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What's offensive? Cheap gags | Chortle
Posted by Chortle 170 days ago in stand-up
"The most offensive thing a comedian can do is go for the cheap laugh, a panel of stand-ups concluded today. Discussing the boundaries of comedy, performers agreed that using supposedly shock tactics - such as mentioning rape or paedophilia - without being able to justify the material was the worst offence a comic could commit."
 

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Written by ChadRiden, 170 days ago.
I'm glad people are starting to realize and vocalize that notion. The rape-y-ness of the current crop of open mic'ers around the country has been irritating me for several years. Just know this: it's not shocking or edgy or pushing the envelope (or whatever you kids say) if someone says virtually the same thing at every other open mic night in every other city (and they do). See also: "dead hooker."
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