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Schmo · 07-01-2019, 01:03 PM

I think there is a certain degree of cruelty in British comedy. Sasha Barron Cohen was notorious for this.

Steve_uk · 07-01-2019, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Schmo

I think there is a certain degree of cruelty in British comedy. Sasha Barron Cohen was notorious for this.

Why is this peculiar to British comedy? I'm sure many do find funny jokes about religion, race, homosexuality, duping people a la Candid Camera. I don't. How many still find blacked up faces funny as occurred on one episode of the Golden Girls and Are You Being Served ten years previously? Hasn't comedy evolved now? https://youtu.be/kgepxyAAnps

07-01-2019, 01:03 PM	#1
Schmo Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 24, 2013 Posts: 466	Is there a mean streak in British comedies? I think there is a certain degree of cruelty in British comedy. Sasha Barron Cohen was notorious for this.