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Politically Correct Art Class
SKETCH-O-VISION
A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.
The setup
The premise
Here’s the bit.
Mr. Dwyer tries to begin a figure-drawing session with his model, Sylvia, but one student after another objects, calling the exercise exploitative, sexist and a racist standard of beauty. Each attempt he makes to calm the room only digs him deeper, until the activists walk out and call for a boycott of his classes. When the few students who stay turn out to be there to leer, he throws them out too and is left apologizing to Sylvia.
The funny people
Meet the cast. 4
Say it with us
Highly quotable.
Remember, language is a virus.
Where are the nude models of color? The people of girth, the handicapable, the elderly, the queer?
I'm just trying to understand your black anger. Show it to me again.
Behind the scenes
The people who made it.
John Blanchard
Director
Norm Hiscock
Writer
Dave Foley
Writer
Bruce McCulloch
Writer
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
The official episode rundown titles this sketch "Art Studio". The instructor is addressed as Mr. Dwyer and the model as Sylvia.
The rabbit hole continues
One more couldn’t hurt.
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