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Excellent magazine Quillette.
https://quillette.com/
https://quillette.com/2019/05/02/imperfect-comedy-in-an-age-of-perfection/
https://quillette.com/
In an age of performative virtue, people are rewarded with applause and “likes” for telling us how forward thinking, how righteous, and how progressive they are. Comedy, on the other hand, reminds us that we all have a dark side and that we might want to reconsider before casting stones. Each of us is a complex creature capable of entertaining good and bad thoughts. And art has always been the place best suited to exploring the parts of ourselves we must live with, but seldom show.
So if you’re afraid of your flaws and your complexities, and if you’re afraid of your own dark thoughts, then go and see a comedy show. The experience might leave you feeling less weird and less alone.
So if you’re afraid of your flaws and your complexities, and if you’re afraid of your own dark thoughts, then go and see a comedy show. The experience might leave you feeling less weird and less alone.
https://quillette.com/2019/05/02/imperfect-comedy-in-an-age-of-perfection/
Shoaib and Haneef moved to Paris where they made friends with a French guy named Jean Paul.
They used to go all over Paris with him when suddenly one day ...
Jean Paul disappeared.
The two went to the police and lodged a complaint.
The police asked them if they could give some vital clues about Jean Paul that would help find him.
Haneef said, "Jean-Paul was handsome and tall."
The Police said, "Most Frenchmen are like that. Give us something specific."
Shoaib said, "Jean Paul had blue eyes and was very fair."
The Police said, "C'mon guys, lots of Frenchmen are fair and have blue eyes, give us something specific."
Shoaib and Haneef said, "Oh yes ... now we remember ... Jean Paul had two holes in his ass."
The Policemen get really interested. They said, "Now that's something very specific, but tell us, how do you know this? Have you guys seen the two holes in his ass?"
Shoaib and Haneef said,
"No we haven’t actually seen the holes, but wherever we went with Jean Paul, everyone used to say ... _Here comes Jean Paul with the two assholes!_"
They used to go all over Paris with him when suddenly one day ...
Jean Paul disappeared.
The two went to the police and lodged a complaint.
The police asked them if they could give some vital clues about Jean Paul that would help find him.
Haneef said, "Jean-Paul was handsome and tall."
The Police said, "Most Frenchmen are like that. Give us something specific."
Shoaib said, "Jean Paul had blue eyes and was very fair."
The Police said, "C'mon guys, lots of Frenchmen are fair and have blue eyes, give us something specific."
Shoaib and Haneef said, "Oh yes ... now we remember ... Jean Paul had two holes in his ass."
The Policemen get really interested. They said, "Now that's something very specific, but tell us, how do you know this? Have you guys seen the two holes in his ass?"
Shoaib and Haneef said,
"No we haven’t actually seen the holes, but wherever we went with Jean Paul, everyone used to say ... _Here comes Jean Paul with the two assholes!_"
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