June 09, 2004

Comedy = Tragedy + Time Dept.

On Conan O’Brien last night they did that “actual items” bit, and showed a coupon/ad for some digital cameras. Next to the cameras appeared a Photoshopped image of Lynndie England giving the thumbs-up, and the caption read, that’s right, “They’re Abu-Great!”

I along with everyone else thought Abu Ghraib was a shameful atrocity, and couldn’t have imagined I would ever find anything related to it to laugh about. But for some reason, “Abu Great!” made me crack up for about ten minutes straight.

Posted by Stephen Silver at June 9, 2004 10:23 PM
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See I was always taught that comedy equals truth plus pain. Which also works in this situation.

Posted by: Jeremy Wahlman at June 10, 2004 12:03 AM
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