeah, I was disappointed not to see it called out by Glenn. I thought immediately of Sowell's *Black Rednecks*.
Overall, the comics exhibited a kind of hip-hop braggadocio ("I dunked on you and fucked your girl", the constant interjections, etc.) that was difficult to engage with seriously and smacked of a mentality in which street violence might be glorified. I guess I just expected Glenn to have selected comedians who were above it. At the very least, given the popularity of this kind of posturing in comedy and music, it was a good demonstration of how easily honor culture and the ideas that go with it are reinforced.
Right, that was the point of the main joke. What struck me was the one-liner within the main joke. It stood out because it's something I've mulled over before, and it's not something I've heard discussed. While in the joke the two Kareems were schoolmates, the point easily translates to regular street violence. Maybe "snitches get stitches" isn't the entire story.
I don't want to overanalyze, but I thought it was a good example of the premise Dr. Loury first laid out when he announced these events.
Gotcha. Yeah, I was disappointed not to see it called out by Glenn. I thought immediately of Sowell's *Black Rednecks*.
Overall, the comics exhibited a kind of hip-hop braggadocio ("I dunked on you and fucked your girl", the constant interjections, etc.) that was difficult to engage with seriously and smacked of a mentality in which street violence might be glorified. I guess I just expected Glenn to have selected comedians who were above it. At the very least, given the popularity of this kind of posturing in comedy and music, it was a good demonstration of how easily honor culture and the ideas that go with it are reinforced.