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[lollardfish]

Can anyone more knowledgeable than I point out any examples of the Vilification Tennis show doing productive social satire - that is, making fun of something in order to demonstrate its impropriety or nonsensical nature?

I'm seeing excuses that I shouldn't be offended at their upcoming show because it's productive social satire.

I think it's just an excuse and the show isn't about satire, it's about getting laughs by being as mean as possible. They are really good at it. They get a lot of laughs. I think they're kidding themselves about the satire, but I'm not that familiar with their shows.

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Re: Vilification Tennis and the art of offensive comedy

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

I agree with you about the essence of Vilification Tennis.

However:

"I have ADHD and have always been wild. When I was a kid the other children called me all sorts of names such as "Spaz" "Mental" "Retard" (That's right! I said it!)and "Loser." I turned out just fine (ok, some might argue that last point)."

That you withstood this kind of thing is not, I think, justification to inflict it on others.

Actually, insult comedy is pretty common. Plenty of people do this type of humor, just not this format. And it's a really good format executed by tremendously skilled people (at least the last time I saw it, and since it's Tim's show, and Tim's sense of comedy is pretty finely honed, I'm sure it's still great). I have at no time questioned the show's ability to produce laughter.