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Extract from Jim Jeffries - Contraband (2008)
Extract from Jim Jeffries - Contraband (2008)
23.2.14
Rake (character) - Wikipedia
Rake (character) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A rake, short for rakehell, is a historic term applied
to a man who is habituated to immoral conduct, frequently a heartless
womaniser. Often a rake was a prodigal who wasted his (usually inherited) fortune on gambling, wine, women and song, incurring lavish debts in the process. The rake was also frequently a man who seduced a young woman and impregnated her before leaving, often to her social or financial ruin.
The Restoration rake was a carefree, witty, sexually irresistible aristocrat whose heyday was during the English Restoration period (1660–1688) at the court of Charles II. They were typified by the "Merry gang" of courtiers, who included as prominent members the Earl of Rochester; George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham; and the Earl of Dorset, who combined riotous living with intellectual pursuits and patronage of the arts. At this time the rake featured as a stock character in Restoration comedy.[1][2][3]
After the reign of Charles II, and especially after the Glorious Revolution
of 1688, the cultural perception of the rake took a dive into squalor.
The rake became the butt of moralistic tales in which his typical fate
was debtor's prison, venereal disease, or, in the case of William Hogarth's A Rake's Progress, insanity in Bedlam.[4]
to a man who is habituated to immoral conduct, frequently a heartless
womaniser. Often a rake was a prodigal who wasted his (usually inherited) fortune on gambling, wine, women and song, incurring lavish debts in the process. The rake was also frequently a man who seduced a young woman and impregnated her before leaving, often to her social or financial ruin.
The Restoration rake was a carefree, witty, sexually irresistible aristocrat whose heyday was during the English Restoration period (1660–1688) at the court of Charles II. They were typified by the "Merry gang" of courtiers, who included as prominent members the Earl of Rochester; George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham; and the Earl of Dorset, who combined riotous living with intellectual pursuits and patronage of the arts. At this time the rake featured as a stock character in Restoration comedy.[1][2][3]
After the reign of Charles II, and especially after the Glorious Revolution
of 1688, the cultural perception of the rake took a dive into squalor.
The rake became the butt of moralistic tales in which his typical fate
was debtor's prison, venereal disease, or, in the case of William Hogarth's A Rake's Progress, insanity in Bedlam.[4]
12.1.14
Sarah Silverman and father Donald | Culture | The Guardian
Comedians and their parents: Sarah Silverman and father Donald | Culture | The Guardian
Throughout her career she has been criticised by everyone from ethnic minority rights groups to the National Rifle Association. But in October 2012 Sarah, who is Jewish, acquired a rather unexpected critic: a rabbi.
Rabbi Yaakov Rosenblatt took it upon himself to write an open letter to Sarah, urging her to "channel your drive and direct your passion to… something that will make you a better and more positive person… Marriage and children will change the way you see the world."
Sarah didn't see the piece, but Donald – who Googles his daughter "a lot" – did, and was not impressed.
"Hey Rabbi Idiot, shove God up your judgmental ass… Sarah was on the [most influential Jews in the world] list. I missed your name. You don't fuck with my family,"
he wrote underneath the rabbi's article.
The comment went viral.
Throughout her career she has been criticised by everyone from ethnic minority rights groups to the National Rifle Association. But in October 2012 Sarah, who is Jewish, acquired a rather unexpected critic: a rabbi.
Rabbi Yaakov Rosenblatt took it upon himself to write an open letter to Sarah, urging her to "channel your drive and direct your passion to… something that will make you a better and more positive person… Marriage and children will change the way you see the world."
Sarah didn't see the piece, but Donald – who Googles his daughter "a lot" – did, and was not impressed.
"Hey Rabbi Idiot, shove God up your judgmental ass… Sarah was on the [most influential Jews in the world] list. I missed your name. You don't fuck with my family,"
he wrote underneath the rabbi's article.
The comment went viral.
29.10.13
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