With all the drama going around recently, it's gotten me thinking about how easy could be for one's reputation to be demolished at the drop of a hat. This especially applies to comedians, because it's so hard to gauge these days what will and won't tip people off. Does this mean all comedy should be as white as vanilla so that no one can possibly get offended. Well, I think we should all take a hint from one of my favorite comedians of all time.

"I believe you can joke about anything. It all depends on how you construct the joke. What the exaggeration is. Because every joke needs one exaggeration. Every joke needs one thing to be WAY out of proportion."
-George Carlin

Don't be afraid of writing dark humor. Just be smart about it.

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George Carlin's comedic excerpt about rape is one of the funniest things I've ever seen. 

But yeah, the two things that have been going on were NOT jokes. Sexual harassment and an illogical statement. Sometimes I have to watch what I say in my memes. If I wasn't so careful, I would make more jokes about black people (Like this one: 

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This Joke Has Not BEE-gun To Offend People. by DTH-Productions
) because I'm African-American myself, but yeah.....those two things killed BOTH of their reps.