Growing Number of Comedians: When Did Colleges Lose Their Sense of Humor?
A new era of political correctness combined with social media is causing comedians to steer clear of edgy jokes — and university bookings
After comedian Carlos Mencia did his standup act at Rutgers University’s Homecoming last September, a student activist complained that the routine was littered with racial and sexual epithets. Mencia was pleasantly surprised when the students and administration of the diverse Newark, N.J., campus opted to support him.
“I personally thought I was a huge success in the fact that, for the first time, somebody pointed out that the exception was the exception and not the rule,” Mencia told TheWrap. “It wasn’t, ‘We’re going to take this one person’s complaints and turn it into, ‘This is how everybody else felt,’ it was, ‘This is one person’s complaint.’”
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