Jim Norton doesn't have to worry. Tasteless jokes abound in Mouthful of Shame, but not much is constructed with enough nuance, intelligence or irreverence to be anything bordering on offensive. Some Netflix viewers may clutch their pearls, but most will simply be bored.

He asks if anyone has any suicidal thoughts, and confesses that he does as well, before stating soon thereafter that "life is pretty good these days," with no elaboration. In a bit that the audience reacts to with clear discomfort, he talks about tolerance for the trans community and relates that he enjoys sex with trans women. But then he undercuts the moment of sexual frankness with a gay panic joke and moves on quickly. He certainly doesn't owe his audience answers about these truly intimate revelations, but one wonders about their placement in his act at all.