Related to Pizzagate as it shows how perverts rule our culture.
The Aristocrats is a 2005 American documentary comedy film about the famous dirty joke of the same name. It was conceived and produced by comedians Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza, edited by Emery Emery, and released theatrically by TH!NKFilm. The film is dedicated to Johnny Carson, as "The Aristocrats" was said to be his favorite joke.
The joke involves a person pitching an act to a talent agent. Typically the first line is, "A man walks into a talent agent's office." The man then describes the act. From this point, up to (but not including) the punchline, the teller of the joke is expected to ad-lib the most shocking act they can possibly imagine. This often involves elements of incest, group sex, graphic violence, defecation, coprophilia, necrophilia, bestiality, child sexual abuse, and various other taboo behaviors.
The joke ends with the agent, shocked but often impressed, asking "And what do you call the act?" The punchline of the joke is then given: "'The Aristocrats'".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aristocrats_(film)
Link to the video:
http://watchdocumentaries.com/the-aristocrats/
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FreeRebel ago
Well, I'm as outraged about actual abuse as anyone, but I'm also sad about the way we have lost comedy. I mean... it's JUST A JOKE. And jokes have a healthy function. Just like swearing. Like using offensive language. I did not take that movie or the jokes to mean or to imply that the talker was a doer. "Bad men do what good men dream," is the title of a book that explains why good people are so interested in the doings of bad people. We are all human, none of us are free of venal, shameful impulses of one kind or another. I understand completely why all of you are so exercised about this show, but my concerns for civil liberties being speedily eroded are more prominent in my mind. Every day I see more and more of the unhealthy effects of this wave of suppression of expression, and am really disappointed that We The People are so easily swayed to willingly forego the very foundation of our American Revolutionary form of government. This new Right To Not Be Offended is being given precedence, and sure, it has a certain feel-good cachet to it, but the end effect of our giving up the appreciation for the right to OFFENSIVE speech is not going to feel very good for any of us.
spacepopecoast2coast ago
100%
calling someone a "niggerfag" is very clearly in poor taste, but that's kinda why it's so funny