But for some reason, everyone wants to be funny. And feels like they have a right to be funny.
But being funny is like any other talent – some people are born with it, and then, through diligence and hard work and a lot of mistakes, they strengthen that talent.
But some people aren’t born with it. Just like some people (me, for example) aren’t born with the capacity to make music, or the height and reflexes for basketball, or the smarts to map the human mind and repair it. I’m cool knowing all of those limitations about myself.
One of the best articles I've read on heckling and rape jokes, and the only comedian I've seen talk about it that I've actually agreed with. So many others dismiss the notion that joking about rape could be a problem at all. It's nice to see someone actually address it properly and rationally rather than with a knee-jerk reaction.