Arrest that joke A history of gags so offensive that punters called the cops

Maybe to hot a topic in recent climate observations, but surprised nobody has really commented on this. Noting that my personal belief constructs / persuasions of the world are are not the usual on HN, comedy is something of a passive obsession both in litmus test of how healthy we may be as a culture, and also a student of the craft myself (again, in passing - but sharp wit, helps me avoid coming off snarky in my day to day interactions).

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel comes to mind and with the main character and Lenny Bruce modeling after Joan Rivers in real life - the offensive joke, is often one of just brutality with words that cuts like a tectonic start-up's disruption - deep, narrow, and disruptive to the very industry they are pointed at.

I guess without adding much beyond that - comedy is being eroded by a lot of things, without regard for its importance to all of us. I wish it wasn't that way, and maybe that's why I'm even on this post.

Like excellent tech that doesn't survive the eons by brilliant engineers in their craft, so are the comedians / pundits of just one generation behind us.

In most recent memory if anyone want's a YouTube watch - go checkout the roasting / celebration of John Stewart and his receipt of the Kennedy Center Mark Twain prize for American Humor. Last of his kind, we may never see someone like John Stewart in the circles of comedy in the future - much like we don't see great politicians of yesterday.