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Posted bysaucein/reads-Oct 18, 2016 at 11:47 PM

Is satire dead? Armando Iannucci and others on why there are so few laughs these days

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Is satire dead? Armando Iannucci and others on why there are so few laughs these days

It has become a commonplace to remark on the hyper-sensitivity of the culture; a person saying a vile thing can never be debated, but only no-platformed. A person who once debated another person who went on to say a vile thing thereby shared a platform.

theguardian.com
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  • Twining_IvyOct 19, 2016 at 2:30 AM

    Hear hear. That was an encouraging read. There will always be a place for the delicate backhander or the irreverent take-down of autocrats and zealots.

  • silverwingedseraphOct 20, 2016 at 1:33 PM

    Nah. There are plenty of laughs these days. If you can't make jokes without basing them on oppressive and fundamentally insensitive ideas, you're just a bad comedian.

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