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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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We went to see him last night and he was pretty funny. He is the comedian of Iranian descent.
A lot of his material include jokes about Nigerians, Jews, Arabs and the Middle East in general, and even threw in a 'Paki' joke- his words, not mine
I don't find these kind of jokes funny. I just thought if it was a white guy saying this, there would be uproar.
My question is, does coming from the region give someone the right to do this sort of material?
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Russell Peters has made a great living out of it.
Jewish comedians doing Jewish jokes
Black comedians doing n word joke's
Women doing jokes about childberth
Eddie izzard doing cross dressing jokes
Should I carry on? |
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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago
Titz Towers, North Notts |
I've not seen much of his material, so can't judge his set.
Pat Monahan is Irish-Iranian descent and does a great routine about spending most of 1980's family holidays being searched in customs.
I think poking fun at a group you are part of is ok, as long as it isn't nasty. The same as anyone else, doing it. You just have more insight into it.
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"We went to see him last night and he was pretty funny. He is the comedian of Iranian descent.
A lot of his material include jokes about Nigerians, Jews, Arabs and the Middle East in general, and even threw in a 'Paki' joke- his words, not mine
I don't find these kind of jokes funny. I just thought if it was a white guy saying this, there would be uproar.
My question is, does coming from the region give someone the right to do this sort of material?
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Political correctness is spoiling comedy
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By (user no longer on site)
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If it's done without malice in a satirical way. . . It tends to not offend the majority. It also helps if you show that the section of society you belong to is also equally open to micky taking . People who look for things to offend them will always find something . Google steve hughes 'get offended' it's pure genius . Jokes tend to poke fun at the human condition. I'd say many a fight has been stopped with humour . Far many more that have been started by it . |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I find him about as funny as any woman comedienne. .. ie not funny at all "
Funny you should say that I find his female compartriot Shappi Khorsandi much funnier |
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By (user no longer on site)
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If its funny it's funny... doesn't matter of its a racist , sexist or homophobic joke... The joke is always on the generalisation and the sterotype we all see or are led to see by media or history. Like someone dying isn't fun lay. . But the texts soon roll in and I laugh. . The only no gos for me are jokes about the big c |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Political correctness is spoiling comedy
Far from it. Look up Bernard Righton. I saw him a week Saturday ago and he rocks. " is that Al murray ? He is a bloody clever chap . Sails on the knife edge. . Cleverly using characters to hide his material in. . Love it |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I think poking fun at a group you are part of is ok, as long as it isn't nasty. The same as anyone else, doing it. You just have more insight into it.
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It's only racist, sexist, offensive etc if the joke is coming from a white, heterosexual, Christian male.
If you happen to be anything else then you have a free pass. |
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"It's only racist, sexist, offensive etc if the joke is coming from a white, heterosexual, Christian male.
If you happen to be anything else then you have a free pass."
There is more than a grain of truth in that. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I met him a while back and he is a really funny polite gentleman. I find his act funny and he does say it is not done to offend. " He is very funny lol! I do think it all depends on the particular personality of the comedian too. They have to be affable. As long as there is no malicious intent there, (to pit one group against another, for example) that it's purely observational etc, it's funny
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"It's only racist, sexist, offensive etc if the joke is coming from a white, heterosexual, Christian male.
If you happen to be anything else then you have a free pass."
The silly thing is the majority of the minority like the jokes and it's the pc brigade who get offended for them |
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"It's only racist, sexist, offensive etc if the joke is coming from a white, heterosexual, Christian male.
If you happen to be anything else then you have a free pass.
The silly thing is the majority of the minority like the jokes and it's the pc brigade who get offended for them "
Sadly this is also true. Look at the Jeremy Clarkson 'slope' comment. How many Vietnamese people complained? I'm betting it was less than 10 and quite possibly zero. It was most likely a gang of what Jezza likes to call 'saggy breasted sandle enthusiasts'. |
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"It's only racist, sexist, offensive etc if the joke is coming from a white, heterosexual, Christian male.
If you happen to be anything else then you have a free pass.
The silly thing is the majority of the minority like the jokes and it's the pc brigade who get offended for them
Sadly this is also true. Look at the Jeremy Clarkson 'slope' comment. How many Vietnamese people complained? I'm betting it was less than 10 and quite possibly zero. It was most likely a gang of what Jezza likes to call 'saggy breasted sandle enthusiasts'."
I take great offence at that
I wore sandals when I was 10, and I lost weight when I began to get concerned about my moobs starting to sag.
Shame on you sir |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"We went to see him last night and he was pretty funny. He is the comedian of Iranian descent.
A lot of his material include jokes about Nigerians, Jews, Arabs and the Middle East in general, and even threw in a 'Paki' joke- his words, not mine
I don't find these kind of jokes funny. I just thought if it was a white guy saying this, there would be uproar.
My question is, does coming from the region give someone the right to do this sort of material?
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I don't think region of birth/religion/colour of skin gives people the automatic right to tell specific jokes and you will always get people who are offended so its a no win on this its more to do with the nature and if the joke demeans a specific group that is the issue. |
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"I met him a while back and he is a really funny polite gentleman. I find his act funny and he does say it is not done to offend. "
I can imagine he's a really nice fella. Most of his act is very funny and overall I enjoyed it.
I didnt find the racist stuff funny. The 'paki' joke was a throw back to the 70s.
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By *londeCazWoman
over a year ago
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He was in Arse End for the the second time 2 weeks ago (yep, an Iranian in a white Northern inbred enclave) and he mentioned that he'd seen a big police presence in the town (think there'd been a bit of a kick off at the local prison)...I couldn't resist, I commented that they'd had intel that there was a middle easterner in the area...have to say, it got a good laugh from all, including Omid and he complimented me on it when I was chatting to him afterwards |
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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago
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Political correctness is spoiling comedy
Far from it. Look up Bernard Righton. I saw him a week Saturday ago and he rocks. is that Al murray ? He is a bloody clever chap . Sails on the knife edge. . Cleverly using characters to hide his material in. . Love it "
No, it's John Thompson from the Fast Show and the way he subverts the old racist, homophobic and sexist jokes is sublime.
Ref Steve Hughes, he is a really talented guy. |
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"He was in Arse End for the the second time 2 weeks ago (yep, an Iranian in a white Northern inbred enclave) and he mentioned that he'd seen a big police presence in the town (think there'd been a bit of a kick off at the local prison)...I couldn't resist, I commented that they'd had intel that there was a middle easterner in the area...have to say, it got a good laugh from all, including Omid and he complimented me on it when I was chatting to him afterwards "
Ha ha love this!! |
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I seen him live i thought he was quite funny, even though he took the piss out of me (i was sat in the front row).
If people get easily offended why go see a love comedian, nearly all comedians have some jokes that are borderline which they will use!!
I love the fact that people like Omid Djalili & Russell Peters make jokes about Asians like myself
For many years comedians from the Black Community have made it to top by making jokes about black people, Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Dave Chapple, Lenny Henry & so on
It's just a joke at the end of the day!!
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