There are no new standup comics who are saying anything controversial. If they try it, they get banned from venues and their agents quit on them. It's not so much a matter of courage, it's a matter of career survival. In order to survive as a standup comedian these days, you have to avoid like the plague certain topics, such as black crime, trannies, and screaming lesbians. You can mock Trump all day long, but you can't mock Obama. It's not that fans won't pay to see edgy material, it's that comics are terrified of doing edgy material for fear they will be blackballed by the industry.
There are no new standup comics who are saying anything controversial. If they try it, they get banned from venues and their agents quit on them. It's not so much a matter of courage, it's a matter of career survival. In order to survive as a standup comedian these days, you have to avoid like the plague certain topics, such as black crime, trannies, and screaming lesbians. You can mock Trump all day long, but you can't mock Obama. It's not that fans won't pay to see edgy material, it's that comics are terrified of doing edgy material for fear they will be blackballed by the industry.
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