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    Tom Green did what Tom Green does, and it would be insane to expect him to have any regard for improv etiquette or to be something other than Tom Green.

     

    For Tom Green to work on this podcast, the improvisers would have to account for his being Tom Green. I'm not sure if anyone could, and if they could, I'm not sure they'd be willing to, but if they could and they would, they would have to be loud, aggressive, and accepting of the possibility that Tom Green will be actually mad/upset with them and even leave. James Adomian and Jon Gabrus are about the only ones who come to mind. All due respect to Mary Holland and Erin Whitehead (and this is no insult), but their style is not compatible with Tom Green style.

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    There is a chilling effect in comedy caused by the (mostly) manufactured outrage of the last few years. You can act likes it's not serious, I guess, but I don't much hear about Tracy Morgan doing stream-of-consciousness material on stage anymore. I guess (hypothetical) gay people might feel safer now that people are too nervous to joke about (hypothetically) stabbing them but if you actually value comedy I think you can recognize that there might be funny things left unsaid because comics who rock the boat are in danger of having their careers derailed.

     

    Do you really perceive this as a problem? It seems to me that the opposite is true, that offensive comedy is the easiest way to make it right now. Louis C.K. is the biggest and most influential comedian working. Even Anthony Jeselnik has his own show.

     

    ETA: That's not a judgment on either of those two comics as comics, but their success seems to suggest that there's no real risk to comedians who incorporate offensive material.

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    I think that the blogger in question buries whatever valid criticisms she may have in an avalanche of 'Everything is terrible!'. I'm sure she is well-intentioned, but her overzealousness means she ends up finger-pointing at the wrong things which ends up obscuring her point. I just know from personal experience that it's far too easy to be totally consumed by that stuff and lose some perspective.

     

    I don't disagree with your point, in general, but it's worth remembering that she's 17-18 years old. Her peers on tumblr are furiously shipping characters on Glee or something. At least she's trying. It's just as easy to neglect that stuff, and I'm also speaking from experience.

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