Lost Laughs in Leisure Suit Larry

Re:Lost Laughs in Leisure Suit Larry by kbenson on Friday October 06, 2017 @04:26PM (#15420150)

Really? Tell that to Mel Brooks and Sarah Silverman. [1][2] Comedians routinely joke about the holocaust, and have for decades.

1: https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/the-thing-abou...

2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8z5wBwY5Zw

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Re:Lost Laughs in Leisure Suit Larry by enraged_camel on Saturday October 07, 2017 @01:45AM (#15422447)

What about child porn? Pedophilia? Human trafficking?

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Re:Lost Laughs in Leisure Suit Larry by kbenson on Saturday October 07, 2017 @02:10AM (#15422495)

I'm utterly confident that if I looked I could find examples of comedians telling jokes about those subjects and audiences laughing.

For example, I just searched Google for "comedian pedophilia joke" and the first result is about Louis C.K. doing one during an SNL monologue.

Nothing is off limits in comedy. Plenty of stuff is in bad taste, but as long as the comedian is actually trying to be funny I think most or at least many other comedians will back them up.

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Re:Lost Laughs in Leisure Suit Larry by tinus_hn on Sunday October 08, 2017 @05:04PM (#15429993)

There’s plenty of jokes about the abuse of children by the church.

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