Shock humour: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Style of comedy intended to shock the audience}}
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'''Shock humour''' is a style of [[comedy]] intended to shock the audience. This can be achieved through excessively foul [[toilet humour]], overt sexual themes, mocking of serious themes (otherwise known as [[black comedy]]), or through tactlessness in the aftermath of a [[crisis]].

In radio, [[shock jock]]s use this brand of humour. In conservative communities, suchSuch risque broadcasting can cause controversy, such as [[Jim Quinn]] and [[Don Jefferson]]'s "Stupid Human Tricks" segment of their late-[[1980s]] WBZZ-FM show.<ref>{{citeCite journal |last=Weiskind |first=Ron |date=February 20, 1988 |title=Radio Humor: How Shocking Will It Get? |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QFENAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5G0DAAAAIBAJ&dq=shock-humor&pg=1710%2C5510817 |journal=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |access-date=20November Feb8, 1988|author=Ron Weiskind|title=Radio Humor: How Shocking Will It Get?2022}}</ref>

ProponentsPractitioners of shock humour include [[Andrew Dice Clay]],<ref>{{citeCite book |titlelast=ComedyHelitzer writing|first=Melvin secrets|url=https://archive.org/details/comedywritingsec00heli_1 |url-accesstitle=registration|author=Helitzer,Comedy Writing Secrets Melvin|publisher=[[Writer's Digest Books]] |year=1992 |page=[67 |isbn=978-0-89879-510-3 |archive-url=https://archive.org/details/comedywritingsec00heli_1/page/67 67]|archive-date=October 9, 2014 |url-access=registration |access-date=November 8, 2022}}</ref>, [[Tom Green]], [[Eric André]], and [[NormSam MacdonaldHyde]]. The television shows ''[[FamilyThe GuySimpsons]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20090927/ENTERTAINMENT/909249865/1030/OPINION02?Title=-8216-Family-Guy-8217-sidekick-scores-his-own-cartoon-show|title=‘Family Guy’ sidekick scores his own cartoon show|work=houmatoday.com|author=Moore, Frazier|date=September 27, 2009}}</ref>, ''[[The Ren and& Stimpy Show]]'', ''[[Robot Chicken]]'', ''[[South Park]]'', ''[[Superjail!Family Guy]]'', ''[[Superjail!]]'', [[Jackass (TV seriesfranchise)|''Jackass]]'']], ''[[Drawn Together]]'', ''[[Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt]]'', ''[[Rick and Morty]]'', ''[[Beavis and Butt-Head]]'' and ''[[Da Ali G Show]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/movies/numero_bruno_LiQXfEoarRRhCbUnxQjMgP|title=Baron Cohen's 'Borat' Follow-Up is Wunderbar|work=New York Post|author=Lumenick, Lou|date=July 7, 2009}}</ref> have also been described as shock humour.{{cn|date=March 2024}}

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