The death of comedy

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(07-25-2018, 02:27 AM)Beaker Wrote: The PC culture is slowly killing comedy.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trevor-noah-under-fire-offensive-104825839.html

The key words in this article are "comedian" and "joke"....not to mention it was 5 years ago.

Jokes are supposed to be offensive. They are supposed to be un-PC. They are supposed to touch on uncomfortable subjects. They are supposed to insult.

Comedians like Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock are no longer playing college campuses due to the overly PC backlash of their routines. College campuses were once the bastion of cutting edge comedy. And guys like Bill Burr get constant flak on social media for things they say during their routines.

Comedians have always walked the edge. Think back to guys like George Carlin and Richard Pryor. Go even further back and guys like Don Rickles made a living off of being abrasive and insulting people.

If you go to a comedy show and hear edgy material, guess what....its a joke. I could say eff 'em if they can't take a joke, but I'm sure the sexual reference would offend someone.

SMH....what are we coming to.

I saw a comedian one time (can't remember his name) on comedy central a while back doing a bit on the word "******".  How people are over sensitive to that word, and while he was doing his bit on this some lady in the audience spoke up and said that her son was "mentally challenged" and she took offense to his term on "******".  Too which he responded something to the effect of "that's ********"  

I use the phrase "that's ********" probably daily.  I have cousin who's daughter is severally mentally and physically challenged and my heart goes out to them.  But ******** people do some goofy shit and sometimes it's funny.