"Now that the bimbo is politically incorrect and has all but disappeared, could this be a slightly perverse backlash?"
They're entertaining because they pull at threads, because they're slightly perverse.
It does make for some slightly perverse outcomes.
Eddy thought these obscure references to the people who had spent fourteen years abusing him strange, sad, and slightly perverse, but there they were.
This had a slightly perverse effect, as some weaker players who formerly played every minute were forced to the bench by the newly arrived stars.
But sooner or later you'll discover a slightly perverse anti-feature.
To want to play this material for belly laughs, or even make it explicit, is a slightly perverse notion.
Some of the games seem slightly perverse.
We also know that they may react in a slightly perverse way to our advertising.
In a slightly perverse way, it's a compliment.