humor = tragedy + time

OK, but then the logical next question is: How much time?

If it's OK, at this point, to joke about, say, The Spanish Inquisition... what about, for instance, the Holocaust? Or AIDS? September 11th? The #MeToo movement?

...Derek Chauvin?

There's a line there somewhere, right?

Or are some topics just never going to be funny?

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Shawn Murray - A stand up comedian and writer and a host of Fantasy Filmball
Carolyn Paine - An actress, comedian, and dancer
Ferne Pearlstein - A documentary filmmaker who directed The Last Laugh
Caleb Warren - Assistant professor of marketing at the University of Arizona

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Colin McEnroe, Catie Talarski, and Chion Wolf contributed to this show, which originally aired February 21, 2018.

humor = tragedy + time
OK, but then the logical next question is: How much time?
If it's OK, at this point, to joke about, say, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnF1OtP2Svk">The Spanish Inquisition</a>... what about, for instance,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPXHRX8Q2hs">the Holocaust</a>? Or&nbsp;<a href="http://southpark.cc.com/clips/153289/a-misunderstanding">AIDS</a>?&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYZLKqGhSZs">September 11th</a>? The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.alternet.org/culture/did-dave-chappelles-metoo-jokes-go-too-far">#MeToo movement</a>?
...Derek Chauvin?
There's a line there somewhere, right?
Or are some topics just never going to be funny?
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>Mike Bent&nbsp;- Teaches writing in the Comedic Arts program at Emerson College, and he&rsquo;s a performing comedian and magician</li>
<li>Shawn Murray&nbsp;- A stand up comedian and writer and a host of&nbsp;<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fantasy-filmball/id1296519977?mt=2">Fantasy Filmball</a></li>
<li>Carolyn Paine&nbsp;- An actress, comedian, and dancer</li>
<li>Ferne Pearlstein&nbsp;- A documentary filmmaker who directed&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lastlaughfilm.us/">The Last Laugh</a></li>
<li>Caleb Warren&nbsp;- Assistant professor of marketing at the University of Arizona</li>
</ul>
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Colin McEnroe, Catie Talarski, and&nbsp;Chion Wolf contributed to this show, which originally aired February 21, 2018.

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