The Strange Death of Comedy

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🗓️ 11 January 2019

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Tell a joke now and who knows who you might offend? Identity politics is taking the fun out of just about everything. This is – no fooling – a very serious problem. Actor/Comedian Owen Benjamin explains why and what needs to be done about it.

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0:00.0	Three white men walk into a bar.
0:02.4	You're a racist.
0:03.9	Is that a joke?
0:05.3	And today's hypersensitive world,
0:06.6	it's hard to know what's funny anymore.
0:08.6	And as someone who makes his living as a comedian,
0:11.3	that's a big problem.
0:13.1	Ashtery Seinfeld, he's announced he won't play college campuses.
0:17.2	He doesn't want to deal with all the political correctness.
0:19.7	And he's not exactly edgy.
0:22.4	Comedy is important.
0:23.9	Why?
0:24.6	Because it's a pressure valve that allows us
0:27.5	to discuss uncomfortable truths in a friendly way.
0:30.9	Laps are better than punches.
0:34.2	But identity politics is killing the gag.
0:36.7	How many times have you heard someone say something like this?
0:39.6	You're not black, so you don't know what it's like to be me.
0:43.0	You're a man, so you can't have an opinion
0:45.3	about any issues affecting women.
0:47.6	As a left-handed pansexual, Lappercone,
0:50.8	only I really know about elevator safety.
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