Woke Comedy: Why Laughter Is Missing at the Multiplex

Hollywood In Toto ^ | 4/18/2018 | Christian Toto

[HollywoodInToto]

The PC comedy rules are suffocating laughs on stages large and small.

[HollywoodInToto]

Amy Schumer is feeling the heat from Social Justice Warriors for her new comedy 'I Feel Pretty.' It's merely the latest battlefront in the PC culture wars.

[Responsibility2nd]

What this country needs is a Blazing Saddles Remix.

Can you image the exploding heads if Mel Brooks would do this?

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

When I was a kid, we used to clap when the movie was over.

[max americana]

I think the last time I saw people clap was at the end of Tombstone with Kurt Russell..

[EdnaMode]

The left ruins everything.

[Skooz]

Last year I bought the SNL Season 2 DVD collection from a used book store.

No way could 40% - 60% of the skits be done today.

That means we now have less freedom of speech than in 1976 - 1977.

Yes, that’s exactly what it means.

[dfwgator]

What this country needs is a Blazing Saddles Remix. Can you image the exploding heads if Mel Brooks would do this?

I wouldn't want to see it, if the remake of "The Producers" is any indication.

[PIF]

That means we now have less freedom of speech than in 1976 - 1977.

Yes, that’s exactly what it means.

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And freedom of speech was already on the well greased skids then ...

[DoughtyOne]

There really isn’t much comedy these days.

Vulgarity, crass behavior...

I’ve stopped going to the theater, and I find myself quitting movies 10-25% of the way through. I NEVER used to do that, or even be tempted to do it.

[fishtank]

Typical woke audiences

[blueunicorn6]

The curse of Obama.

The guy has no sense of humor.

[cgbg]

Mel Brooks’ “The History of the World, Part 1” violated every PC rule in the book—an insult for every one.

Imagine a Don Rickles type show today—crude, demeaning, offensive—yeah, now that’s comedy! :-)

[HombreSecreto]

Or Monty Python...

Or Benny Hill...

Or Fernwood 2 Night...

Or the old Howard Stern TV show on WWOR...

[Jeff Chandler]

I find myself quitting movies 10-25% of the way through.

We do that all the time. After the 24th F bomb and the twelfth g-damn, we give up.

And that often occurs even before the obligatory gratuitous female-dominant sex scene.

[Jeff Chandler]

The curse of Obama.
.
The guy has no sense of humor.

It's Leftism in general.

I once had a dear friend with whom I could laugh about anything, including my religion. We lost track of each other for a while and when we reconnected, she informed me she was in a lesbian relationship. After I kidded her about it -- quite gently -- she cut all ties with me.

[cgbg]

I was stunned at the PC incorrectness of the recent Season 9 of Curb Your Enthusiasm. The whole season is based on the writing of a proposed Broadway show called “Fatwa” and the terror of the writers that they will be terminated with extreme prejudice by angry Muslims (as part of a real Fatwa! :-) ).

It was funny (but a bit sad as well...).

Warning: The show has a well-earned reputation for being cringe-worthy, so caveat emptor.

[colorado tanker]

I love it when liberals consume their own.

[Iron Munro]

Libtard comedy isn’t comedy and isn’t funny or humorous.

It is almost always nothing more than politically motivated attacks on non-liberals and policies liberals don’t like.

[donna]

Blazing Saddles and SNL Season 2 belonged to the liberals.

Those movies/shows were part of the slippery slop destruction of wholesome entertainment.

All y'all are just too young to know how far we've fallen!!!

[sparklite2]

Why are you excerpting your own blog?
Only click-stitutes do that.