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Pieing is the act of throwing a pie at someone. A pie is a baked dish which is usually made of a Pastry dough shell that covers or completely contains a filling of various sweet or Savoury ingredients Originally a staple of slapstick comedy, pieing has also come to be used for political purposes, in which throwing a pie at an authority figure, politician, or celebrity is a means of protesting against the target's political beliefs, or against a perceived flaw — arrogance, hubris — in the target's character. Slapstick is a type of Comedy involving exaggerated physical violence or activities which exceed the boundaries of common sense such as a character being hit in the face with Hubris, sometimes spelled hybris ( Ancient Greek ὕβρις is a term used in modern English to indicate overweening Pride, self-confidence (A variation of pieing, when the target is hit with a cake instead of a pie, is called "caking". Cake is a form of Food that is usually sweet and often baked. )

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The political act of pieing has its origins in the "pie in the face" gag from slapstick comedy (first popularized by movie director Mack Sennett around the year 1914 in his Keystone Cops silent movies). Slapstick is a type of Comedy involving exaggerated physical violence or activities which exceed the boundaries of common sense such as a character being hit in the face with A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Mack Sennett ( January 17, 1880 &ndash November 5, 1960) was an Academy Award -winning director and was known as the innovator The Keystone Cops was a series of Silent film comedies featuring a totally incompetent group of Policemen produced by Mack Sennett for his Throwing pies as a comedy staple came into its own in the Laurel & Hardy classic short film, "Battle of the Century" (1927)[1] which, according to legend, required four thousand pies. Laurel and Hardy were the popular American -based comedy team of thin British-born Stan Laurel (1890-1965 and heavy American-born Oliver Hardy (1892-1957 Pie-throwing became a convention of early slapstick movies made by the Three Stooges,[2][3] and others. The Three Stooges were an American Vaudeville and Comedy act of the early to mid–20th century best known for their numerous Short subject films Other comedians and cartoon characters famous for pieing are Bugs Bunny, Charlie Chaplin, Monty Python, and Soupy Sales. Clyde Rabbit (uncleMrs Bugs Bunny (wifePapa Bunny (fatherMama Bunny (motherRugs Bunny Monty Python (sometimes known as The Pythons) is the collective name of the six creators of Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British Television Soupy Sales (born Milton Supman on January 8, 1926) is an American Comedian and Actor.

The probable originator of pieing as a political act was Thomas King Forcade the founder of High Times magazine. Thomas King Forçade, known as Tom Forcade was an underground press reporter and activist in the 1970s High Times is a New York City-based Magazine. The publication strongly advocates the legalization of cannabis. In 1970 Forcade pied Otto N. Larsen, the Chairman of the President's Commission on Obscenity and Pornography, this has been called the first Yippie pieing. A 1968 United States Supreme Court decision which held that people could view whatever they wished in the privacy of their own homes caused the United States Congress The Youth International Party, whose members were commonly called Yippies, was a highly theatrical and Anti-authoritarian Political party established in [4] [5] Aron Kay, also a Yippie, went on to take up Forcade's pieing tactics and pied singer and anti-gay-rights activist Anita Bryant in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1977 (audio footage of the incident is included in the Chumbawamba song Just Desserts, a homage to the concept of pieing). Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender social movements share related goals of social acceptance of Homosexuality, Bisexuality and Transgenderism Lesbian Anita Jane Bryant (born March 25, 1940, in Barnsdall Oklahoma) is an American Singer. Chumbawamba are an English band who began their career playing Anarcho-punk, but over a 25-year career have gone on to play music ranging from pop -influenced [6] Kay subsequently pied, among many others, William F. Buckley, G. Gordon Liddy, E. Howard Hunt, William Shatner, and Andy Warhol. William Frank Buckley Jr ( November 24 1925  – February 27 2008) was an American Author and conservative George Gordon Battle Liddy (born November 30, 1930) was the chief operative for the White House Plumbers unit that existed during several years of Everette Howard Hunt Jr ( October 9 1918 – January 23 2007) was an American Author and spy. William Alan Shatner (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian double Emmy - Golden Globe - and Saturn Award -winning For the song by David Bowie, see Andy Warhol (song. Andrew Warhola (August 6 1928 &ndash February 22 1987 known as Andy Warhol Kay retired in 1992 after pieing right-wing activist Randall Terry. In Politics, right-wing, the political right, and the Right are positions that uphold traditional values and/or authorities Randall A Terry is an American political and conservative religious activist and musician His exploits live on though. He appears in cartoon form in a 2003 animated music video, "Death penalty for pot" by Benedict Arnold and The Traitors, where he and Dana Beal pie George W. Bush and former U. Dana Beal (born January 9, 1947 in Ravenna Ohio) is an American social and Political activist, best known for his efforts to George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. S. Attorney General John Ashcroft (at 2 minutes and 33 seconds into the video). John David Ashcroft (born May 9 1942) is an American Politician who was the 79th United States Attorney General. [7]

