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Anthony Jeselnik Draws Criticism for Mocking a Shark Attack Victim on TV

by | March 13th, 2013

On his new Comedy Central series The Jeselnik Offensive last night, comedian Anthony Jeselnik discussed the recent death of a New Zealand man who was killed by a great white shark and then proceeded to introduce a segment called "Shark Party!" in which he joked around about being excited about the tragedy and held a party to celebrate it while a bunch of ladies dressed as sharks danced with him. New Zealand's One News reports that the victim's family (unsurprisingly) was "disgusted" by the segment, which concludes with Jeselnik putting the victim's photo onscreen and calling him a "son of a bitch." Being deliberately shocking and offensive and [...]

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Sarah Silverman On How to Be Offensive But Not Offensive

by | September 12th, 2012

"I think when a comic can get away with something it’s because people are like dogs: they smell fear and they smell intentions. If you say something racist or something that you don’t mean but what transcends is love, then you can get away with it more than if there’s a coldness… If it’s hateful, it’s a scary, ugly thing. But if it’s silliness, you can smell it. I think there’s a difference." – Sarah Silverman talking with The Talk about how she can say awful things on stage without having tomatoes thrown at her.

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