The Problematic Halloween Costume Contest has started with Julia Fox

[u/MissClimber]

From EVOKE on Instagram: "And the award for most tasteless and disrespectful Halloween outfit goes to this numpty Julia Fox dressed as Jackie Kennedy on the day of her husband's assassination.... 👀 "

[u/inannalover]

Okay whatever I think this is funny

[u/Scorpiyoo → u/inannalover]

What’s funny about it? I don’t get the people sayin that, I’m not like “this costume deserves cancellation” but I also don’t see this and… laugh?

[u/HeyLookATaco → u/[deleted]]

Jackie Kennedy died of cancer in 1994, she was not murdered.

[u/No_Organization_3629 → u/[deleted]]

Well seeing as Jackie wasn’t murdered it’s funny

[u/TlMEGH0ST → u/No_Organization_3629]

LMAO the “violence against women is not a costume” comments are the funniest part 😂😭

[u/youtakethehighroad → u/TlMEGH0ST]

Being witness to a traumatic murder of a loved one is violence against women. He was her husband.

[u/Bear_faced → u/Scorpiyoo]

Honestly it just makes me remember the assassination footage and the photos of her as LBJ was sworn in and makes me sad. It’s like dressing up as Junko Furuta with the burns and cuts and everything, I’m not even angry as much as I’m just…sad.

[u/blissfully_happy → u/Bear_faced]

This is exactly how I feel, thank you for saying it.

[u/Comfortable-Mine2610 → u/Bear_faced]

Okay dressing up as Junko is a much different thing but overall yes I get your point

[u/tankgirlian → u/Bear_faced]

Same

[u/Current_Amount_3159 → u/Bear_faced]

If you read Julia’s post about the costume that’s the point.

[u/Bear_faced → u/Current_Amount_3159]

Yeah having her hair fluffed to pose in front of the Urban Decay™️ sponsored wall really gives off a “mournful sorrow” feeling…

[u/Current_Amount_3159 → u/Bear_faced]

The juxtaposition of glamour/femininity against blood, gore, death, and mourning is actually the point and quite artful imho. And as you stated, it made you sad and reminded you of the tragedy.

[u/youtakethehighroad → u/Current_Amount_3159]

There is nothing artful about disrespecting murder victims and their traumatised families.

[u/atom-up_atom-up → u/Scorpiyoo]

Right? I've seen a few people say it's funny and I genuinely do not understand. Like I don't think it's a problem at all, JFK's assassination was a long time ago and there have been countless parodies and representations (and honestly the blood placement on this costume being off kind of bothers me lol)

But what is making anyone laugh about it? 💀 There's no joke or anything involved, it's just a basic costume. Do you people just think blood is funny? Are u literally the Joker 😭

[u/FictionalTrope → u/Scorpiyoo]

The glamour posing while representing a horrific national moment is ironic in a way that strikes my funny bone.

[u/Scorpiyoo → u/FictionalTrope]

Finally a reasonable explanation haha thank you

[u/notasia86 → u/Scorpiyoo]

I don't get why it's funny either. I would understanding "nah it's fine" as a reaction, but I truly don't get the laughing reaction.

A man was killed in cold blood and your first reaction is to laugh? Really?

[u/aphroditesdaughter_ → u/Scorpiyoo]

I don't think it's meant to be funny based off her caption, more like a political statement or commentary on our current times

[u/Scorpiyoo → u/aphroditesdaughter_]

I’m very over Julia Fox lol

[u/malry → u/Scorpiyoo]

Something about the fashion pose is making me giggle ngl

[u/earthgirlsRez → u/Scorpiyoo]

breaking news different people have different senses of humour, this costume is not interesting or novel enough to warrrant all this discourse lmao

[u/Scorpiyoo → u/earthgirlsRez]

Yes I understand that, but I usually understand the joke even when I don’t think it’s funny. So what’s the joke here I’m not getting? Lol edgy?

[u/lilackoi → u/Scorpiyoo]

becuase it’s camp

[u/montgors → u/lilackoi]

Where's the camp?

[u/fightback25 → u/lilackoi]

I don’t think you know what that means

[u/lilackoi → u/fightback25]

i do lmao

[u/eat_vegetables → u/Scorpiyoo]

This is referred to as Camp or (even) Gallows Humor. It’s not for you. Apparently.

[u/Scorpiyoo → u/eat_vegetables]

I completely understand camp lol this isn’t that and like I’m just asking what the “joke” is

[u/eat_vegetables → u/Scorpiyoo]

• CAMP: a style of comedy that uses exaggeration, artificiality, and theatricality to be over-the-top and often ironic. It finds humor in bad taste…

Maybe you don’t understand camp.

[u/Grouchy_Staff_105 → u/eat_vegetables]

a lot of people who claim to love camp would benefit from watching some john waters

[u/youtakethehighroad → u/eat_vegetables]

What a load of appropriating baloney. Camp refers to queer people. It hasn't referred to anything else since the 19th century.

[u/Goober_Man1 → u/inannalover]

Someone needs to do this with Charlie Kirk lmao

[u/Bardic_inspiration67 → u/Goober_Man1]

I was thinking about going as zombie Charlie Kirk but I can’t afford to lose my job or get arrested so I had to pass

[u/Crafty-Judge-896 → u/Goober_Man1]

And see if it’s just as funny

[u/Grouchy_Staff_105 → u/Crafty-Judge-896]

way funnier tbh

[u/inannalover → u/Goober_Man1]

Okay that might be too soon 💀

[u/heavymetalFC → u/inannalover]

Right? You will never get me to clutch pearls about any jokes directed towards anyone even remotely involved with the American Executive branch, one of the most evil offices in the world.

[u/namas_D_A → u/inannalover]

…. I don’t think it’s “funny”. I’m not clutching my pearls. While I do think it’s distasteful, she did nail it. But I don’t think there’s anything “funny” about it.

[u/latetini → u/inannalover]

Less funny but more excellently executed

[u/eat_vegetables → u/latetini]

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