From the front lines of the war on comedy, Le Devoir chronicles the death of the funny:
From the front lines of the war on comedy, Le Devoir chronicles the death of the funny:
They may be funny, but, in the end, they’re cheating their audience. To wit: while claiming to be able to laugh at anything, comedians, who are quietly taking over Montreal for the 28th edition of the Just For Laughs festival, have in recent years considerably narrowed the subject and object of their derision.
And that’s not all: far from being the offended rebels many claim to be, these kings of the joke have become less caustic, less subversive, but also more conventional and reassuring.
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“By nature, stupidity is everywhere, on the right as much as the left. We should laugh at it, not only in well-worn fashion. Comedians today, even the ones who claim to be radical politically aware, no longer stand in opposition to the dogmas of our era. They are the incarnation of these dogmas.”