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.
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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