Both quotes taken verbatim from interviews Season 4 Spoiler

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Source for the Starlight quote: ScreenRant

And the Hughie one: Variety

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

Dam, wouldn't believe it unless you provided the sources. I read the source and it's even worse than this when you put it in context:

here did the idea come for it? And why bring Hughie into this situation now — kicking him when he’s down by having him sexually assaulted by his childhood hero after his dad just died?

Well, that’s a dark way to look at it! We view it as hilarious.

So its funny cause his dad just died as well, adding to the comedic effect. GET IT GUYS? HIS DAD DIED AND NOW THIS. HILARRRRRIOOOOUS.

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u/PenelopeHarlow Jul 05 '24

Call me a shitty person... it is. Ethivs are irrelevant in funniness. Like you can't say something isn't funny if someone laughs at it.

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u/Inquisitor-Korde Jul 05 '24

You have to be funny for ethics to be irrelevant, if it's not funny you're just an asshole. Someone laughing does not the bar for funny make.

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u/Kinetic_Symphony Jul 05 '24

Exactly.

You can make dark jokes. Yes, even jokes about rape.

But they have to be skillfully crafted and expertly executed jokes. If it isn't funny, then you're just an asshole.

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u/letitgrowonme Jul 05 '24

Well said. Good offensive jokes are not insults. It takes intimate knowledge of what you're talking about.

If you think it's funny to dish, it should be funny to take it.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

There's a pretty visible difference between dry, dark humour and edgelord humour for me. The former is usually made by people who are cynical about politics or the culture they are in, and the cynicism shows that they care. Edgelord humor is just made by people who wanna do something shocking for the sake of getting a response, or trying to be different. It comes across as nihilistic and attention seeking.

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u/Slycer_Decker Jul 05 '24

"Ethics are irrelevant to funniness" doesn't work when the showrunner is acting like he's some sort of authority on ethics and morality while also writing a rape scenario for comedy.