Your personal response to this episode or anything else on television isn't at issue here. So you aren't bothered by the portrayal of rape, torture, or death. Fine. I am but that's also beside the point.
I see a huge difference between using murder and torture as a plot device and making jokes about those events. So let's stick to discussing humor. Is there anything that's off-limits to you for humor? Murder and torture are okay to joke about? Really? I haven't seen many comedians making jokes about murder or torture but maybe I'm watching the wrong shows. Raping women is an okay topic for screwball comedy, what about raping children? What about torturing children? Murdering children? Infanticide? Genocide? Suicide bombers? I'm not talking a serious plot here, or a throw-away line of black humor--I mean an entire comedic plot about infanticide or pedophilia. That's not a problem for you?
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Date: 2014-07-04 06:21 pm (UTC)I see a huge difference between using murder and torture as a plot device and making jokes about those events. So let's stick to discussing humor. Is there anything that's off-limits to you for humor? Murder and torture are okay to joke about? Really? I haven't seen many comedians making jokes about murder or torture but maybe I'm watching the wrong shows. Raping women is an okay topic for screwball comedy, what about raping children? What about torturing children? Murdering children? Infanticide? Genocide? Suicide bombers? I'm not talking a serious plot here, or a throw-away line of black humor--I mean an entire comedic plot about infanticide or pedophilia. That's not a problem for you?