In the shoddy light
of Ted 2 release, one has to make an
important distinction. Distinction between The
Big Lebowski and Ted. Or, in
other words, distinction between vulgarity and tasteless vulgarity.
Or could we just say
scatological humour isn’t funny and be done with it? I
mean, Ted was funny in places, but
Christ Jesus God people laughing at fart jokes? Actually laughing?..
Unfathomable.
Imagine the Coen
brothers doing something like that. Truth is, they never have/had to because they
possess enough taste and style to be vulgar and retain taste. I have probably
watched The Big Lebowski a million
times now, and not once have I winced at a dick joke. It’s because the Coens
know how to contextualize it, not just splash (jizz in Ted’s case) in your face in a crude, uncalled for kind of way.
And
that, I believe, is a vital distinction to make.
