In todays PC World. Is it okay to laugh

[ghostsinthemachine]

At thing that aren't PC? I was watching Get Smart earlier and I was laughing. Laughing at the same joke(s) that I laughed at 40 years ago. "Not the Craw, the craw"... I still laugh at the show. Hymie the robot.

But thats just the example of the day. We see daily, misogynistic comments and actions by many fucked up men. Sam Malone. Al Bundy. I watch and now cringe, even the newer shows.

[Oneironaut]

1. A lot of older shows and movies are cringey in terms of their jokes.

Some were lazy, and probably not even funny at the time either. A good example would be “surprise LGBT” jokes, where it’s suddenly revealed that a character is gay / lesbian / trans for comedic value. You still see it in new movies sometimes, and it’s just plain lazy and boring.

[Mosby]

7. the most popular show on tv is extremely sexist

Nothing has changed.

[Oneironaut]

8. I found myself agreeing with that entire video

[JHB]

2. Sure, but just don't forget that some things won't age well, and it's not because of "PC"...

For example, Milton Burl doing the old "trying to be in two places at once, running ragged doing it, and and things start getting mixed up" bit. Classic comedy situation, but the details had a limited shelf time.

I mean, just for starters: at the time, was there anyone besides Bruce Lee who'd notice the "Japanese" villain was wearing a Chinese getup? And they go downhill from there.

[underpants]

3. Yes. "Blazing Saddles" for instance. It was Mel mocking ignorance

but it couldn't be made today which is good.

If anything it shows how far we've come.

[mythology]

4. I disagree. I think it's bad that Blazing Saddles couldn't be made today

Granted most people aren't Mel Brooks and wouldn't have been able to make the movie at all, but biting social commentary should always have a place.

[Ferrets are Cool]

5. I agree with you. The genius of this movie is

the biting satire.

[GulfCoast66]

6. I respect your opinion...

But suggest you might have missed Mel’s intentions.

It remains a classic and the satire is cutting.