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Theories of Comedy

Why Theory

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Is There a Sufficientity Theory of Comedy?

"I think it's a major advance that certain things get, you know, can't be articulated," he says. "It's interesting because now we're seeing the way people will say things that are offensive and then they'll say, I was just joking." He also talks about how his dad used to tell sexist jokes while playing golf with other men. 'He had pretty inscribed well inscribed to sexist ideas'

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