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Felipe
Posted: May 29th, 2013, 2:43pm Report to Moderator
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Yes, brilliant.

Regarding the quote, "if your comedy isn't offending someone, then you're doing something wrong," I unfortunately have to agree... but not for the obvious reason.

I don't think comedians should set out to offend, they should set out to make people laugh. The fact of the matter is, the world is hyper-sensitive to everything these days and you can't fart without a group of protesters following the cloud. That's what sucks and that's what makes the quote true. If you make a racial (not racist) joke where the butt of the joke is the racist and not the race, there will still be people offended by it.

So if your jokes offend no one, you're probably not going get any laughs either.


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James McClung
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Honestly, man, it's hard to tell whether your screenplay is offensive or not. The only way to tell for sure would be to read it. From what little you've given us, it seems like it wouldn't be but having not read it, it could be totally backwards and ignorant for all I know. That said, I think you should use your own judgment and not worry what others think. I think a lot of the time, the people who get offended go looking for what offends them and more often than not, they'll find it, even if it's not there at all. You won't be able to stop that no matter what the presentation is unless, in this case, you take the prospective offended party off the table completely.


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