The Surprising Revolt at the Most Liberal College in the Country (Reed College)

The Atlantic ^ | November 2, 2017 | Chris Bodenner

[EveningStar]

At Reed College, a small liberal-arts school in Portland, Oregon, a 39-year-old Saturday Night Live skit recently caused an uproar over cultural appropriation. In the classic Steve Martin skit, he performs a goofy song, “King Tut,” meant to satirize a Tutankhamun exhibit touring the U.S. and to criticize the commercialization of Egyptian culture. You could say that his critique is weak; that his humor is lame; that his dance moves are unintentionally offensive or downright racist. All of that, and more, was debated in a humanities course at Reed.

But many students found the video so egregious that they opposed its very presence in class. “That’s like somebody … making a song just littered with the n-word everywhere,” a member of Reedies Against Racism (RAR) told the student newspaper when asked about Martin’s performance. She told me more: The Egyptian garb of the backup dancers and singers—many of whom are African American—“is racist as well. The gold face of the saxophone dancer leaving its tomb is an exhibition of blackface.”

[oldvirginian]

“John’s impression of Joe Cocker singing “With a little help from my friends” making fun of a disability.”

That bit by Belushi actually ended up helping Cocker.
When he saw a tape of it he realised how low he was.
It convinced him to get sober and get serious about life.
He went on to have at least one or two songs that sold pretty well and put him back on the map.

[BetJay]

Dear Reed College,
Prepare to downsize. You will be having some surplus dorm rooms next fall.
Yours truly,
A Parent

[Kalam]

What is happening here in three words; Nineteen Eighty Four.

[DFG]

“FEED ME, FEED ME, FEED ME”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLjook1I0V4

[enraged]

Let them see the opening scence of “The Jerk”
“I was born a poor black child.....”

I grew up during the time Steve Martin was at his best, damn funny stuff.

[DPMD]

In JoeBidenWorld, that would be seven words.

[Skooz]

I bought the complete second season of SNL at a college book sale a couple of months ago.

I’ve been watching some of it most nights since and no way - NO FREAKING WAY — would many of those skits be allowed to air today.

You see, speech was much freer in 1976 - 1977 than it is now.

[Old Yeller]

“That’s like somebody … making a song just littered with the n-word everywhere,”

You mean like every rap song ever made?

[Old Yeller]

I saw Steve Martin’s “King Tut” tour at the Universal Amphitheater in the late ‘70s

I went to his show at the Kansas Coliseum in Wichita. Had front row seats because I spent a November night waiting in line to get the first tickets. I can't remember who the opening act was, but after the show I took one of the oranges Martin used for juggling.

[Yo-Yo]

Eddie Murphy SNL prisoner poetry Cill My Landlord.

[rlmorel]

OMG, I remember that one...”Do he know?”

[FLAGEDS]

“Got a condo made of stona.”

[Altura Ct.]

And we want to be countrymen with these people, why?