Paul Mooney

The setup points the reader toward 'Cleopatra was black. She was black as Cicely. She was black as Cicely Tyson! She was black! Cleopatra V, she was black.', then the trigger 'That’s in Africa.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I see some of your black faces. Paul’s goin’ get us in trouble, master. Is we sick, master?', then the trigger 'I didn’t know oil scared white folks.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Sing it, Bert! Oh, there she is… And she was blond, they were white white. Miss… They were so happy.', then the trigger 'They tickled just tickled pink.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Wait a minute. This what I want to know. So I know I’m not going crazy.', then the trigger 'Who is this black woman that owns Popeye’s Chicken?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Don’t let the Asians fool you. Rice didn’t come from them. Rice came from Africa.', then the trigger 'We introduced rice too white folks to in slavery.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is superiority.

The setup points the reader toward 'Because trust me, we are either going to hang together or we going to hang separately. But guess what kids.', then the trigger 'We’re going to hang!' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'What’s the first thing they ask you? Any Indians in the house? These white folks are still looking for Indians.', then the trigger 'I got on the phone.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'That’s what killed that boy. That’s what started it. Disgracing that boy like that. It’s a damn shame.', then the trigger 'That was the start of it.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is benign-violation.

The setup points the reader toward 'What’s her name? Guess who she getting ready to play? I can’t wait for the reviews! I can’t wait.', then the trigger 'The white reviews.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Well, who is she? Oh my chicken!” Where this b!tch come from? And Aunt Jemima looks like Tyra Banks.', then the trigger 'They have changed Aunt Jemima’s image.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'We owned him. We know our own people. That’s why they put him on that penny.', then the trigger 'They didn’t think he was worth a god damn.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I don’t like Africans ’cause they have attitude. They have attitude towards us, and they act like they mad at us.', then the trigger 'You got it twisted.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'A 12-year-old boy walks into his daddy’s bedroom. Daddy’s giving mama, pumping her, not missing a beat, tearing it up.', then the trigger 'Little boy’s in shock.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Come on, y’all! Talking ’bout freedom now. We shall overcome. We shall… We were some singing!', then the trigger 'You slapped us, we’d turn the other cheek.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'God picked us to be the slaves because we could handle it. That’s why, we could handle it.', then the trigger 'We the baddest race on the planet.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Who is she? Is she Uncle Ben’s daughter? Where she come from? Is she Aunt Jemima’s niece? Where she come from?', then the trigger 'Is she Mrs.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I used to hate her, then I started liking her when I found out she hid that little, black baby.', then the trigger 'She had a black baby.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I WANT IT!', then the trigger 'I sat down at a big benefit in Hollywood, and white man on crutches hobbled up to that stage, he was pissed.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'They took James Brown. Oh, they gave him back. They took O.J. They gave him back! Anything we like, they take!', then the trigger 'Remember the Cookie man?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'They can’t find nobody. I’m sorry, brother. There ain’t nobody that comes god damn close. She too pretty.', then the trigger 'They’ll have to show her old movies.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Thank you, thank you, thank you. * * * Awesome! It was wonderful. It was incredible. I mean, Paul Mooney, he’s classic.', then the trigger 'Enlightening, absolutely enlightening.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'White folks, we don’t try to take nothing of yours. Why do they try to take our stuff?', then the trigger 'We don’t try to take nothin’!' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward '“Arrest that b!tch!” “Put her and her kids in jail.” “The b!tch is trying to', then the trigger 'steal from Elvis.” “Give the b!tch $7.50.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward '“Here’s a comb, Mama.” “Mama, here the comb.” “It’s hot baby.', then the trigger 'It’s hot blow on it.” I’m telling you, these white folks they went crazy.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'All we’ve go left is Jet. And, I’m worried about ’em. White folks, I’m just being open with you. Don’t look crazy.', then the trigger 'I’m being open!' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Christina Onassis had more money than all of them. You cannot take it with you.', then the trigger 'But you must give the Egyptians an A for effort.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'When they got up there in heaven, they was up in heaven, the both of them,', then the trigger 'you know what she told him, you know.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Let me see if I could go down some of these credits ’cause we’ll be here', then the trigger 'for two days if I do them all.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Put the money back! Put the money back!', then the trigger '‘Cause they thing they can just say and do whatever they want to, that we don’t count.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'No cameras, b!tch! That’s don’t want to do, now. Y’all are scared. Master, Paul goin’ get us in trouble, Master.', then the trigger 'That b!tch is ugly!' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I just came down to show my support.', then the trigger 'Definitely a blessing and a pleasure to be here and be apart of this event, man.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'That hoe ass b!tch! That tramp ass b!tch! I’m from the streets. I was raised with pimps.', then the trigger 'I know a hoe when I see one.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'The only thing wrong he did was screwing all them white women. He left them alive.', then the trigger 'All that money, he could get off on murder.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is benign-violation.

The setup points the reader toward 'I’m from that old school. Them white folks love them dogs. They love them dogs.', then the trigger 'They used to sick them German Shepherds on you.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I saw an old re-run of Bananza. Horse ordered a mail-order bride. Chinese, of course.', then the trigger 'Then when she got there, guess who she was?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Hoe, slut, tramp, no respect! Don’t have no respect for Obama.', then the trigger 'Up there talking about God and all that perpetrating, little devil worshiping b!tch.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'You either running free, or you running scared. How you running? I’m not dumb. Race has nothing to do with color.', then the trigger 'I ain’t stupid.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is superiority.

