Oh dear. Has bobcat Goldthwaite gone too far with his movie God Bless America?

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35. Addressing your comments on subjects 'unacceptable for comedy'.

I agree that HOW you go for laughs is important, and of course playing to racism is a shitty although rather commonly done thing. That does not address what I am saying at all. The subject of racism is of course open to comic treatment, and it has often gotten the comic treatment. To make a comedy which has racism as a subject is not the same thing as making a comedy that uses racism to get laughs. And that leads to an interesting point that I think you will enjoy.
The comic Dave Chappelle had a show that was hugely popular, often edgy as hell and did much humor regarding racism and racists. Chappelle walked away from a $50 million dollar deal to continue the show for reasons many did not understand. What he later said was that he was unsure if he could continue making the comedy he was making and not cross from satirizing racism and race stuff in general into exploitation of those things, particularly in mass audience material. His question was in part 'are other people laughing at the right part of the joke'. I think highly of him, he is a comic genius and he returned oh so much money for his mindfulness regarding just these things we are discussing. So it is not an area that is easily settled or defined, and good folks like you and me and Chappelle think it through. I say see the thing first. Then decide. And of course it can go either way. As Chappelle's choice demonstrates, a person can set out to make the right joke, and still some might laugh for the wrong reasons. It is tricky stuff.
Goldthwaite directed many of Chappelle's shows. Interesting. Comedy is hard. Comedy without malice the hardest of all.
Interesting stuff. Always see it prior to launching an attack. Then rip it to shreds if it fails to impress. That's how it's done. Once you see it, mercy is not at all required. You are suggesting he do a re-edit of a film you did not see. I can not take that seriously. Sorry.