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One of the rules of comedy is that if you don't want to be an ass, you punch up; not down. It's why you make fun of wealthy people but not children with Down's
by hotpotamus 3y ago
One of the rules of comedy is that if you don't want to be an ass, you punch up; not down. It's why you make fun of wealthy people but not children with Down's Syndrome. As far as to the existence of American Exceptionalism, and what it means, I think that's beyond me.
- brigadier132 3y ago> One of the rules of comedy is that if you don't want to be an ass, you punch up; not down Seems like a self serving made up rule. Especially now that everyone has found some way to be a victim.
- hotpotamus 3y agoThe funny thing is that the people who feel aggrieved that "everyone has found some way to be a victim" are finding their own way to become a victim. The snake is really eating its tail.
- brigadier132 3y ago> The funny thing is that the people who feel aggrieved that "everyone has found some way to be a victim" Explain how I'm claiming to be a victim. Does calling out spineless and characterless people imply I've been victimized?
- hotpotamus 3y agoAre you one of the people who feel aggrieved at victim culture?
- brigadier132 3y agoNo, I've benefited from it because I'm "hispanic".
- unsupp0rted 3y agoComedy is a lot funnier when comedians work outside the rules
- ilyt 3y ago> One of the rules of comedy is that if you don't want to be an ass, you punch up; not down. That's "rule" of twitter snowflakes that have hobby of being offended in stead of someone else. > It's why you make fun of wealthy people but not children with Down's Syndrome. What about wealthy person with down syndrome ? What about criminals that's clearly "down" in the ladder, is it fine to make joke about them ? No, it's not because "up or down", it's because generally someone's physical condition that they can't change is hard to make good joke about, aside from the obvious schoolyard insults. Like, c'mon, we had dark humor for centuries now, it's not new...
- hotpotamus 3y agoI don't entirely get what you're trying to say here, but I think perhaps it would be helpful to think of it more in terms of power than physical condition. It's not really an example from the world of comedy, but as an example, think about how much offense Hillary Clinton generated when she made her "deplorables" comment. It's because she was an elite punching down at the downtrodden, right? I'd also add that the word "rule" is probably a bit strong. I'd say that comedy is very results oriented in that comedians mostly seem to do their writing by interacting with audiences and just repeating what works. They probably really only have guidelines at best.
- archagon 3y agoI don’t disagree with your point, but I’m pretty sure most of the controversy around “deplorables” was manufactured by right-wing media. Clinton was rightfully calling out the toxic bully culture of the Trump sphere. Y’know, “he's not hurting the people he needs to be hurting.”