Can We Take a Joke?

This was made in 2015-2016things moving so fast its like old news because its so much worse now. They need to make another doc especially since gilbert Gottfried just died and catch up on these comics trying to deal now after the Trump era. As we all know it was just starting to get bad in 2015 as soon as Trump was elected it all went into over drive. I wonder what all those people that were in this movie would say now about where we are with free speech.

The nature and content here are far more evocative and challenging than in most comedy docs. While it's a bit amateurish at times (especially the narration), the discussion of free speech is thoughtful; Jim Norton always surprises me, and Gottfried is just the best. Even the few talking heads I actively dislike who are highlighted here (Lampenelli, Carolla) made me wonder: do I think they should be silenced, should I fold my arms in disgust, or should I just ignore them?

The DVD finally came up in my Netflix queue. It was so on point that I watched it twice. Outrage culture has gone off the rails. In a bit over an hour, this documentary examines in part the history of censorship of comedy and where we have arrived in the last few years as the cry-bullies virtue signal their disapproval of anything that offends them or might offend someone else. So off the scale is the Social Justice Warrior need to control everything, that they are sucking the life out of the world. Comedy tells the truth, like it or not. And the truth is that people like to laugh.

Loved this. I thought it covered an aspect of outrage culture where the people who are mad are not necessarily victims but instead just on a power trip or trying to "pat themselves on the back." The documentary covers different comedy-related incidents that resulted in outrage, all offline. I had no idea cops used to go to comedy clubs and arrest speakers for saying things like "cocksucker." "Is it safe to hold unpopular views on campus?" there are news statistics, etc.

Lost 2 stars for the typography effects at the beginning, a bit too much motion for me.

Must see for anyone who loves comedy, wants to perform or write comedy, is interested in the First Amendment and self-expression and pop culture fanatics.

There is really only one place to look if you want to find those to blame for destroying a generation. College.

However, the seed of the snowflake mentality begins at home. We are raising really soft children (I have a 9 year old). From there our kids are sent thru a school system that reinforces their soft emotion filled lives. Schools (primarily high school) teach kids to go with emotion of practicality. Once they hit college it's reinforced by a overwhelmingly liberal group of professors and teachers that indoctrinate them to tune out subject matter that might hurt students feelings. And all it does is ill-prepare them for the real world where conflicting emotions can be a daily thing to deal with.

I found in my college career (undergraduate and Master's) that most of my profs were either people that had failed in the business world, or were lifelong educators...both groups live in absolute delusion of reality...nuzzled in the bosom of the College or University where tenure creates arrogance. There were a few exceptions...as there always are...but overall it was liberal brainwashing.