Is Detroit The Punchline of America?

Comedy can help the viewer see or understand different aspects of an opinion or fact. A comedian can usually help the view sway sides to an augment by showing humors facts that opens up a views mind. For an example in this short You Tube video,"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hhJ_49leBw," Steven Crowder asks the question many people all over the country are asking them selfs. " How did one of the wealthiest cities in the country become what it is today?" With a comic attitude to the question, Crowder goes on to explain the way Detroit has become a city of ruins. While providing humorous detail to his answer, he does stay on topic of issues of Detroit and does not play the blame game as many comedians tend to do. He explains how leftists politicians made Detroit the reborn city for America to model after, as he is showing clips of current run down houses and homeless people.

He brings in examples of auto motive crisis into jokes that are saying that the auto industry blames not going green. With a funny motif playing in the background, Crowder beats down the excuse of not going green with statistics saying GM alone offered more gas efficient cars than most foreign companies. He shows that with unemployment going on the UAW still offered 7 weeks paid vacation a year, and they make their $74/hr wage and benefits. The difference between 1960's auto workers and current auto workers is that most if not all workers do not live in Detroit. All the money the UAW sends out is going to communities not in Detroit. He jokes about the great housing Detroit has with sarcasm and shows the run down community that is on the inter-side of Detroit.

Bringing back the statement Crowder makes about how America was modeling itself off of Detroit, I am sure this comedic statement has more to offer than what is said. being a comedian Crowder shares his good traits of humor; but he shows a hidden message in his walk around journey of Detroit. What I think he is saying is, if Detroit can let itself as a city be leveled down by government and political bureaucracy, then America will soon be headed in the same direction. He briefly explains the similarities in crouped Detroit politicians promises in the past 50 years and the promises that have not been fulfilled by the current administration that runs America. They are nearly identical. "When you continue to remove free market principals that make this country great," Crowder says,"than America can very well look like Detroit in a short amount of time." This is a great representation of how comedy can depict a Serious topic and turn it into humor so a message can be sent out to the viewers.