Dan Harmon's 'Community' Rape Joke Really Isn't Going Over Well
God dammit, rape jokes: will a quip that even nudges the idea of sadistic sex-driven violence ever be socially acceptable? Because, apparently Community creator Dan Harmon though that savage imagery was perfectly likable to what it felt like for him to watch an entire season of his show after vacating the job of Executive Producer, and rape evokes feelings just like feelings evoke rape.The actual quote is that his viewing of the NBC comedy's fourth year was like "being held down and watching your family get raped on a beach," which is only odd because I don't know much about beach rape, nor why the completely innocent beach was relevant, but what happened next is sadly typical: the rest of America was like, "um, no."
Well, in a Tumblr post that's totally worth your TL;DR, Harmon has ...
There's been nothing on TV quite like the clip below: newly-minted talk show host Anderson Cooper, formerly of CNN's 360, now of his own half-Martha, half-Jon Stewart-esque daytime enterprise Anderson, gets a spray-tan with Jersey Shore's Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi.
What can I say about this other than "Brava! Brava!" and the appropriate bug-eyes at Anderson's incredible deltoids? Oh, here's something: I'd totally watch the Anderson/Snooki "odd couple" cop show. It's too bad they already recast the leads on Law & Order: SVU, you guys.
Watch Anderson and Miss Polizzi snookin' for spray tan below:
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