Nasty comedians

A nasty comedian could be defined as a comedian using crude and offensive jokes to humour. Jokes could be based upon for example race, culture, religion, death or disabilities, reinforcing prejudice and stereotypes. However do not all comedians do this to some extent?



Fir example after watching Al Murray's DVD 'The pub landlord' his love for 'Beautiful British' people was apparent, with a differentiating attitude for other countries. Personally I do not believe this to be bad behaviour as no matter if your black, white, male female, fat or think jokes will always be made, therefore if they are not directly insinuated towards you as an individual offence should not be taken by them.



Contradictory to this when following the link, http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2010/apr/20/frankie-boyle-review I found an article investigating how comedian Frankie Boyle highly offended a women and child by his jokes upon down syndrome. Frankie Boyle is well known for his crude jokes upon for example cancer, rape and Baby P. When taking this into account, is this type of comedy bad? As in these cases it causes upsetting disrespect and stress to those who have lost someone or to people who have had to experience for example sexual attacks.



Personally I do not believe comedians mean what they say or mean to make offence. Instead I believe similarly to any job comedians strive to be the best, trying to be different and go the extra mile to stand out, however when doing this it could be portrayed crudely. Overall I believe nasty comedians are not bad and most have good intentions, pleasing their audience. However they may not be the most considerate of people, but if you do not like them or what they say do not watch them.