Comedian Howie Mandel, not well known for his edgy humor, harshly criticized woke attacks on comedians and comedy, arguing that comedy doesn’t hurt anyone.
former what will you do The host appeared on stand up world On this week’s podcast, he told host Mike Binder that the woke attack on comedy is an attack on the art of comedy itself.
“They started saying that if you think of comedy as an art form, there are certain colors that you can’t use,” Mandel said of the attacks on his profession. christian toto I got it.
“If you’re a painter, you shouldn’t say, ‘You can paint whatever you want, but don’t use black, don’t use yellow, and it’s definitely not right to use blue.'” Art is suffering, And there’s nothing we shouldn’t talk about,” he explained.
Indeed, as far as Mandel is concerned, the comedy comes from a dark place.
“All humor comes from darkness. That is why the masks of tragedy and comedy are so close,” he said. “If you were a little kid and you went to the circus, you would laugh when you saw a clown fall down. You were laughing at the misfortune of someone you didn’t know,” Mandel argued.
Mandel added, “It’s not funny unless something bad happens. It’s not funny unless something embarrassing happens. It’s not funny unless something embarrassing happens.”
The comedian, who is well known for suffering from OCD, continued that comedy is a lifeline for him. “There’s a fine line between making yourself laugh and just being overwhelmed by darkness,” he said.
He also sees no harm in comedy. Mandel woke up after reminding the audience that he had lost the duck voice job for Aflac because comedian Gilbert Gottfried made a joke about the Japanese tsunami that some felt was insensitive. people were furious about how Gilbert was fired.
“You don’t have to laugh at that joke. You don’t have to like the joke. You don’t even have to understand the joke. You’re going to take away his livelihood… This joke you don’t like is directed at a specific person. It’s not even real,” Mandel cried.
“Who will be harmed by this? Who has ever been harmed by comedy? Ever? Ever?” Mandel asked.
of america’s got talent The judge slammed the attackers, saying, “But they are not harmed. They are complaining.”
But despite all this, Mandel also said that he thinks the woke people are starting to lose their power.
“I think the pendulum has swung really far,” Mandel said.what purity [stand-up comedy] This, and it’s an art form, is swinging the pendulum back and selling more numbers than anyone trying to follow what you believe you need to follow. ”
As a side note, Mandel began the podcast by re-enacting on his own podcast what happened when UFC chief Dana White left Mandel’s show after a warm introduction.
Back in February, Mandel invited White on his podcast, and after a big welcome to the show, White bluntly stated, I am literally done with them. I’m not going to do a podcast anymore,” he said, getting up and walking away.
Mr. White did not comment on the reason for Mr. Mandel’s resignation, with Mr. Mandel saying: claimed that It wasn’t staged and he has no idea what could have excited the match promoter to send him off like that.
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