There’s humour and then there’s bad taste.Comedy stands up. It does not punch down.
I’m equally fun at parties when people make rape and racist “jokes” as when they belittle survivors of life-threatening and life-taking tragedies.
This goes hand-in-hand with my refusal to accept an acting role that required portraying intimate partner violence as a gag; regardless of genders. In 2015, Domestic Violence is not a laughing matter. Mocking disabled people: also not funny.
There’s so many things in this world to laugh at. Degrading people who are already suffering degrading circumstances is a sign of weakness, not strength.
