Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon
There's a line that you have to tread when lampooning people who have a complete disregard for others' humanity. The Reno Sheriff's Dept. are the kind of people who would, if they found themselves in <PERSON> sex dungeon, make jokes about the quality of the gear. But it's hard to not think of the comedians willing to write those jokes. 619
What is it, exactly, that they want me to laugh at? For <PERSON>'s sake Epstein was trafficking underage girls, and there's no sense that the writers are horrified by the evil involved. It seems like... the wrong joke to make about <PERSON>? (If there are, indeed, jokes to be made about him? Yes, <PERSON> is a bit of a punchline now, but I'm not sure that would be the case if it hadn't been the Jewish people who castrated his memory.) I think there are some limits to satire--and mine will be different from yours--but this definitely crosses where I think they are. Sometimes you have to turn the comedy machine off.
There's a bit toward the end, when they're all chained up and about to be blown up - <PERSON> says "It's kind of funny, if you think about it", and everyone snaps at her for missing the "vibe". It's hard to watch a group of satirists miss a criticism that could be leveled at themselves.
I'm open to counterarguments, but they'd better be good. 292