A US Comedian’s Jokes Amid the Cornell Rape Scandal Have Set Off a Firestorm
The monologue revived criticism of SNL’s decision to give Gillis a platform after previous offensive jokes and amid scrutiny of the Cornell allegations.
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A US comedian’s jokes amid the Cornell rape scandal have set off a firestorm
Prominent US comedian Shane Gillis used his opening monologue of Saturday Night Live to offend women everywhere.
What Happened to Being Anti-Woke? CBS Seethes Over Gillis’s Comments About Women
What Happened to Being Anti-Woke? CBS Seethes Over Gillis’s Comments About Women Screenshot via CBS/Snapstream When Bari Weiss took over as editor-in-chief of CBS News, one of the liberal, elitist media’s biggest fears was that she would bring her anti-woke mindset to one of America’s most famous (or infamous) brands.But with stories like one that kicked off the second hour of Wednesday’s CBS Mornings by expressing horror at comedian Shane Gilli…
Who’s Offended by Shane Gillis? – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
A joke making the rounds when we called cancel culture “political correctness” went like this: Q: “How many feminists does it take to change a light bulb?” A: “That’s not funny.” People, or at least some people, laughed because it contained a grain of truth through a caricature of the humorless puritans increasingly populating the faculties of women’s studies departments. It was meant to provoke laughter and not predict the future. Alas, here we…
The View’s Sara Haines makes wild leap from Shane Gillis’ gym shorts joke to alleged gang rape at Cornell University
"And what, as we're talking about this Cornell 7, I'm not saying a joke makes an assault, but it it makes it much easier to look at as another human as an object."
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