Extra Credit: Literary Events

"Fighting Funny: The African American Satiric Tradition" was such an interesting event to aattend because when I think of satire the first thing I think of is making fun of social norms and politics but intellectual showing how absurd they really are and I believe that during this literary event I realized that this being done in the African American community is both harmful and harmless. Many people (black or otherwise) use satire to poke fun at African American people and although it is seen as entertainment, I do not find it to be funny. In my opinion, an example of satire would include Tyler Perry's "Madea." Tyler Perry is very talented but in most of his movies especially thosse that include his most famous character, Madea, it seems he succumbs to stereotypes that are viewed as hilarious and known for have very high entertainment value despite the offensive aspects.