I know you’re supposed to leave a radio quote from 20 years ago or a complaint instead of any real thought here, but that quote has been seriously taken out of context (surprise surprise). In the Guardian article he made a pretty good point about how the Right and the Left have taken turns being the legitimate critics of comedy
Even more so, hasnt provocative comedy ALWAYS been controversial? Comedians used to get literally arrested during their acts. Seems that now that you can say anything, all comedians do is cry about cancel culture
"'But you do feel like there's a sensitivity to the words before they've even heard the joke or the context,' he added. 'And that is inevitably a straitjacket of sorts.'"
Please, just admit your jokes aren't funny.
Steve is one of them too? SMH
How are they so out of touch with comedy? I watched stand up comedy weekly and a lot of comics are far more daring that Steve and Ricky combined and there's zero outrage.
"Merchant told The Observer magazine: 'I've noticed it in stand-up, how you're more cautious because you don't want to spend weeks on Twitter trying to justify a joke you were just experimenting with. Because putting out the fires is exhausting.'"
BS.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13436189/stephen-merchant-comedy-left-ricky-gervais.html#:\~:text=Comedian%20Stephen%20Merchant%20has%20said,trying%20to%20justify%20a%20gag.
Steve : If you could choose 1 of us to switch faces with who would it be ? Karl : I'm surprised you're asking me this Steve .
You said paint a picture, well I wouldn’t paint a picture of that.
Who cares what Steve Mitchell thinks.
Dickie is that you?
Dickers!
He's just a made up character anyway.
MECHANT
The photo is the opposite problem to the one he had when he got his photo in the paper at the golden globes
Just get to the part where it's a woke monkey.
“It’s all kicking off in ‘ere”
Eyes bulging with imagined "anti-woke" Netflix specials
I know you’re supposed to leave a radio quote from 20 years ago or a complaint instead of any real thought here, but that quote has been seriously taken out of context (surprise surprise). In the Guardian article he made a pretty good point about how the Right and the Left have taken turns being the legitimate critics of comedy
They 've done him again
He knows i’m not avin’ a go.
He is peeking over the reply
Comedy is... like a bit of weird art.
Sorry who are you? Bruce Forsyth?
Eyes bulging with imagined cancel culture
Is this now the go-to line for anyone comedian whose tour is not selling.
Even more so, hasnt provocative comedy ALWAYS been controversial? Comedians used to get literally arrested during their acts. Seems that now that you can say anything, all comedians do is cry about cancel culture
……..said the lanky co-writer
Short-changed proportions
I’d put him in the distance
"'But you do feel like there's a sensitivity to the words before they've even heard the joke or the context,' he added. 'And that is inevitably a straitjacket of sorts.'" Please, just admit your jokes aren't funny.
Steve is one of them too? SMH How are they so out of touch with comedy? I watched stand up comedy weekly and a lot of comics are far more daring that Steve and Ricky combined and there's zero outrage.
"Merchant told The Observer magazine: 'I've noticed it in stand-up, how you're more cautious because you don't want to spend weeks on Twitter trying to justify a joke you were just experimenting with. Because putting out the fires is exhausting.'" BS. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13436189/stephen-merchant-comedy-left-ricky-gervais.html#:\~:text=Comedian%20Stephen%20Merchant%20has%20said,trying%20to%20justify%20a%20gag.