There are hardly any comedians who have never offended anyone with their jokes.
Comedy is an art form that praises those who dance on the thin line between hilarious and hurtful. Comedians like Joan Rivers, Louis CK and Chris Rock have created lucrative careers from being the most hilariously offensive. But the one thing these funny people have in common is that they have managed to stay on the right side of that line and they’ve created comedy that comments on disparaging social and racial injustice.
Oh, that thin line. Just beyond it—you know, when you’ve gone too far—is sexism, racism and all the other –isms that rip us apart. While there are some comedians who know how to stay on the right side of that line, there’s still a few who boldly jump over it.
