There are certain things that are obviously problems and should be topics of conversation that aren't.
Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate.
I talk about race a lot. It's been my work ever since I came out of acting school. But it's true that in a way talking about race is a taboo. Because so many of our debates about race have to do not with race but with what we are willing to see, what we will not see and what we don't want to see.
There is a list of things I'm not allowed to discuss at the dinner table! I am extraordinarily passionate about the Black Death, which is not something most people are into.
Dead scandals form good subjects for dissection.
Larry David finds a way to make jokes about the Holocaust. It would never have occurred to me. And it was funny.
The old adage that polite conversation should not include talk of politics or religion is understandable because both subjects are so heavily laden with emotion that discussion can quickly turn to shouting. Blood is shed over politics, religion and the two in combination.
Even conservative columnists tend to prefer humor that isn't fit to print.
Political correctness is the the inability to state certain truths because they may offend certain people
Yisrael Beiteinu is a party that puts on the table all the problems that people are afraid to speak about.
MMA has a lot of those things that you're not allowed to talk about; like, they're completely off-limits. So you have to make a joke out of it.
One of the things I learned in 'Slavs!' is that it's much easier to talk about being gay than it is to talk about being a socialist. People are afraid of socialism, and plays that deal with economics are scarier to them.
Our society covers these problems with a veil. All I want is an open discussion
My comedy is unapologetic and fearless. Like, sometimes you'll wind up having condomless sex with someone that you probably shouldn't. I'm interested in sharing that part of myself unapologetically so that other people will hopefully feel better.
Social etiquette dictates that when in mixed company, one should avoid discussing politics and religion. As someone who is quite active on various social portals, I can attest to the visceral emotions that are triggered when these topics are broached!
Why don't you say "What?" if you like to sleep with your own sister.
I was never told, "Fags are going to hell." You just didn't talk about it.
I had a buddy of mine call up the other day, all upset 'cause he slept with his third cousin. And I'm like, Man, if it upsets you that much, quit countin' them!
For starters, let's dispense with the cheap jokes about cannibalism. That means cracks about giving an arm and a leg - sorry - for a good book on the subject, or similar tasteless - sorry, again - attempts to make the subject more palatable - last one.
You can never talk religion on network TV. It makes too many people angry. You can talk about sex.
I won't talk about someone's mother. I won't talk about their girlfriend or their wife, but if you have a deformity, I would talk about that.
Political correctness is bad.
Society needs a couple of vents that say what you're not supposed to say.
There's no such thing as too far. If it works it's funny, if it doesn't work it's too far, it's stupid. Really there's no such thing as "too far." You're joining the politically correct when you use words like "too far." You don't want to join the army of politically correct.
I don't think there's anything outside what comedy can address.
