Julia Louis-Dreyfus says comedians complaining about political correctness is a 'red flag': 'I believe being aware of certain sensitivities is not a bad thing.'
    • PhlubbaDubba@lemm.eeEnglish
      65·
      22 days ago

      Or how about focus on actually being funny instead of telling your audience they’re violating the sacrosanctity of da funniez by not laughing by the 3rd time you’ve dropped an N bomb like it’s the funniest shit ever conceived.

    • owenfromcanada@lemmy.worldEnglish
      40·
      22 days ago

      In comedy, things are funny if your audience thinks they’re funny. If your material isn’t received well, you’re targeting the wrong audience. If your material isn’t received well by anybody, the problem is you.

    • Couldbealeotard@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      22 days ago

      Everything can be funny, but that doesn’t mean any joke is funny. You still have to approach difficult subject matters with a certain art.

    • kaffiene@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      21 days ago

      Bullshit. Utter bullshit. There are and always have been topics that are not socially acceptable. That’s not PC gone mad, that’s being a functioning human being in a society

      • vga@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        6·
        21 days ago

        And it has always been a job of comedians to stretch the limits of social acceptance. It’s not the only way to do comedy, but it’s one of them.

    • Fedizen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      22 days ago

      Tell me you don’t understand the concept of an audience without saying the word “audience”.

      Its practically routine and obvious that if you have a joke that makes fun of a sports team it will not always land as well in that teams home town. That’s not “censorship” that’s fucking knowing your audience.

      If you don’t know your audience you can bomb pretty hard.