Can We Take a Joke? (2015)

Can We Take a Joke?: Directed by Ted Balaker. With Adam Carolla, Bob Corn-Revere, Noam Dworman, Karith Foster. An examination of Western society’s apparent contemporary intolerance of edgy humor by comedians.

“Comedy, good comedy, should entertain as well as inform. And yet too often now we see comedians having to apologize for things they said in their set because the PC brigade has gotten their panties in a twist.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI donu0026#39;t agree with all the comedians here. Some of them I literally canu0026#39;t stand to listen to. But that doesnu0026#39;t mean I feel they need to be silenced. The problem is coming from a small group of people that think they know better than you and are doing this to protect you from things they donu0026#39;t want you to hear. Well I say no thank you. While I agree that some jokes arenu0026#39;t funny, I donu0026#39;t feel that there are topics that shouldnu0026#39;t be joked about or even better still some topics that canu0026#39;t be discussed in a rational manner.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eComics like Lenny Bruce challenged societal norms by using language we considered off limits back in the day. Others like George Carlin were unabashedly for free speech and skewering the sacred cows of the establishment. And thatu0026#39;s the key here. Good comedy has always been anti-establishment. Thereu0026#39;s always been this relationship between good comedy and social norms and I donu0026#39;t feel that that should be a reason not to see or listen to a comedian.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere are good points to be made, on both sides mind you, but not all the points are worthy enough to enact actual change. Personally I will continue to watch these comedians I like and hope that their edge isnu0026#39;t dulled by too much SJW and PC backlash.”