The setup points the reader toward 'She ain’t going nowhere.” “Black b!tch going to cook.” “She ain’t going to do nothin’.” “She going', then the trigger 'to be right here.” The lying ass, drug-addict.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is benign-violation.

The setup points the reader toward 'I had a whole list to why I thought he was black. I’ve changed it since then. He’s a pimp.', then the trigger 'He makes pimp moves.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'That’s not some small village in Sweden. Her daddy was nubian. You keep telling that Greek lie.', then the trigger '“She was half Greek.” That’s a lie.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I wish I could’ve been there. Where’s the little serial killer doll? The white one. Where’s the little doll that tell...', then the trigger 'The white one.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is benign-violation.

The setup points the reader toward 'He know what he is now. Them Asians hurried up and gave him back to us.', then the trigger 'His daddy must be turning over in his grave.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is benign-violation.

The setup points the reader toward 'I know he had the one about if black people could fly, they’d all look like crows. We love Paul Mooney!', then the trigger 'We love Paul Mooney!' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'That drunk thing, you know.', then the trigger 'Put your leg up, touch your, go backwards, bend over, stretch over, say your ABCs in German, French, and African.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Race is deep. All my Puerto Rican friends, “I’m Spanish.” Oh, a tall Mexican.', then the trigger '“No, I mean I’m Spanish.” I thought that was a language.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Did you get your census papers? It’s against the law if you don’t mail it back. Did you know that?', then the trigger 'What they ask you?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward '“You don’t own Martin Luther King.” Did you hear him?', then the trigger '“We didn’t own Abraham Lincoln.” We know you didn’t own him because he was black.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I can’t make it up! They have just picked her to play Cleopatra. She is the third white woman.', then the trigger 'First, it was Claudette Colbert.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Paul Mooney is the best, man. He keeps it real. That’s what I like about the brother.', then the trigger 'He keeps it real, and he’s a legend.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Then, you get out, and the drunk test they scare you to death. “WALK A STRAIGHT LINE!” I ran.', then the trigger 'Don’t give me no head start.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is benign-violation.

The setup points the reader toward '– Goldman, yeah. He ain’t brought no god damn glasses. It was about drugs. You know she made him suck that pussy.', then the trigger 'You know that.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is benign-violation.

The setup points the reader toward 'The apple don’t fall far from the tree. The daughter’s a hoe too, another hoe.', then the trigger 'That white boy wasn’t going to marry that tramp.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'That’s when you bite! When you’re scared! The girl damn near killed that boy. He’s lucky to be alive.', then the trigger 'He’s lucky to be here.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is benign-violation.

The setup points the reader toward 'Ain’t going to be no bus. Everybody going to walk to school!', then the trigger 'They will tear that god damn, shoot, kill everybody on the bus.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is benign-violation.

The setup points the reader toward 'He used to be the poster-child for AIDS. Now, he’s just got his hands in all the business.', then the trigger 'What kind of AIDS did he have?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Have you seen their shows? They cook their ass off! But back in slavery, they act like they couldn’t boil water.', then the trigger 'I can’t boil water.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'The Indians said it best. “You cannot hide your blood from your people.” Don’t want us to have nothing!', then the trigger 'We don’t try to take nothin’.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward '“Somebody stole my passport.” You lying b!tch. If she had stole the truth, “I snorted my passport.” Then I’d believe it.', then the trigger 'Make more sense.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Go tell them. Those little hip-hoppers. The ones that wear their pants… Go tell them they can’t ride on the bus.', then the trigger 'Go on tell them.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Then they asked me about BET.', then the trigger '“Well, why do you go on BET, Paul?” “What do you think?” Like, they used to own us.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'If you take an African zebra to Canada, it does not make it a Canadian zebra.', then the trigger 'It makes it an African zebra living in Canada.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Who’s that little, skinny, white girl with big lips? She live with Brad Pitt.', then the trigger 'That b!tch is getting ready to play Salt and Pepper.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'You weren’t the first. There was a huge audition for that. They put the white folks out there.', then the trigger 'They b!tched, they complained about the sun.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'A woman, she’s about 36, latin, she’s getting off, and she says to me, “Can I', then the trigger 'help you?” I said, can you help me?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'You know, his M.O. It was some dick sucking on that plane. You know he told them Asian girls.', then the trigger 'Let’s make this a happy ending.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'It was 20 cameras and 90 lights while they was saying the N word.', then the trigger 'Minute I called that b!tch a cracker, everything shut down.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Then, it was Elizabeth Taylor. Now, it’s her. The third white woman.', then the trigger 'White folks, y’all ought to be ashamed of yourself telling that lie.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Just blaming him for every god damn thing, every move. God, he got class. He got dignity.', then the trigger 'If I was… I’m serious!' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Godfather of comedy, man. That’s the man behind a lot of the Gs.', then the trigger 'Come on, why not go and study one of the greats, man?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'They took them god damn cookies! White folks own it. The Apollo, white folks own it.', then the trigger 'BET, almost black television, white folks own it.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Called his mom and told, he wish he could kill some more white folks. Won’t be calling him that no more.', then the trigger 'He went crazy.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is benign-violation.

The setup points the reader toward 'I cannot make this up. I’m not this good. I’ve been in the car with a car full of white folks.', then the trigger 'I’m riding shotgun.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I got one better than that.', then the trigger 'Who’s this white woman they say, “She’s the greatest actress ever to step on American stage.” Meryl somebody.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'All of sudden, all these god damn diseases. Where was these diseases when we could’ve used them? Master, I’s a slave?', then the trigger 'I got alzheimer’s.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.