Do people actually find political humor funny?
9 2017-05-11 by tortoiseboy52
I'm talking both sides of the coin. I've never found political comedy to be actually funny unless it just devolves into an childish insult contest like calling Hillary Clinton a robotic cunt or Trump the king of the Oompa Loompas.
Actual "comedic" analysis of policies and political climates, I find, are rarely funny even when I agree with them.
11 comments
n/a Opprobriousness 2017-05-11
Politicians are all crooks, that's what I say!
n/a Frankwasbetter 2017-05-11
From your mouth to gods ears.
n/a chippersonlyle 2017-05-11
You know how to tell if a politicians lying? His mouth is moving.. but whadda I know, I'm just a regular Joe.
n/a TedShecklerHouse 2017-05-11
I know how to tell if they're lying, HE'S A GOD-DAMNED JEW!
n/a CoolerKing37 2017-05-11
Not a Mort Sahl fan?
n/a Chang_Ba 2017-05-11
Don't blame comedy for comedians' being shitty at it.
Of course our smart, political comics' takes are all garbage. They spend their days half-watching cable news while kissing celebrity ass on Twitter. Is that the way to come up with a startling new angle on world events—or are they gonna just vaguely remind us of shit we all already kinda half-read about and half-heard on TV too?
"You all know about insert Republican thing. I mean like wow. That guy is unfuckable, white, and/or gay (but not the good kind)." [applause disintegrates the last black holdout in the gentrified neighborhood]
I'm not saying standups should be studying Candide and The Merchant Of Venice to learn how political comedy works. They can't fucking read.
n/a hookahreed 2017-05-11
They're in it for the applause breaks.
n/a bonecrushingkisses 2017-05-11
Norm Macdonald made it work.
n/a VigoTheCarpethian 2017-05-11
I liked the old Colbert show in the GWB days.
n/a stinksskc 2017-05-11
replucians democrats there all the same
CROOKED LOLZ
n/a JohnQNo1 2017-05-11
Only if they agree with it
n/a Billyassman 2017-05-11
Personally, I think you are a queer.