BONUS EPISODE: Waspocalypse Now
Added 2018-04-17 21:30:59 +0000 UTCAndrew & Theo are following up on the quest to find a funny conservative comedian (it isn't going well). Is there an example of "offensive" jokes that is still well-structured comedy? We also weigh in on the Apu issue in The Simpsons and check in on local wasp news.
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im phoneposting so i cant easily look up where i first heard this, but i interpret the conservative comedian issue as: the general form of jokes relies on an existing or contructed norm being subverted. so for jokes that are on the progressive/conservative spectrum, conservative comedians have a much harder job to make a joke that subverts expectations ("i think things are good now/should go back to how things were") without overstepping the bounds and appearing homophobic/racist/sexist. of course doing that deliberately for shock value is a valid form of comedy but as you mention, the ones getting away with this often arent doing it for political reasons
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Justin McCulloch
2018-04-19 06:04:01 +0000 UTC
