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- The documentary Can We Take a Joke?, a one-sided look at a multisided issue, does a fine job of defending a comic’s right to perform incendiary material. It would be better if it also at least acknowledged the possibility that some jokes ought not be told.
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Jul 29, 2016 · A documentary about the supposedly chilling effect of political correctness on comedy, neither insightful nor funny.
Jul 28, 2016 · By Neil Genzlinger. July 28, 2016. The documentary “Can We Take a Joke?,” a one-sided look at a multisided issue, does a fine job of defending a comic’s right to perform incendiary...
- Ted Balaker
Jul 25, 2016 · Comedians need to take shots and former ReasonTV staffer Ted Balaker’s documentary Can We Take a Joke? says the current politically correct environment is keeping them holstered and that if this...
Roger Moore Movie Nation. Smart, pointed but cursory assault on "The New Censorship," college campuses and the Internet's war on stand-up comedy with edge. Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 ...
Jul 29, 2016 · Ted Balaker's Can We Take a Joke? is a surprisingly self-righteous and unfunny documentary in which shelf-dated comedians spend 74 minutes misinterpreting the First Amendment to mean that behaving like an asshole should have no social consequences.
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- Ted Balaker
Jul 28, 2016 · This is Can We Take a Joke?, the new documentary from director Ted Balaker, which focuses on the perceived problem of society’s sensitivity. The argument at the center of the film is not something to be flippant about as the right to free speech is inherent and important even, or perhaps especially, when people say contrarian or outright ...
Overall, the film is very well produced and, were one unfamiliar with the subject it might come across as an excellent piece of work. Balaker's history of the censorship of US comedy is affectionately delivered and, though somewhat slight, interesting throughout.
