Some major comedians like Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock will no longer play colleges and this is why.The College Fix reports:
George Washington U. event proves yet again why comedians should avoid collegesSooner or later no comedian will agree to a performance at a university because the hypersensitive politically correct “offense meters” are in operation 24-7.The latest example comes from George Washington University where the opening act for former “Daily Show” correspondent Hasan Minhaj caused some typical paroxysms of social justice self-righteous indignation.Thomas Dale, who, according to The Hatchet, has worked at HBO, Comedy Central, and “The Late Show with Craig Ferguson,” and describes himself as a “bigender, bisexual Italian-American from New York.” According to The Hatchet’s Renee Pineda, unfortunately Dale had the audacity to poke fun at his own demographic during his act.“Dale’s jokes heavily relied on making misogynistic comments and poking fun at mental illness and marginalized communities,” Pineda writes. “[S]tudents and alumni in attendance had to sit through a comedian who used transgender women as the punchline of a joke.”Worse, audience members who booed Dale for these transgressions were “chastised” by the comedian.From the story:
Dale told his hecklers that he could make this joke because he was bigender and because he had a history of mental illness and self-harm. He insisted that it was just a joke. But that’s not how comedy or life works.Political correctness and comedy aren’t two mutually exclusive things. Successful comedians, including Minhaj, John Mulaney and Ali Wong often make risky jokes – but they don’t rely on minorities as a punchline. Even though I am Filipino-American, it doesn’t excuse me from making racist or xenophobic jokes. Jokes that rely on a community to be hurt aren’t good jokes. …
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