Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Three Black Men

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 bench.
 
  Two of the figures  had black penises, but the one in the middle had a pink
   penis.
 
  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 African Americans in a  predominately white, patriarchal
  society.
 
  
  'In  fact', he pointed out, 'some serious critics believe that the pink
   penis 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 am the artist who painted the picture,' he  replied.
 
  'In fact, there are no African Americans depicted at all.  They're just
  three Irish coal miners. The guy in the middle went home  for lunch.' 

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