You are NOT the father!
wasn't that more maury povitch?
Maury is more well-known for it, but Jerry did it as well.
The big difference is that on Jerry Springer, the father is more likely to be the mother's brother.
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#42RIP to the former mayor of Cincinnati. If you want a good hearted laugh - partially at his expense but I’m sure he would have laughed too - Red Letter Medias “least viewed episode ever” about Springer: https://youtu.be/RTosyCJQrmA Dude is as American as sickly-sweet, high fructose, made-in-Mexico Apple pie. That’s pretty American in my book.
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#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
Talks shows and COPS largely preyed on the post-industrial American working class, bereft of opportunity, and gave the mass of socially conservative, a band that crosses party lines, an anchor for their anxiety of the growing plurality of identity.
What does "plurality" mean in this context?
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#44One of the original culprits in the dumbing down of America. Trash tv largely scripted as he punched down from his Ivy League, wealthy throne.
Talks shows and COPS largely preyed on the post-industrial American working class, bereft of opportunity, and gave the mass of socially conservative, a band that crosses party lines, an anchor for their anxiety of the growing plurality of identity.
How did you figure out this diagnosis?
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#45Apparently, Jerry Springer did not die in my region. That this kind of blocking still exists in 2023 is astounding
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#46One of the original culprits in the dumbing down of America. Trash tv largely scripted as he punched down from his Ivy League, wealthy throne.
> Ivy League, wealthy throne
Jerry Springer was born during WWII in London subway station that had been converted to a bomb shelter, to Jewish refugees fleeing Nazis in Poland. He claimed 27 members of his family were killed by Nazis.
Your opinion of his show and his contributions to the culture are yours, and are valid. But to group him into some ivory tower, privileged, "insider" class is disingenuous. His start was about as difficult as any -- fleeing the real, 6-million-Jews-killed Nazis (not today's tv-news "these people we don't like are Nazis"), no wealth or connections, immigrating to a new country. His success (and downfall) in politics was purely his own. Further success in news and then his TV show were again, his own making. He attended good colleges, indeed, but not any Ivy League schools, and certainly not because he had alumni connections or big donations.
You're allowed to not like him, even despise him if you wish. But don't lie about his circumstances.
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#47Thanks for the region locked link. Archive: https://archive.ph/MiqYX
So maybe OP should check every region has access before posting. How would they do that?
Don’t blame the poster, blame the publisher.
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#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
What does this sentence mean?
I think potentially they cannot view the article due to region blocking?
Same here, where probably less than 0.001% of the population know who he was. I can't imagine what's the logic behind blocking something that doesn't consume measurable bandwidth.
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#49Used to watch this show during the day when I would come home from school early and there was nothing else on. R.I.P Jerry, the entertainment was... awakening to how some people actually live life.
Emphasis on "some" since most of what was on display was manipulated, fake, coached, or just plain written for TV.
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
Talks shows and COPS largely preyed on the post-industrial American working class, bereft of opportunity, and gave the mass of socially conservative, a band that crosses party lines, an anchor for their anxiety of the growing plurality of identity.
What does "plurality" mean in this context?
I'd interpret it as "more than one", rather than "largest number shy of an outright majority" in the electoral sense.
And "plurality" as opposed to a single identity or strictly bifurcated classification (e.g., male/female, black/white, Catholic/Protestant, etc.).