What is it about humor that all too often results in situations that decidedly are not a laughing matter?
Free speech in comedy attracts controversy as well as belly laughs, and in the case of two "South Park" television episodes this season that attempted to feature the Prophet Muhammad, even death threats.
A quick review of this ironic “laugh track”: Lenny Bruce’s run-ins with local police over his language in the 1950s and '60s; CBS’ 1969 cancellation of the Smothers Brothers TV show, with its biting political satire against Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon; George Carlin’s “seven dirty words” stand-up routine that wound up at the heart of a landmark 1978 Supreme Court case; and the post-9/11 flap over Bill Maher’s wise-guy observation about terrorists and courage.
Showing posts with label The Onion Satire Larry Flynt First Amendment Free Speech Freedom of Speech Constitution South Park Jon Stewart Lenny Bruce. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Onion Satire Larry Flynt First Amendment Free Speech Freedom of Speech Constitution South Park Jon Stewart Lenny Bruce. Show all posts
Monday, May 17, 2010
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