The Importance of Hypersensitivity in Stand-Up Comedy

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"If there are people around you who might get really hurt by it then I probably would try not to say it right" "You're sort of checking your hypersensitivity at the door especially with certain comics like Jay Leno and Michael Richards" 'I feel like African American is now not something you have to say anymore' ''It's one of the most awkward things I think I've watched on TV well that's a good thing''

In what might very well be the last episode before we're pulled off the air, Tamler outlines his data-free "theory" of what makes something offensive. What makes a joke about race, ethnicity, gender, disability funny sometimes, and deeply hurtful at other times? What makes Louis CK so goddamn funny and Andrew Dice Clay just...an asshole? Is Family Guy racist? Throughout the episode, David defends the victims of hatred and is a voice of empathy and reason, while Tamler drops the c-word multiple times, jumps to racist conclusions, and makes fun of David's partial Arab heritage.

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