When we talk about “bad comedians” we are referring to those comedians that use ethnic jokes or joke about people less fortunate than themselves. For example “Joe was so fat, when he stepped on the scale it said: to be continued.” If jokes like this were repeatedly aimed at someone in a school playground, or in the workplace, it would not be appropriate and the teller of the joke would be branded a bully. So why is it suddenly OK to demoralise people when these bullies get a stage and an audience?
It could be argued that comedians are just bullies, getting their confidence and thrills from putting other people down.
It could be argued that comedians are just bullies, getting their confidence and thrills from putting other people down.
Throughout my blogs I have raised the issue of superiority. People who act “badly” appear to have a superiority complex; that rules or morals don’t apply to them
as they feel that they are bigger, better, and cleverer than other people, or societies rules/norms. So turning on the TV and seeing a man put down black people and watching 100 people laugh at it on screen is just adding to the fuel of racism and justifying racists views. Or is the comedian mocking the view of the racist? Is it a satirical view of a racists stupidity and blind-sightedness? Who knows, it could be either one.
as they feel that they are bigger, better, and cleverer than other people, or societies rules/norms. So turning on the TV and seeing a man put down black people and watching 100 people laugh at it on screen is just adding to the fuel of racism and justifying racists views. Or is the comedian mocking the view of the racist? Is it a satirical view of a racists stupidity and blind-sightedness? Who knows, it could be either one.
Humour makes the world go around, without laughter we would all be miserable! But laughing at other people’s misfortunes is usually what makes us smile! Does someone slipping in a banana skin make you laugh? That’s someone’s misfortune! But there is a fine line between laughing at a fall, and mocking someone’s way of life because its seen as an inferior way of living.
There’s a fine line between what is an acceptable level of mocking someone’s faults and what is not! And it appears that if that person can laugh with you at their faults, it defiantly is acceptable. But its difficult not to cross the line.
Jimmy Carr is a so called “bad comedian” and he’s is hugely popular in society at the moment. Go to http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2006/jan/05/raceintheuk.bbc for an insight into the kind of jokes he has offended people by.
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