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 ...
Okay, so let's try to look past this whole Dallas advertisement of these two (cowboys?) men looking out at the distant road even though we know they're just looking at the Kraft service table. Let's try to look past our fond memories of Jesse Metcalfe playing the gardener on Desperate Housewives and John Tucker in John Tucker Must Die. Not to mention, the fact that we were all seemingly introduced to Josh Henderson as Ashlee Simpson's boyfriend on the short-lived MTV series The Ashlee Simpson Show. Yes, Josh Henderson not Josh Hutcherson from the Hunger Games.
The reboot of Dallas just premiered on TNT Wednesday with seven million viewers and overall a decent review. But will that last? Eh, that's not the point. Instead, let's get all girlie and ask ourselves who we find more attractive. Jesse or Josh? Take the poll below!
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