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.
