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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
To be clear this isn't a shot at you.
I didn't know that the originals weren't for "public consumption". If that is the case and it is leaked it might be different.
I will say I don't agree with your stand comic show. That cleary is meant for public consumption.
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Wasn't meant as a shot at you either, more-so a comment on the 'outrage culture', as someone else put it, that we seem to get so often these days.
All I was saying is that you can look at it from a comedic point of view or a literal point of view. I choose to take the comedic view, and in that sense, Brocket is gold. But if I, like others, choose to take it seriously then I agree, it'd be horrifying.
On the stand up show bit, I'll take a line from a comedian about this subject. Paraphrasing. "Just because you got offended by something, doesn't now suddenly mean that the comedian meant it and it wasn't just a joke." Like Brocket, context is important. A joke meant for a stand up club might not nessesarily work the same on TMZ or in your living room. In the case of Brocket, what was funny for a bunch of guys working at a radio station might not be funny for everyone else because it's not the same context. You haven't worked with and been around the people they're parodying, so already you're not in the right context to view it the same.
So I guess the bigger discussion here is the age old debate on whether or not jokes should be taken seriously, and where the line is drawn when it comes to comedy.