"Some comics go the route of I'm going to just say F Trump' all the time or that's their comedy. And I think well now, a little bit, you're being co-opted because you're so angry. You've been lulled. It's like a siren leading you into the rocks. You've been lulled into just saying F Trump. F Trump. F Trump. Screw this guy.' And I think you've now put down your best weapon, which is being funny, and you've exchanged it for anger."
"That person or any person like that would say, Well, things are too serious now. I don't need to be funny.' And I think, well, if you're a comedian, you always need to be funny. You just have to find a way. And you just have to find a way to channel that anger into a waybecause good art will always be a great weapon, will always be a perfect weapon against power. But if you're just screaming and you're just angry, you've lost your best tool in the toolbox."
"Comedy needs a straight line to go off of, and we don't have a straight line right now. We have a very bendy, rubbery line, he said."
Trump's unpredictable, outrageous behavior frequently outpaces parody, making it difficult for satire to find a clear, stable target. Sketch and stand-up writers confront material that already exists in reality, eroding the straightforward comedic premise that satire relies on. When comedians default to repeated profanity or constant anger, they forfeit humor as their primary tool and become emotionally co-opted. Serious circumstances do not eliminate the need for comedy; comedians must discover forms that channel anger into craft. Well-crafted humor and art remain powerful instruments against authority when they preserve wit rather than substitute it with rage.
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