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EPISODE · Mar 7, 2017 · 30 MIN

Swearing in Comedy

from CiTR -- Finding the Funny · host CiTR & Discorder Magazine

Profanity is a debated subject in almost all aspects of entertainment, how far is too far? Despite being mostly dominated with comics who use the art of the swear throughout the majority of their work, there are still a number of "clean" comics. Does it take more skill to get a laugh without a swear? What distinguishes the difference between a cheap laugh or emphatic genius through the use of such powerful language?

Profanity is a debated subject in almost all aspects of entertainment, how far is too far? Despite being mostly dominated with comics who use the art of the swear throughout the majority of their work, there are still a number of "clean" comics. Does it take more skill to get a laugh without a swear? What distinguishes the difference between a cheap laugh or emphatic genius through the use of such powerful language?

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