I don't think this has been discussed here.
I've been reading up on the Daniel Tosh rape joke controversy. For those not in the know, here's the blog that started it all:
http://breakfastcookie.tumblr.com/post/26879625651/so-a-girl-walks-into-a-comedy-club. There are conflicting stories about how much is truth and how much isn't. The point no one disagrees on is that he TOLD the actual joke, but some disagreement on context, severity, if woman actually walked out, etc.
My $.02: I miss the cents key. Also, I tend to err on the side of comedy. I mean, I never thought cancer could be funny until I saw one of my professors do a one-woman show about her breast cancer treatment that was poignant and hilarious at the same time. And the Archer episodes about cancer are some of the best there are. Sometimes being able to laugh about something so inordinately painful can be really healing.
Thoughts?
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i don't find race jokes funny. not all jokes are for all people.
comedians are such divas. people will be offended; they need to just own it and move on.
I'm not really sure. I really enjoy the nasty comedy of Daniel Tosh and Louis C.K. so I'm sort of wondering if this woman knew anything about Tosh's comedy before she went to see him. I think it's absolutely expected of him to say things like that.
I usually side with comedians, but on this one...? Not so sure.
However, that is not what Daniel Tosh did at all. I'm not a big fan of his brand of humor as a whole. I feel like he gets laughs from making people uncomfortable and he took it way too far.
it's gaslighting on his part -- it's a way of saying that someone is crazy and they are not "right" to feel the way they feel.