Where in the world am I today?: North Vancouver, BC, Canada

“I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.”

–George Carlin, US comedian and actor (1937 – 2008)

Addendum…

“…so much fun to take a step or two past that line to see what the reaction will be.”

–David ‘checkerhead’ Aiken

I like the use of the word ‘duty’ in the original quote here…

duty |ˈd(y)oōtē|
noun ( pl. -ties)
1 a moral or legal obligation; a responsibility

It’s always been the clowns, jesters and comedians who poke fun at the established social order and question the rules and realities that have been crafted. Dancing along/across/beyond that line seems to be a requirement in comedy as though laughter itself was meant to test the boundaries of what’s deemed to be acceptable.

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