I like bawdy humor. I love bawdy humor, but not dirty humor.
The American audience has really opened up to women being A.) funny and B.) kinda crude. 'Bridesmaids' is R-rated, and I think it was a major coup for women to have an R-rated comedy that did really well. Same as 'Bad Teacher.'
I love bawdy humor, but not dirty humor.
The pleasantly crude 'Hall Pass' reminds us of what's been missing from movies: Those squirm-inducing moments in comedy that produce enough discomfort that, at points, what we're watching is half a heartbeat away from a horror film.
Sure, the comedians who swear or use scatological humor can get laughs, but they're uncomfortable laughs.
It's the teenage and university crowd, so we give them lots of sex jokes and gross humour.
There's only one podcast subject that can give Donald Trump a run for his money when it comes to vulgarity, excess, and base comedy, and that's football.
There is a lot of rubbish written about toilet humour - people saying it is childish and pretending it is beneath them - but there is no doubting the effectiveness of a really good willy gag.
I draw the line at filth and crude language. It seems to be an excuse for not being funny.