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Satire and Offensive Humor
Who decides what is funny?
Frankly, I think if something is funny lies in the eyes of the beholder. Depending on where we stand in life and who we are, we might find something super hilarious, but somebody else thinks is gross, sad, or even offensive.
When deciding on the plot for their movie "The Interview," the writers chose to keep their humor firmly below the belt line. The whole movie doesn't have a single joke that wouldn't involve the mating desires of male humans. No matter which way you turn that plot, it revolves around only one thing: the two main characters' desire to mate as often as possible. Even at the risk of going to North Korea on a CIA mission.
In France exists a hundreds of years old tradition of satire and making fun of the rulers, the clerics, the farmers, the workers, the rich, the poor, the smart, and the dumb. Since before the French Revolution in 1789, funny people drew pictures and wrote texts to point out the absurd, the unjust, and the evil. With access to more information, different cultures and cults came the jokes at the expense of those cultures and cults.
Sometimes, those who get made fun of lose their sense of humor. They don't think that the joke they heard or saw was funny. They can't laugh it off anymore and they make choices that are not creative, smart, and definitely not funny. Computers get hacked and other unfunny stuff happens.
As writers of comedy and satire, never ask who you might offend. Only ask who you want to wake up with your message. Be as graphic and brutal (with words) as you have to be. I invite you to read up on French writer and philosopher Voltaire who famously said, "I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it." Because freedom of speech is one of our highest treasures on this Earth. Never let anybody tell you what to think and how to speak or write.
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I always find is fascinating when story formulas are followed very closely and what should be boring ends up being highly entertaining.
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