At the National Art Gallery in Dublin, a husband and wife were
staring at a portrait that had them completely confused. The painting
depicted 3 black men totally naked, sitting on a park bench. Two of the figures had black willies, but the one in the middle had a pink willy. The curator of the gallery realized that they were having trouble interpreting the painting and offered his personal assessment. He went on for over half an hour explaining how it depicted the sexual emasculation of blacks in a predominately white, patriarchal society. "In fact", he pointed out, "some serious critics believe that the pink willy also reflects the cultural and sociological oppression experienced by gay men in contemporary society".
After the curator left, an Irishman approached the couple and
said, "Would you like to know what the painting is really about?"
"Now why would you claim to be more of an expert than the
curator of the gallery?" asked the couple.
"Because I'm the guy who painted the picture," he replied. "In fact, there are no blacks depicted at all. They're just three Irish coal miners. The guy in the middle went home for lunch."
staring at a portrait that had them completely confused. The painting
depicted 3 black men totally naked, sitting on a park bench. Two of the figures had black willies, but the one in the middle had a pink willy. The curator of the gallery realized that they were having trouble interpreting the painting and offered his personal assessment. He went on for over half an hour explaining how it depicted the sexual emasculation of blacks in a predominately white, patriarchal society. "In fact", he pointed out, "some serious critics believe that the pink willy also reflects the cultural and sociological oppression experienced by gay men in contemporary society".
After the curator left, an Irishman approached the couple and
said, "Would you like to know what the painting is really about?"
"Now why would you claim to be more of an expert than the
curator of the gallery?" asked the couple.
"Because I'm the guy who painted the picture," he replied. "In fact, there are no blacks depicted at all. They're just three Irish coal miners. The guy in the middle went home for lunch."
