A couple attending an art exhibition at the National Gallery were 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 contempor ary 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 Kentucky coal
>> miners,
>>> and the guy in the middle went home for lunch.
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