🔴 NEW | When comedians become cult leaders 'Comedians are in a unique position to command attention.' A wave of comics have worked their way into a space where political and religious leaders once stood tall as bastions of hope.
cemented their lionized status through challenging the status quo of the time as self-styled truth-tellers. Each deftly side-tackled matters from sex to religion and the hypocrisy permeating the culture of the day via searing, subversive, sweary stage acts.
George Carlin is pictured left on October 8, 2003 in Burbank, California. Richard Pryor is pictured right on July 28, 1978 in Chicago, Illinois.This devotion continues today, not just within the comedy fanbase but also among those working in the industry. A generation of comedians, in differing ways, have attempted to emulate the shaking off of the old guard, damn-your-feelings approach to their work, collecting haters—and devout followers—along the way.
"Fear that the comedians have too much power is far less of a threat than the increasing willingness of people to act out physically when offended by another person's words. That type of behavior should never be seen as acceptable, or we risk normalizing it."
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