Ah, thanks, that went well with my morning coffee. But wish I had a waffle also. Brought back a memory. A certain "afro-American " guitarist used to perform here in Hawaii annually and my wife and I always made sure to catch his performances, and subsequently purchase his CD's. The last time he was here, a local comedian opened and was making the traditional ethnic jokes aimed at everyone, all in fun and all clean as a whistle. (why do we say that, a whistle has to be filled with..disregard I digress) Anyhow, the guest guitarist made a bit of a rant, performed, and then let it be known he would not be returning. Know your audience seems to come to mind or at least pick up on their response and as you inferred, enjoy the diversity of the comedy. Keep writing my friend.
Glad to hear this post was a good breakfast side :)
So, at this gig, a comedian opened for a musician, made some ethnic jokes that offended some folks, and the musician wasn't asked to come back afterward? Or the comedian wasn't asked to come back?
Either way, man, that's a bummer. You DEFINITELY have to know your audience. 100%. At the same time, I am of the mindset, personally, that our "ethnic jokes" or "stereotypes" are funny because there's some truth to them as well as some exaggeration. If we don't laugh at such things, we'll all go mad and end up raging against one another. This is precisely why my motto is "Laughter > Outrage" - something I say all the time.
Ah, thanks, that went well with my morning coffee. But wish I had a waffle also. Brought back a memory. A certain "afro-American " guitarist used to perform here in Hawaii annually and my wife and I always made sure to catch his performances, and subsequently purchase his CD's. The last time he was here, a local comedian opened and was making the traditional ethnic jokes aimed at everyone, all in fun and all clean as a whistle. (why do we say that, a whistle has to be filled with..disregard I digress) Anyhow, the guest guitarist made a bit of a rant, performed, and then let it be known he would not be returning. Know your audience seems to come to mind or at least pick up on their response and as you inferred, enjoy the diversity of the comedy. Keep writing my friend.
Glad to hear this post was a good breakfast side :)
So, at this gig, a comedian opened for a musician, made some ethnic jokes that offended some folks, and the musician wasn't asked to come back afterward? Or the comedian wasn't asked to come back?
Either way, man, that's a bummer. You DEFINITELY have to know your audience. 100%. At the same time, I am of the mindset, personally, that our "ethnic jokes" or "stereotypes" are funny because there's some truth to them as well as some exaggeration. If we don't laugh at such things, we'll all go mad and end up raging against one another. This is precisely why my motto is "Laughter > Outrage" - something I say all the time.
Always good to hear from you.
-Michael