Episode Report Card Jacob Clifton: A+ | 88 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT The Privilege of Irony
By Jacob Clifton | Season 5 | Episode 11 | Aired on 01.05.2014
(Time passes in which Cary is unable to get Rowby to say the word "satire," so finally he says that word for him, and everybody jumps on board.)Cary: "Like, because rap songs are usually aggressive and hard, and you wanted to make fun of the lyrics by ... singing them in a soft way."
Alicia starts laughing, even Marshall seems to get the drift, but still: Substitute "black" for "hard" and "white" for "soft" and it sounds a lot grosser. And if that sticks in your craw, just think about why. I don't much like it either, I'm not trying to hurt your feelings, I'm just saying: This is a conversation white people are having with each other, and it always is. Anyway, they bring it back to the judge.
LG: "Uh, no. It was a cover, not a satire."
Marx: "What does 'satire' get you, counselor?"
Cary: "Transformative artwork. You ruled on the derivative copyright, but made it clear from the bench that you thought it was theft. The issue was that Rowby didn't get contractual approval to create a new artwork..."
Alicia: "Which doesn't matter, because if it's satire it's protected that way..."
Rowby: "This is marvelous. Isn't this great, Marshall? The law."
Alicia: "So automatic copyright would apply the second he recorded it, making this theft a real theft."
Marx: "Nobody ever said black people aren't hilarious. I like this approach, see if it sticks."
LG
Damian strong-arms Bonus Dick into an ad hoc quorum -- calling him "Edelweiss" so he can remind us his name is "Edelman," but which I refuse to remember longer than this sentence, because he sucks -- to vote to lift the ban on new clients now that he is getting in good with these LA pricks. It's ugly, in a way Damian always threatens to be but rarely actually shows us:
Edelman: "I'm not voting to rip up the firm again, no."
Damian: "Yes. You owe Will for making you partner."
Edelman: "No, Diane made me partner."
Damian: "No. Will did. And he can unmake you are partner. By which I mean, I am threatening your life pretty blatantly."
David Lee's tire has suddenly gone flat, so he's out of the picture, and Diane quickly pieces together how bad Will and Damian are being: He's cooking the vote -- not unlike a certain Democratic National Committee did during the last Illinois Gubernatorial race, a thing only Peter and Will and possibly Zach Florrick know about -- and she is disgusted. She grabs three more partners and exits the room in a huff, and Will's so out of his mind he's like, laughing angrily and a little dementedly as she goes.
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