Given that the comedy genre is thriving, and edgier than ever, one has to take Mel Brooks complaint with a grain of salt.
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Hehe a very kind way of saying, Get over yourself Mel (and Steve!) — CULTURE EVOLVES and COMEDY EVOLVES with it. Say goodnight to fossils!
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I don't want to be mean. Mel did do some great stuff back in the day.
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Totally. The Schwartz is strong with Mel. I just wanted to get a dig in at Pinker, who is rather conservative for an evolutionist.
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1/ Suspect this will be dismissed by many as just the outdated positions of an old man behind the times. I'm already getting that ageist...
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2/...bullshit response against some of my propositions, and I'm only 58! But I am fighting back against that -- like a fucking lion. ...
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3/ Disagree with a position? Back your rebuttal with reason and logic -- and maybe I'll change my mind. Because those should be the ONLY...
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4/...things that make a position right, regardless of the age of the person holding it. Mel's absolutely right here. Sadly.
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How can Mel be right about "the death of comedy" when there is more (and edgier) comedy than ever? Seems to me the burden of proof is on you
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No, the burden is on content creators now in crosshairs for anything even potentially offensive to beyond-Mayflower-puritanical mobs of SJWs
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See: HBO's Confederate at the deep end of the pool, and recent Katy Perry apologies for "cultural appropriation" (?!?!) at its shallowest.
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On the other hand, numerous stand-up comedians seize the opportunity and make a killing lampooning the conventions of PC.
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The death of comedy might be the beginning of tyranny
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Hey Pinker. "Blazing Saddles" is playing at 5pm on AMC. Real "edgy". Tell me something, could you film "Get Out" in 1970? No? Hmm...
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How about Django? You think MGM would've paid for that? Or how about Moonlight? Somehow I doubt it.
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Neither of those films are comedies. Your contention is with an argument not being made here.
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Get Out is a horror yes but with distinct comic elements, unless you're denying the TSA handles their shit? More examples...
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Kingsman not only blows Obama up but ends on a royal anal sex joke. All of Deadpool not exactly PC. Try filming that sex scene 40 years ago.
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