Has Inclusion Killed Comedy?
From what I remember comedy used to be pretty much, ‘Make fun of whoever’s not in the room (for better or worse) while not being afraid to laugh at yourself too.’ If it’s a black comedy, parody yourself while making fun of white people. If it’s a women’s comedy, parody yourself while making fun of men. So on and so forth but this gets old & the true classic comedies are those that take risks, pretty much the movies that couldn’t be made in 2023 Hollywood without getting cancelled today. I’m looking at you ‘Tropic Thunder’ (one of my all time favorite comedies). Now that everyone has entered the chat via the internet, it seems comedy will almost always offend someone. The question is, is that the only way & also is it worth it? When I think of intentionally offensive comedy the first people I immediately think of are Ricky Gervais & Louis CK. They go WAY out of their way through their stand up to intentionally offend people in a way that gets them to burst out laughing. Th