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1969, Mad Magazine. Still has much relevance today.
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First, it's funny to me that you care so much about a comic book that's over 50 years old.
Second, the magazine had a long history of attacking everyone and everything, including themselves.
You cared enough to challenge 'centrist' as a bad thing, so I explained why I viewed it as bad.
Comedy is always used as a political tool, and that was the case then too. Being critical of all media, including comedy (even when satirical). We have the
MAD was highly influential back then and no doubt formed in part the current centrist white liberals who are now opposing anything outside the status quo given its large teen audience back then.
There's the problem right there.
There are plenty of books and articles about the making of the movie. I've read a few and don't remember anyone involved talking about trying to carry a political message. Plenty of people thought it was offensive, but no one thought it was going to change minds.
What I'm challenging is you trying to put things into history that just weren't there.
The people at MAD weren't trying to influence a generation's politics, they were trying to make a buck. If yippee jokes were popular they'd print them.