Concerning Kay a November 12, 1998 San Francisco Examiner article writes: "He considers the Three Stooges, whom he began watching on TV as a kid, as the true fathers of pie-throwing. Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The San Francisco Examiner is a US daily Newspaper. It has been published continuously in San Francisco, California, since "[3]

Recently, the Belgian anarchist and surrealist Noël Godin has gained a following for pieing figures whom he believes take themselves too seriously, most notably Bill Gates and filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard during the Cannes Film Festival. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Anarchism is a Political philosophy encompassing theories and attitudes which support the elimination of all compulsory Government, i Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early-1920s and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members Noël Godin (born September 13, 1945) is a Belgian writer Critic, Actor and notorious Cream pie flinger or ‘ If you would like to experiment with Wikipedia please copy Jean-Luc Godard (French ʒɑ̃lyk gɔˈdaʀ (born on December 3 1930 is a French and Swiss Filmmaker and one of the founding members of the Nouvelle Vague The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice, His favorite target was Bernard-Henri Lévy. Bernard-Henri Lévy (born November 5, 1948 in Béni Saf, Algeria) is a French Public intellectual and journalist (Godin stated that the men he most desired to pie were Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, John Travolta, Tom Cruise, and Pope John Paul II. William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair (born 6 May 1953 is a British Politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to Thomas Cruise Mapother IV ( born July 3 1962 better known by his screen name Tom Cruise, is an American Actor and Film producer Pope ) Godin's popularity has inspired many copycats. For other uses of the word copycat see Copycat (disambiguation A copycat (also copy-cat or copy

The anonymous Biotic Baking Brigade has pied or attempted to pie, among others, conservative pundits Ann Coulter and David Horowitz; Green Party politician Ralph Nader; and Fred Phelps, the controversial leader of the Westboro Baptist Church. The Biotic Baking Brigade is a loosely connected group of left-wing activists, famous for throwing pies in the faces of such figures as Bill Gates Ann Hart Coulter (born December 8 1961 is an American Political commentator, Syndicated columnist, and best-selling Author. David Joel Horowitz (born January 10, 1939) is an American conservative writer and activist One of the Political parties in the United States, and similar in mission to many of the worldwide Green Parties, the Greens have been active as a third party Ralph Nader (born February 27 1934 is an American Attorney, Author, Lecturer, political activist, and independent candidate for President Fred Waldron Phelps Sr (born November 13 1929 is an The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC is a church headed by Fred Phelps and based in Topeka Kansas, United States. The Canadian group the Entartistes, founded by Rhinoceros Party of Canada founder François Gourd, has also pied many, including then–Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chrétien. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The entartistes are a Canadian satirical political group whose members throw cream pies at political and cultural Policies and politics François Gourd is a Canadian political figure and entertainer who has been involved in the Rhinoceros Party of Canada and the Entartistes, two satirical The Prime Minister of Canada ( French: Premier ministre du Canada) is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien, (generally known as Jean Chrétien) (born January 11, 1934) is a Canadian politician who was the twentieth Prime In 2003 in the city of Calgary they pied Ralph Klein, the premier of the Canadian province of Alberta, saying in their press release: "Is it surprising to see Ralph Klein opposing the Kyoto Accord for the right of big corporations to pollute, the same corporations that finance his campaigns?"[2]

