Chris Rock, Jennifer Saunders and more have argued that 'wokeness' is stifling comedy. But the idea of the joke police is actually nonsense Is cancel culture destroying comedy? A lot of comedians seem to think so. John Cleese has fretted that "wokeness" will "stifle creativity". Chris Rock attributed all the "unfunny TV shows" he sees to the fact that "everybody's scared to make a move". Shappi Khorsandi wrote: "The …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AM on August 10, 2021