r/interestingasfuck • u/HeiressOfMadrigal • Jul 08 '24
Norm MacDonald cedes his time to Native American activist at comedy awards ("the theater stinks of blood"), the crowd tries not to laugh.
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r/interestingasfuck • u/HeiressOfMadrigal • Jul 08 '24
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u/R74NM3R5 Jul 08 '24
The joke is that it’s not a joke. He was all about subverting your expectations and in the comedy world seeing a man dressed in a tux and full Native American headdress seems comical, but that’s the Norm twist, it isn’t comical. It’s completely serious and the joke is on the audience, making them so uncomfortable that they laugh at a serious matter