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A.R. Moxon
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I'm worth a million in prizes. Author of THE REVISIONARIES (2019) and VERY FINE PEOPLE (2024). Mango-enjoyer. He/him. Author site: armoxon.com Weekly essays on my free newsletter, The Reframe.
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Never mind “comedy is legal again.” “Treating bullies like the assholes they are is legal again.” Let’s try that one out.

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LHlindaholmes.bsky.social

Dave Itzkoff had a line about Gervais’ style years ago that I’ve never stopped thinking about.

loaded with potentially outrageous elements that will reliably offend some portion of its viewership, or at least titillate them with the idea that somewhere else, someone is being offended.
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EBenbuenora.bsky.social

Particularly given how comedians have created this entire weird in-group mythology of how comedians are the ones at the the forefront of free speech but also of some heroic resistance to oppressive culture

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MNmattneilhill.bsky.social

Yes, pretty please let's try that one out. And then stick to it.

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A.R. Moxon
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I'm worth a million in prizes. Author of THE REVISIONARIES (2019) and VERY FINE PEOPLE (2024). Mango-enjoyer. He/him. Author site: armoxon.com Weekly essays on my free newsletter, The Reframe.
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