Market forces will prevail, absolutely, but in my opinion the biggest factor in criticizing comedy should be one question: is it funny? One problem is, or so I

Market forces will prevail, absolutely, but in my opinion the biggest factor in criticizing comedy should be one question: is it funny? One problem is, or so I hear, that people aren't even listening long enough to make that determination. Some people will hear "trigger words" and then it doesn't matter if the joke is funny or not because they've already passed judgement. Take for instance the account of comedian Kurt Metzger beginning one of his bits with "Are you guys for gay marriage? Well I'm not," (I believe it was this joke told in a club [0]) at which point a woman sitting in the front row grabbed a drink, not even her own, and threw it at him because he said he was "against gay marriage". In what world is that okay to do? And of course my analysis of it being a growing trend is purely anecdotal from the shows and festivals I've been to and the podcasts I listen to. [0] http://www.cc.com/video-clips/h6f2uv/stand-up-kurt-metzger--god-sees-everything http://www.cc.com/video-clips/h6f2uv/stand-up-kurt-metzger--...