A few days ago Mrs. Corpulent was patting itxelf on the back for deftly dealing with those feisty upstarts at DU Jr.:
MrScorpio (65,151 posts) Sun Jul 24, 2016, 07:27 PM
26. Thanks, very much
I simply let them do all of the work.
http://conservativecave.com/index.php?topic=108511.0Uh-huh.
Well, then there's this:
Star Member Liberal_in_LA (42,723 posts)
Shatner gets sexist at Comic-con
Unfortunately, the respectful mood dissolved quickly. In the middle of another story about Nimoy, Shatner broke off in the middle of a sentence to take a dig at Mulgrew. It started fairly harmlessly, with him just joking that he’d never seen her series. But then a fan supporting her called out: “A woman’s place is on the bridge.†Mulgrew took a sidelong look at Shatner and sarcastically said, “Or in the kitchen, as the case may be.†Shatner immediately jumped in saying, “A woman’s place is in the fridge.â€
Not long after, Shatner made the joke two more times, in reference to a female fan at the mic. The woman had asked Spiner what it was like playing a non-human character and added, “I apologize that it’s with two other actors who portrayed characters who were human on stage.â€
“Well, a woman’s place is in the fridge,†Shatner replied.
The woman at the mic pointedly tried to get her question answered, saying: “It’s Mr. Spiner’s turn now,†and the audience applauded her loudly. So Spiner replied, acknowledging the writers for doing most of the work creating the character of Data. The woman then joked: “All you had to do was show up, “ and Shatner jumped in again: “This woman is dangerous: put her in the fridge.â€
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Mulgrew and Spiner tried their best to take back control of the situation and ensure the fans were getting to ask their questions. But Shatner didn’t seem to get the message. Later, a fan asked Mulgrew about how it felt to wrap filming on Voyager. Mulgrew’s response was heartfelt, but also included a jab at Shatner:
Mulgrew: I wept. I wept, because you’re in the trenches for seven years (Mr. Shatner doesn’t know about this) you’ve invested so much. I loved being the Captain.
Shatner: You say you wept? Wow. That’s so female. I can’t imagine the captain of a starship weeping.
http://www.themarysue.com/set-phasers-to-sexist/
To which Mrs. Corpulent responded:
MrScorpio (65,210 posts)
4. Spiner's look says it all nt
Yeah, dumb ass. Spiner is looking at you.
As 2 -- TWO -- DOS -- MORE THAN 1 BUT LESS THAN 3 -- other posts noted
before Mrs. Corpulent chimed in:
Loki Liesmith (150 posts)
2. actually he's not
read his twitter feed, it's apparently an inside joke between him and Kate Mulgrew.
He had never heard of that trope until someone brought it up to him on twitter.
Loki Liesmith (150 posts)
3. The Mary Sue is one of the crappiest blogzines out there
They don't vet their authors or their stories at all.
This episode is part of a routine where Bill plays the sexist "bad guy" buffoon. He does it at all the cons.
Kate Mulgrew will say something like "A woman's place is on the bridge" and that Shatner will follow up with a sexist one liner and then she will take him down a peg. It's an act. It's stupid, but it's what they do.
Here, he noticed that fridge rhymed with bridge and thought he had a good sexist rejoinder that reminded him of kitchen. He had no idea about the horrible trope it represented.
Dumb ass is impervious to any data that doesn't reinforce his bigotry.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028051528
