Bundle of Sticks

       There is a rare moment witnessed in a poker scene of Louie’s comedy series. This scene is an example of Louis C.K’s satirical but meaningful style of comedy, that brings awareness to the true meaning of the word, “faggot”, while also using that it as a joke. Louie asks his colleague, Nick, who happened to be homosexual, whether he should use the word, “faggot” on stage. It was disturbing how irritated the one of the men grew from just participating in the conversation. He declared that he was personally disgusted with Nick's sexual life. Although he wasn’t surprised by this remark, he frankly declared, “I don't think about pussy.” A homosexual man doesn’t think about pussy, but when a heterosexual man participates in a conversation about homosexual intercourse, he grows so uncomfortable that he starts yelling at his friends to seize. This scene shows how much being homophobic is ingrained in popular masculine culture. But Nick genuinely opens up and informs his friends about the history of the word “Faggot”. He described how homosexuals were burned alive during the medieval time period. He then shares the extreme hatred that is associated with the word “Faggot” The extremely homophobic friend remarks, “Ok thanks Faggot we'll keep that in mind” in order to diffuse the heartfelt, and genuine conversation.