Posted: 5/29/2008 11:14:07 AM EDT
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A couple attending an art exhibition at the National Gallery was > staring at a portrait that had them completely confused. > > The painting depicted three very black and totally naked men > sitting on a park bench. > Two of the figures had black weenies, but the one in the middle > had a pink weenie. > > The curator of the gallery realized that they were having trouble > interpreting the painting and offered his assessment. He went on > for nearly 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 weenie also reflects the cultural and > sociological oppression experienced by gay men in contemporary society." > > After the curator left, a young man in a Kentucky T-shirt 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 it," he replied. "In fact, there > are no 'African-Americans' depicted at all. They're just three nude > Kentucky coal miners, and the guy in the middle went home for > lunch." |
