Some interesting insight about the fallout from old tweets by the new host of "The Daily Show" and the world of comedy by Guy Branum, whom you might recognize from his time on "Chelsea Lately":
Twitter is a river of content quickly flowing past. It feels like a safe place to toss out an idea, see if it succeeds or fails, then move along. In that way, it feels very much like an open mike. Forums where people can try out jokes and ideas are key to development as a stand-up. No comic is good at the beginning, no joke begins perfectly polished, and our art form is unique in that it cannot be practiced in private. For stand-up to get good, it requires a fair amount of public failure. Traditionally, that failure was ephemeral, but in a world of camera phones, blogs and Twitter, comedians’ growing pains can now be well documented.Read HERE.
I, for one, am exhausted by people's insatiable desire to be offended, but what do I know?
P.S. Patton Oswalt had, um, feelings about the subject too. Read HERE.
1 comment:
I'm with you here. It's gotten to the point where I don't even bother with Towleroad anymore because their writers are always offended by something. It's like the incessant discussions about climate change – the more you talk about it, the less people listen. And it seems like lately there's always a self-righteous, attention-starved activist ready to take up any cause.
There's a "sticks and stones" cliche from childhood that comes to mind. I can't be offended by the words of someone I don't know, much less care about. But I get in trouble when I tell people to buck up. I can understand children being upset, but adults get to choose their reactions. It's disappointing that so many choose to be offended.
I had never even heard of Trevor Noah before all this brouhaha – all the activists have accomplished is to make him more famous than he was before. Comedy Central's gotta be happy about all the free publicity.
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