“ I will concede the following points that every comedian wants us all so badly to concede: 1) Theoretically, there is no subject that should be considered off-limits for humor. 2) There will always be some example where a performer of extremely high skill can take something very painful and make it work. But... Here's what YOU need to understand: 1) Rape is way, WAY more prevalent than you seem to think it is. Are there more than five women in your audience? You do the math, and then you run the little fantasy scenario that I just put together in your head, and you tell me how it feels. 2) I ain't buying any of that "If I can make jokes about genocide, why can't I make jokes about rape?" Horseshit, unless you made those genocide jokes during a gig at the Srebrenica Funny Bone. You got away with making a joke about genocide because your odds of having a holocaust survivor's kid in the audience were pretty fucking low. And if you did happen to have one in the audience, and he heckled you, walked out, and wrote something nasty on the internet... would you be more likely to be a human being and say "Wow. I can understand why that person's authentic response to what I was doing was so emotional and negative. Maybe my genocide material just isn't good enough to justify the pain that it inflicts. Maybe I need more skill in order to pull this off." Or are you gonna be a lousy piece of shit and say, "Yeah, I apologize, I guess, IF YOU WERE OFFENDED." Offended hasn't got anything to do with it, moron. People have wounds, and those wounds are painful. That doesn't have shit to do with the weak concept of "taking offense." If someone talks about Texas being a shitty state, I might "take offense" at that. Fine, whatever. All of us who like comedy are generally in agreement with the idea that "taking offense" is lame, and a comedian should be willing to "offend" whenever he or she wants to. But causing pain is quite a different fucking matter. Your job as a comedian is to take us through pain, transcend pain, transform pain. And if you don't get that, you are a fucking bully, and I've got zero time for bullies.”
—Curtis Luciani, In Reponse to Daniel Tosh’s Rape Joke
TW: RAPE - The Rape 'Joke' at Microsoft's E3 Reveal Is a Bigger Deal Than Another Bad 'Joke'
theatlanticwire.comDuring a demo of Killer Instinct to drum up excitement for its new Xbox One, Microsoft brought out a man and a woman to battle it out on the big screen onstage in Los Angeles. In this scripted event the man, of course, kicks the woman’s ass at the fighting game. “I can’t even block correctly and you’re too fast,” she says, playing a video game like a girl. But even more problematic than those stereotypical gender roles was the part when her adversary said this: “Just let it happen. It will be over soon.” You know, like a rape: (video at link)
That seals it, no Xbox One for me.
When men stop at nothing to defend rape "jokes" as humorous and non-threatening;
I am going to assume they are rapists.
Why the fuck else would you find rape that hilarious, you sadistic douchebag?
Rape jokes are not funny, nor are they ~*empowering*~ to rape survivors. I get to decide what empowers me, thanks.
Okay guys, a lot of messages with the same subject so I’ll try to answer them privately to not spam everyones dash with the same thing.
About all this: Dan made a mistake with the choice of his words, but he’s not a bad person.
And most important of all: rape is not something to joke or to do jokes about. Not now, not ever.
Always remind: six seasons and a movie!
Well, well, another reason to avoid Domino's Pizza.
eclectablog.comAside from (a) their pizza sucking, and (b) supporting anti-gay hate, now you can throw (c) a rape joke into the mix.
Yes, that’s a trigger warning for the link.
