Perhaps Tosh's work will speak for itself, but from the admittedly limited reporting so far, it sounds like it will speak poorly. And we're still waiting to see video of the full routine, if it exists. Videogum called it "lazy," which it was, and Think Progress's Alyssa Rosenberg turned it into a referendum on Tosh's craft, about which she concluded, "he’s being a bad comedian." Tosh hasn't said yet what, exactly, he thinks was taken out of context. And that's what seems to annoy so many about this story, us included. And that seems to be happening here as well, as bloggers pick up the story.īut the problem with Tosh's joke wasn't just that it was in bad taste, it's that it was also simply bad. (Maybe you remember Tracy Morgan's homophobic humor last year). #deadbabies."Īs The Atlantic Wire's Jen Doll pointed out when Rainn Wilson made his awful joke about getting date-raped to Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love," there's something of an "outrage machine" that kicks in automatically. On Twitter, Tosh cited "out-of-context misquotes" in a tweet that linked to the post on Cookies for Breakfast, before saying "I'd like to sincerely apologize." He followed up: "the point i was making before i was heckled is there are awful things in the world but you can still make jokes about them. Over the course of the day, blogs such as Videogum, Think Progress, and Feminists for Choice have picked up the story, and by the end of the day, Tosh was as close to contrite as we've seen him to be. Then, he says, “Wouldn’t it be funny if that girl got raped by like, 5 guys right now? Like right now? What if a bunch of guys just raped her…” and I, completely stunned and finding it hard to process what was happening but knowing i needed to get out of there, immediately nudged my friend, who was also completely stunned, and we high-tailed it out of there.Īs we said, Tosh doesn't deny the accusation while addressing it on his Twitter, so we can assume there's at least some truth to it. So I yelled out, “Actually, rape jokes are never funny!” Īfter I called out to him, Tosh paused for a moment. 20 In 2012, Tosh was criticized for an interaction with a female audience member during a set at a Hollywood comedy club. The show was cancelled after three seasons on January 7, 2015. So I didnt appreciate Daniel Tosh (or anyone!) telling me I should find them funny. Tosh was an executive producer of, and the voice of 'Malloy' in, the Comedy Central animated sitcom Brickleberry. I don’t know why he was so repetitive about it but I felt provoked because I, for one, DON’T find them funny and never have. So Tosh then starts making some very generalizing, declarative statements about rape jokes always being funny, how can a rape joke not be funny, rape is hilarious, etc.
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