"be inappropriate"

Fri May 4 22:22:02 UTC 2012

"politically incorrect" = 'crude, offensive, vulgar, coarse, etc.'

>From another Amazon reviewer:

"Most of the laughs in this R-rated comedy come from Elizabeth's
outrageous, politically incorrect classroom methodology. She curses,
smokes, comes to class hung over, dresses far too provocatively, and has no
inkling of the names of the children in her class."

At no time does unhappy, gold-digging psycho Bad Teacher Cameron Diaz utter
an ethnic epithet or make a political or sociological comment.  In addition
to the above, she humiliates individual pupils through sheer nastiness and
cynicism rather than by what we usually consider "political incorrectness."

JL

On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 4:59 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> Off-thread, of course, but there are frequent sexual remarks, f-words, and
> innuendoes throughout, but not a single "goddam," "Jesus," etc.
>
> Large, naked boobs fill the screen for a while. (Here "boobs" = 'breasts.')
>
>
> There is a lengthy scene of, as it is referred to by the Bad Teacher,
> "dry-fucking," which ends with a huge stain on the front of Justin
> Timberlake's jeans.
>
> Many reviewers find the latter "hilarious."
>
> So if you think there's anything raunchy about this film, maybe there's
> something wrong with you!
>
> Two and a half stars, for those who can stand it.
>
> But Lucy Punch as "Miss Squirrel" is terrific - and linguistically relevant
> as she's a Brit but does a vaguely Palinesque U.S. accent with impeccable
> precision.
>
> JL
>
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> On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu
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> > On May 4, 2012, at 3:48 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >
> > > Definitely tending to replace more "judgmental" terms like "obscene"
> and
> > > "immoral":
> > >
> > > 2011  reviewer of _Bad Teacher_ at Amazon com
> > >
> >
> http://www.amazon.com/Bad-Teacher/product-reviews/B005SAV9SO/ref=cm_cr_pr_hist_4?ie=UTF8&filterBy=addFourStar&showViewpoints=0
> > > : Cameron Diaz plays the Bad Teacher and is so bad she's downright
> > vicious
> > > and inappropriate. There's very little that's redeeming with her....
> > >
> > > Having seen the movie, I can tell you that "obscene" and "immoral" (and
> > > "criminal") are the words this reviewer is looking for. (Not that it
> > wasn't
> > > fitfully amusing for those of us who never missed an issue of _National
> > > Lampoon_.)
> > >
> > > JL
> >
> > Interesting diversity of viewpoints:
> >
> > either "funny and refreshing, in that it is not laced with vulgarities
> and
> > profanity throughout" or (from a different reviewer)
> >
> > "you have cursing by unexpected people to unexpected people, in the
> > wrongest of circumstances"
> >
> > --but evidently not throughout.  Or maybe it just depends on your
> standard
> > of comparison.
> >
> > LH
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Jonathan Lighter <
> > wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:
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> > >> He clearly said, "I have never acted inappropriately with anyone,
> > period."
> > >>
> > >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdcvucjDTts   [at 1:07].
> > >>
> > >> JL
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Benjamin Barrett <
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> > >>> Just sounds like an -ly drop to me. Especially with a long word like
> > >> that, who wants to go adding another syllable?
> > >>>
> > >>> Benjamin Barrett
> > >>> Seattle, WA
> > >>>
> > >>> On Nov 9, 2011, at 7:32 PM, Cohen, Gerald Leonard wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> This looks like a blend to me:
> > >>>> "I've never acted inappropriately" + "I've never done anything =
> > >>>> inappropriate."
> > >>>> Gerald Cohen
> > >>>>
> > >>>> ________________________________
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Original message from: Joel S. Berson, Wed 11/9/2011 8:20 PM
> > >>>> <snip>
> > >>>> I think I heard Cain say "I've never acted inappropriate [yes, adj.]
> > >>>> with anyone, period."  But I'm too lazy to investigate.
> > >>>> <snip>
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