> What's wrong with just saying "I think it's funny"?
Slapstick is "just" funny. Carlin's comedy isn't that simple. His style was to make a reasoned argument with a goal of making you laugh, making you think, and persuading you to adopt his worldview. He wasn't just funny, and sometimes he wasn't even funny. And that's the case here: a joke that wasn't funny, despite its well-constructed comedic narrative.
In the quote I highlighted at the top of the thread, I found myself unable to suspend my disbelief enough to laugh. I have a lot of respect for the construction of his joke, but having grown up around vietnam veterans who were raised by WWII veterans, the joke fails to be funny. It's actually sad, that he was fighting progress on mental health care, and convincing others to do the same.
I write how I talk: analytical to a fault.
> What's wrong with just saying "I think it's funny"?
Slapstick is "just" funny. Carlin's comedy isn't that simple. His style was to make a reasoned argument with a goal of making you laugh, making you think, and persuading you to adopt his worldview. He wasn't just funny, and sometimes he wasn't even funny. And that's the case here: a joke that wasn't funny, despite its well-constructed comedic narrative.
In the quote I highlighted at the top of the thread, I found myself unable to suspend my disbelief enough to laugh. I have a lot of respect for the construction of his joke, but having grown up around vietnam veterans who were raised by WWII veterans, the joke fails to be funny. It's actually sad, that he was fighting progress on mental health care, and convincing others to do the same.