[bots]

i dont like being told what i should or should not find funny

[Livia]

Originally Posted by MeghansLetterToSanta

i dont like being told what i should or should not find funny

Me neither. Young people are so authoritarian, and this is surely fuelled by them, and if you don't agree with them, you're a bigot.

[Jordan.]

Originally Posted by The Wee Donkey

Alot of comedy has a lot of racist, homophobic and sexiest tendencies and we have moved away from that and as recent comedies have shown you don't actually need those things to be funny

The smart comedians will adapt with the times.

[Captain.Remy]

Originally Posted by The Wee Donkey

Alot of comedy has a lot of racist, homophobic and sexiest tendencies and we have moved away from that and as recent comedies have shown you don't actually need those things to be funny

Exactly! And if you needed to resort to racism, homophobia and sexism to call yourself a comedian, then you were never funny in the first place. So at that point, it's one less cringe comedian out there. The good ones know how to adapt.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Captain.Remy

Exactly! And if you needed to resort to racism, homophobia and sexism to call yourself a comedian, then you were never funny in the first place. So at that point, it's one less cringe comedian out there. The good ones know how to adapt.

I think when it comes to Comedies touching prejudice as a topic is that it is all about the intent.

Like another example that I'd give is Eric Cartman in South Park, a hugely popular character for the Show who is every kind of ist or ism known to mankind, but it's clear that the Show's intent is to laugh at Cartman than with Cartman because the Show understands that his views are horrific in general, but imo is a fun character to watch.

One of the reasons why I find not just Comedy but TV in general so dull nowadays is because characters are too sanitised in what they can and can't do in terms of content.

I'm going off on a tangent here I know, but I watched Angel I think last year now, and some of the things that get said and actually happen in that programme would never get made today, but in some areas it would make the Show far less interesting to me at least.

Personally speaking if a Show came out tomorrow attacking white people in a serious manner I'd just not watch the programme, I don't understand this culture of wanting to censor everything.

[Liam-]

Oh, are people still pretending that comedians aren’t allowed to tell jokes?

[arista]

Originally Posted by NoëlEdmonds

Oh, are people still pretending that comedians aren’t allowed to tell jokes?

On interviews
they have said it.

[rusticgal]

I mean a lot of comic material is basically taking the piss out of someone or something...often a joke at someones expense or a pop at the Irish The Scottish..the English...The Welsh....or taking the piss out of womens behaviour or mens behaviour. Its been going on for years...thats the comical factor. If you cant laugh at yourself if you fall into any of the catagories then you lack a sense of humour....and if you dont like it...turn it off.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by MissyToes

I mean a lot of comic material is basically taking the piss out of someone or something...often a joke at someones expense or a pop at the Irish The Scottish..the English...The Welsh....or taking the piss out of womens behaviour or mens behaviour. Its been going on for years...thats the comical factor. If you cant laugh at yourself if you fall into any of the catagories then you lack a sense of humour....and if you dont like it...turn it off.

100% this.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by MissyToes

I mean a lot of comic material is basically taking the piss out of someone or something...often a joke at someones expense or a pop at the Irish The Scottish..the English...The Welsh....or taking the piss out of womens behaviour or mens behaviour. Its been going on for years...thats the comical factor. If you cant laugh at yourself if you fall into any of the catagories then you lack a sense of humour....and if you dont like it...turn it off.

In the mid-aughts to early teens "we" seemed to collectively understand that taking the piss out of each other is completely harmless, and that in most cases those telling the jokes don't really think the things they're saying.

Comedy has completely lost its teeth in recent years.

That said, my favourite currently running comedy is Not Going Out, and that's just quickfire silly jokes and wordplay. The only thing remotely "problematic" about it is that the cast is all white, but even that's because they're all an extended family.

[smudgie]

We should all be able to have the choice.
Turn something off if it’s the tv or don’t go to a show that you think will offend you.

[Oliver_W]

Little Britain getting yeeted from existence shows how right she is.

[Alf]

The Golden age

Youtube video

[arista]

Originally Posted by Alf

The Golden age

Youtube video

Yes What a Great Black actor.

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Alf

The Golden age

Youtube video

more like the age where people with own opinions were silenced, where racist humour was shoved down everyone's throats

[arista]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

more like the age where people with own opinions were silenced, where racist humour was shoved down everyone's throats

It was the early 1970's


All changed now

[thesheriff443]

If you look at a program like you’ve been framed, it’s actually people having accidents with most getting hurt

Millions have laughed at someone getting hurt.

Real racists real sexist’s real homophobic people don’t laugh at jokes

[arista]

Nice to see
Capt Remy
the old crew

[Nicky91]

Youtube video

me at people who call us woke or cancel culture

ur venomous poison

[Nicky91]

take away Lipman's damehood too please, ungrateful nasty sour woman

they should all have a career like hers