Feb 11, 2018

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When Did We Forget How To Take a Joke?

How Political Correctness & Today’s Outrage Culture Are Killing The Art of Stand up Comedy

The cancer that is political correctness is plaguing modern day comedy as we know it and I’ll be damned if I stand idly by while an art form needlessly dies.

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When Did We Forget How To Take a Joke?

How Political Correctness & Today’s Outrage Culture Are Killing The Art of Stand up Comedy

More from Brian Brewington

Recommended from Medium

Beavis and Butt-Head and the Art of Criticism

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Children of convergence

Exploring Christopher Nolan’s Use of the Dead Woman Trope

MonsterBuds Collection Sells out During Presale, Raises 8.3559 ETH from Charity Auctions

AD FAIL — Spotify & Cardi B

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