"The pie gives power back to the people because so many feel powerless in the face of big politicians and industrialists", explained Pope-Tart (a pseudonym), a member of the Entartistes. Calgary (ˈkælgəriː is the largest city in the Province of Alberta, Canada Ralph Phillip Klein (born November 1, 1942) was the premier of the Canadian province of Alberta and leader of the Alberta Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905 The Kyoto Protocol is a protocol to the international Framework Convention on Climate Change with the objective of reducing Greenhouse gases in an effort [8] Newsweek columnist Gersh Kuntzman wrote that pieing "deserves to be one of the most celebrated traditions in our so-called culture. Newsweek is an American weekly Newsmagazine published in New York City. Gersh Kuntzman is a New York City -based journalist. Previously he worked for the New York Post, writing the column "MetroGnome" which ran "[6]

Sometimes pieing targets suffer the prank with good humor. Godard was very pleased at being pied; he intervened with the Cannes authorities on behalf of Noël Godin to prevent him from being arrested. Noël Godin (born September 13, 1945) is a Belgian writer Critic, Actor and notorious Cream pie flinger or ‘ By contrast, Bernard-Henri Lévy has on multiple occasions attacked Noël Godin and his followers, and Ann Coulter pressed charges in 2005 when she was pied at the University of Arizona. Noël Godin (born September 13, 1945) is a Belgian writer Critic, Actor and notorious Cream pie flinger or ‘ The University of Arizona (also referred to as UA, U of A, or Arizona) is a Land-grant and space-grant public institution [4] Activist David Horowitz said of his pieing, "These attacks are sinister. The person who throws a pie is saying, ‘I hate you. I don't want you to speak. ' I never saw it coming. And it took away my dignity. When you're lecturing, you're supposed to have an authority. But a pie turns it into a food fight. A food fight is a form of chaotic Collective behavior, in which Food is thrown at others in the manner of Projectiles Food fights may be impromptu examples "[6] Anti-gay activist Anita Bryant said, upon being pied, that at least it was a "fruit" pie, referring to the gay slur. Anita Jane Bryant (born March 25, 1940, in Barnsdall Oklahoma) is an American Singer.

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References

  1. ^ "The Battle of the Century (1927)". These people have been pied (follow the numbered links to see an article photo or video Internet Movie Database.
  2. ^ a b "The Art of Pieing. Nothing cuts through the veneer of the powerful like a banana cream". By Tooker Gomberg. Now (Toronto). NOW is an Alternative newsweekly in Toronto, Canada published by Now Communications Inc. July 17-23, 2003.
  3. ^ a b "A Long Career of Pitching Pastries". By Rachel Gordon. San Francisco Examiner. The San Francisco Examiner is a US daily Newspaper. It has been published continuously in San Francisco, California, since November 12, 1998. Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)
  4. ^ Take Sugar, Eggs, Beliefs . . . And Aim. By Thomas Vinciguerra. New York Times, December 10, 2000
  5. ^ TOM FORÇADE: UNSUNG HERO OF THE COUNTER-CULTURE By Bill Weinberg. Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. World War 4 Report.
  6. ^ a b c "Pie-Faced: Why throwing a pie at someone who deserves it is one of the most celebrated traditions in our so-called culture". By Gersh Kuntzman. Newsweek, April 25, 2005. Newsweek is an American weekly Newsmagazine published in New York City. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
  7. ^ "Death penalty for pot". Aron Kay pieing George Bush and John Ashcroft in an "animated music video (2003) by northern California artist/animator Brad Frost, of the song 'Death Penalty For Pot,' by the band Benedict Arnold & The Traitors. " [1] [2] [3].
  8. ^ "Pied Snipers". By Andrew Duffy. Southam News. January 31, 1999. Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar)

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Dictionary

pieing

-verb

  1. Present participle of pie.

-noun

  1. An instance of throwing a pie at someone, most prominently a politician or other powerful or influential person as a means of protest.
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