A couple attending an art exhibition at the National
Gallery were staring at a portrait that had them
completely confused.
The painting depicted three very black and totally
naked men sitting on a park bench.
Two of the figures had black weenies, but the one
in the middle had a pink weenie.
The curator of the gallery realized that they were
having trouble interpreting the painting and offered
his assessment.
He went on for nearly half an hour explaining how it depicted the sexual emasculation of African-Americans in a predominately white, atriarchal society.
'In fact,' he pointed out, 'some serious critics believe that the pink weenie also reflects the cultural and sociological oppression experienced by gay men in contemporary society.'
After the curator left, a young man in a Kentucky
T-shirt approached the couple and said, 'Would you
like to know what the painting is really about?'
'Now why would you claim to be more of an expert than
The curator of the gallery?' asked the couple.
'Because I'm the guy who painted it,' he replied. 'In
fact, there are no African-Americans depicted at all.
They're just three West Virginia coal miners, and the guy in the middle went home for lunch.
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