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12-04-2015, 04:37 PM
Patton Oswalt recently sat down with writer and producer Jessica Pilot (http://www.villagevoice.com/video/this-is-stand-up-patton-oswalt-42135439) as part of The Village Voice's "This Is Stand-Up" series to discuss the role of the comedian in an era of "PC police" and "social justice warriors."
"We're not the guardians and we're not the saviors," said Oswalt, "but I think we are the safety valve." He goes on to explain that a comedians are there to "say the unsayable."
Oswalt's comments bring to mind the time when Jerry Seinfeld made headlines (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=anthony-berteaux/jerry-seinfeld-politcally-correct-college-student_b_7540878.html) earlier this year after lambasting college campuses (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=2015/06/10/jerry-seinfeld-political-correctness_n_7552132.html) for being too politically correct, which he said limits the topics that can be addressed in a comedy set.
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"We're not the guardians and we're not the saviors," said Oswalt, "but I think we are the safety valve." He goes on to explain that a comedians are there to "say the unsayable."
Oswalt's comments bring to mind the time when Jerry Seinfeld made headlines (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=anthony-berteaux/jerry-seinfeld-politcally-correct-college-student_b_7540878.html) earlier this year after lambasting college campuses (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=2015/06/10/jerry-seinfeld-political-correctness_n_7552132.html) for being too politically correct, which he said limits the topics that can be addressed in a comedy set.
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