| From: | James Potter |
| Date: | 9 Jul 2001 at 22:55:17 |
| Subject: | Re: opinion on 22 |
From: "storm" <storm@seal-amiga.co.uk>
Subject: [amigactive] Re: opinion on 22
> Hi James
Hi
> > So Dave's had a "humour bypass operation", has he?
>
> No, he's a very naughty boy (who doesn't think he's the messiah), who
> probably has a better sense of tact than I have :) I was referring to you.
Yes, I know.
> > I appreciate good humour: Monty Python, Reeves and Mortimore, Chris
> > Morris, Spaced, Eddie Izzard...
>
> Twisted. And alot of jokes to do with sex. Shame on you :) How does that
> 'sit on my face' song go again?
You evidently know it. But look again and you'll find a lot of jokes that
aren't about sex. Twisted, yes :)
> > Tell me how you think that section header's funny.
>
> Erm, probably juvenile innuendo.
Yup! :)
> > To me, it just betrays a certain juvenility in the writing which I don't
> > find professional or amusing. That's assuming I'm right in guessing what
> > you think the joke is, but I'm willing to reassess my opinion if you let
> > us know. But then, you did ask for feedback. I'm giving it.
>
> Fair enough, and point taken. I still can't change my soh, but Dave was
> probably right in that case to censor me on the off-chance that some may
> have been offended in the political correctness gone mad world.
It's not a "political correctness gone mad world". You wrote an innuendo
about female genitalia. It was cut. Given the type of mag Amiga Active is,
that was the right decision.
Put it this way - you only found it funny because you could point to it,
have a giggle and say "look how naughty I am" (the only humour that lies in
innuendo). That fails to have an effect if a) the reader finds the subject
matter offensive or inappropriate or b) the reader just doesn't care how
naughty you're being.
> > Amiga Active isn't Loaded. Nor should it be.
>
> ah, so you read Loaded then?
The last time I read a copy of Loaded was 3 years ago. I don't buy into the
lad culture.
> Fair point, but I don't think one little
> innuendo here or there is going to kill people. I'm trying to make reviews
> informative and entertaining. I don't think one sexual innuendo makes it
> Knave or Loaded or Front etc.
I always thought the reviews in Amiga Power were entertaining, and they
didn't resort to that sort of humour. Basically it all boils down to gearing
your text at the audience it's being sold to. That's probably why your joke
was cut. It doesn't matter if it's only one, or two - if it's out of tune
with the rest of the mag it jars, and if the rest of the mag was like that
it'd be no better than a generic PC mag with a Lara Croft clone on the
cover.
Cheers,
James
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