muad_dibs t1_je6b6mw wrote
Gen-X has reached their geriatric phase of complaining about what can and can’t be made today.
DonQOnIce t1_je6iqru wrote
I opened the whole article hoping I could defend her and that maybe she was just making a point about the cultural climate but not necessarily complaining about it. But many of her quotes are very explicitly complaining about it.
This one stood out also:
“[In the past] you could joke about a bigot and have a laugh — that was hysterical. And it was about educating people on how ridiculous people were. And now we’re not allowed to do that.”
You are definitely allowed to do this and there are jokes like this all the time. What is she on about?
KristenJimmyStewart t1_je6zija wrote
Maybe she hates the bigot being the butt of the joke lol
DonQOnIce t1_je739ng wrote
Bring back our lovable bigots!
But in all seriousness, that quote stood out as frustrating because she is literally describing what people want out of comedy now. People who talk about how “punching down” is bad would LOVE more jokes making fun of bigots. So it’s like she heard the complaints but didn’t really hear what people are saying and instead twisted it into making her and other comedians into victims. It makes her look incredibly out-of-touch which would track with her wealth and decades of success.
Genoscythe_ t1_je96f0l wrote
Also, Friends famously didn't do that.
It was a notably stale, politically correct show by 90s standards, which is exactly why it feels so inappropriate today.
When 95% of your jokes are just about six likeable randos hanging out and getting into relatable mishaps like "lifting a sofa to the next floor is hard", or "I just bought a midlife crisis car", then the rest were "My father is a woman I'm so traumatized by that", and "My ex-wife is a lesbian that's so emasculating to me" will instantly feel like further examples of that, where we were meant to laugh with the cast about their sympathetic relatable human foibies.
DonQOnIce t1_je9flzt wrote
Yes! I thought this too and didn’t even get to it. The “controversial” jokes in Friends were not about laughing at bigots, that’s a weird attempt at a historical rewrite. And I don’t really have an issue with Friends at all myself, it’s just dated.
zsreport t1_jeab16p wrote
I think the problem is that there's a lot of easily triggered violent bigots out there, and they'll start send those death threats after they hear Tucker Carlson complain about the joke.
rolandjack77 t1_je6l2ij wrote
It's not Gen-Xers, its Millennials and younger who are complaining.
puddingfoot t1_je6nbrg wrote
They're talking about Aniston.
rolandjack77 t1_je6ooxe wrote
Oh, but she's an outlier, she is a Hollywood product after all. Most of them are wackos. Thanks for clarification though.
puddingfoot t1_je6pp3e wrote
Respectfully, you have misunderstood both the comment you replied to and my clarification. They didn't say Aniston/Gen X are complaining about offensive content, but about their own older content being considered offensive by younger audiences.
muad_dibs t1_je6q4v4 wrote
tooooooodayrightnow t1_je746jj wrote
I resemble this remark.
AutographedSnorkel t1_je8flx9 wrote
I tell you what, there's no way Beavis and Butthead would be made toda....ahhh, shit...
Well, I'll watch it, but this is gonna be lame as hell....oh damn, this is actually pretty fucking funny...
If there is one thing that will never get old, it's toilet humor
ooxxoo t1_je7iele wrote
Better than Gen-Z complaining about what can and can't be made yesterday
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