Is The Pope Polish?
Minstrel show skits often included political commentary on issues of the day. Judging by the topics, and their context, in the minstrel skit "Is The Pope Polish?," it is easy to infer the date of origin to be somewhere around April 22nd, 2005.
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Interlocutor Would you say blackface is "back?" Unnamed Back? Is the Pope Polish, child? Interlocutor Actually, as of today, the Pope is German. Pope Benedict XVI. Unnamed Mmm. Pope Bent Dick! Well I'll be a monkey's uncle! Interlocutor It's Benedict. He's the oldest Pope in 75 years. Unnamed I reckon dey be anuddin pretty soon then. I tell ya what though... I thought he'd looked more like his father or at least be named for him or somethin. Interlocutor Father? That's absurd, the Pope is celebit. Unnamed Mmmm, now I had a cousin who used to sell a bit... Interlocutor Celebit means no sex whatsoever. Unnamed Well, dat ain't what it was foe her! Interlocutor No, no, no! Listen, Pope John Paul II, was merely the predessesor to Benedict XVI. The new Pope's real name is Joseph Ratzinger. Unnamed Ratzinger! Sounds more like a rabbi. Interlocutor I assure you the Pope is not Jewish! He is the world leader of Catholicism. Unnamed Mmmm, now I done heard of an embolism... Interlocutor Yes. Unnamed And I heard of an aneurysm... Interlocutor That's right. Unnamed But I ain' NEHHHHHH-VUH [never] hearda no Catholicism! ...and who knows what else... Interlocutor So do you understand? Unnamed Does the Pope shit in the woods? Interlocutor Actually, I don't guess I know... but I think you get the point. |