When will Comedy End?

context is subjective, I think we need to agree to disagree…if people can be grown up about it and appreciate it’s ‘of its time’… all the better..

one of the best comedy programs ever to come out of Britain was Steptoe and Son..

you could claim elements were sexist, homophobic, racist, misogynistic… it probably to a point was.. but Galton and Simpson made sure the joke was always on the two main protagonists… it took the piss out of everyone, laughed at everyone….

I think I get worked up more by people saying "N word" as opposed to the word nigger. It's the most mealy mouthed alternative for something that I can think of.

Of course, I don't believe that anyone should be using the word outside of a discussion due it's ability to cause the offence that it does. But the use of the "N word" replacement just makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

You've never been in the wokwism of the day thread - they're not finding this stuff by accident!

I should have ellaborated.

When it was suggested about exaggerating, it seems to me that the outrage already is exaggerated. If it was to go any further (even in some cases as it is now) in terms of what should be cancelled it would have to be asked who is making the boundaries.

Almost everything can be deemed offensive to somebody. No more My wife,Mother in law, husband, son, daughter, sister, brother etc.. No more joking about certain food groups, especially not the ones I eat. No more joking about rainy days, as people with depression could find those days are worse for them etc.

Could be comedy will have to come with rating on how thick skinned you are so some people can enjoy it.

Very thick down to no skin.

I probably wouldn't want to go to the very thick skinned gigs, but that would be my choice. As it would of the thin skinners not to watch or listen to the medium skin stuff etc..

I think I agree to a certain extent but I would say that the outrage is being exaggerated by those who want to be outraged by the outrage. If you look at the world and the overall comedy scene very little and very few have been cancelled culturally. Someone above mentioned how ironic it was that the woke generation grew up with the likes of South Park, The Simpsons, The Office, none of which have been cancelled. The Simpsons faced some backlash for the character of Apu because society around it progressed and it didn't keep up, a perfect example of comedy adapting.

I still disagree that all humour can be designated offensive but it's tricky because I don't know how we're measuring offence - some people find bad language offensive. To suggest that we are heading in a direction where jokes about rainy days are will be considered offensive is complete hyperbole.

Comedy is an infinitily wide spectrum and it can take many forms from visual to aural to written. Comedy that plays on stereotypes or targets minorities in a mean spirited way is waining in popularity but as I think I said before, if anyone thinks that signals the end of comedy then they have a very narrow sense of humour.

My post wasn't meant to be a barb at you. Relax.

Was Fr Ted impersonating a chinaman racist ?

Soon you won’t be able to take the piss out of anybody, comedy will be of the standard episode of 2.4 children.

watch it back again.

I just find that using "N word" when people want to say the word "nigger" to be a bit silly, that's all. Everyone knows the word they want to say, so people should just say the word. Simply saying the word in a discussion shouldn't offend anyone. It's the context that matters. So, in essence, I am in agreement with what Drumpot is saying. That people getting worked up over a word (any word) is "all wrong".

It's understandable that some people may bristle at the word, but hiding behind "N word" tends to make me bristle more.

It's no biggie.

Isn't it a neat convention to allow everyone to discuss the concept and differentiate between those who want to cause offence and those who want to discuss it without causing offence?

I have no great desire to say the actual word when I know it causes so much offence. If I want to discuss the concept then the word I want to use is the one that conveys my meaning clearly.

Thanks. That's kinda what I waw wondering. It's consensual if you join a brotherhood of comedians who roast you, you know what's coming. I've just been wondering about the move from comedy being focuses on groups, to individuals. Roasting a consenting individual is fine, they can say whatever they agree to because they're in on the joke. It's not the same when it's a private individual

Ricky Gervais the latest. I'm surprise Frankie Boyle hasn't done anything to make papers yet (on that scale), or that I've seen. So far I've only seen Jimmy Carr and Dave Chapelle. It's boards, so I expect a load on here dislike him anyway...