Funny. Quite.

Throughout the class there has been an common emotion that keeps turning up. That emotion is anger. From Apes to the film, native americans everywhere know that there is injustice being done, and therefore they are angry. This week has been an odd change of pace from that anger, we've been looking at humor. Requiem for a Leg was just absurd, a legal battle over the possession of a lost limb. It begs the question, whether or not humor and absurdity is an effective way to convey a message. I think it does. It's great by showing the inconsistencies in the legal system through the mock trial, a message is made from mockery. The judge is so kind as to allow Native traditions pass (like the honor song and the offering to pledge on a different object) but not to honor the possession of a leg. Who would want a leg if it wasn't meaningful to them in some way? The whole battle doesn't make much sense, it feels much more like a cultural one than a legal one. Hard Riding wasn't much better. Everyone is scratching their heads trying to fit their concepts of value in a hole that doesn't fit. Appointing fools to nullify their own purpose seems counterintuitive.