Defending Tosh
Your honor, with one out of three children in America experiencing food insecurity the last thing we should be talking about is a rape joke.
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MICHAEL SNYDER is a journalist, editor, broadcaster, screenwriter, and animation developer who splits his time between Los Angeles and San Francisco. After leaving his longtime position as entertainment critic/nightlife columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle to co-develop the Cinemachine movie-review search engine for Sonicnet/MTV Interactive, he moved from a terrestrial radio gig at KITS-FM to join the on-air team at Sirius/XM Satellite Radio's Sirius/XM Left channel where he can be heard reviewing new films and covering pop-culture on Friday mornings. Michael is now editor-in-chief and film columnist of Bon Voyage – an English-language family-travel magazine published in Brussels, Belgium for the European market. He previously served as the movie critic for Six Degrees magazine's Miami, Detroit and Atlanta editions; as an editor and writer at Gracenote, Inc., on the company's DVD database project; and as a consultant for the music-oriented online community MOG.com. Currently consulting on film and TV projects in Hollywood, he was part of the creative team that developed the CW network's cartoon series "Eon Kid.” Michael has done television series development for WildBrain Animation, Wild Hare Studios, Storytime Pictures and Alligator Planet. He co-authored the scenario to the ballet "Lear" -- featuring a score composed by former Police drummer Stewart Copeland -- for the San Francisco Ballet. Michael also co-wrote songs for the legendary theatrical rock band the Tubes, including the top-40 hit "Tip of My Tongue" and the Halloween perennial "Attack of the 50-Foot Woman." In addition, Michael was the movie reviewer for Knight Ridder's Street Miami weekly; editor-at-large for the ground-breaking online music publication Addicted to Noise; on-air commentator over CNET Radio; nightlife editor for San Francisco Focus magazine; and contributing writer for San Francisco magazine. Plus, he has written for such publications as Salon, GEO, High Times, Creem, and the British pop-music weekly New Musical Express.
So is Micheal Richardsing something supposed to mean being unfairly victimized in your book? it’s been a few years so maybe I misremember but I thought he owned up and apologized for the offensive things he said?
I’m a brit and know nothing about daniel tosh’s comedy so maybe he should be defended. I would think that it’s not about the words you use but the context and intended target of the joke. It is appears daniel tosh overstepped the mark trying to put down a heckler just because it’s a joke is that acceptable?
Is anything acceptable because it’s said on a stage in a comedy? So a white supremacist can make jokes about the holocaust because of where he’s located.
I’m writing this in a rush so not sure it all makes sense but just airing some thoughts, I’m a comedy fan and certainly don’t want comedy restricted but not sure all comedians should be defended and not held accountable.
Love the show keep up the great work.
Feldman’s articulation of what constitutes comedy on the edge is better than anything I’ve ever read on the subject. I couldn’t agree with him more when he says, “Who cares?” The question isn’t whether Tosh should or shouldn’t be joking about rape. The question is why? I wish feldman did more opening monologues like the one in this show.
David, I just got finished listening to your opening about Tosh’s rape joke. You say who cares? Well, if it isn’t important then why did you spend 20 minutes talking about it? Why aren’t you talking about Syria. You too are capable of hypocrosy. Or however it’s spelled. That being said, I can listen to you talk about anything. I don’t know if it’s your delivery, the timbre of your voice, or what your saying. But it seems so smart. And funny. You are a national treasure. Seriously. I’m grateful you do this show so many times a week, and don’t charge for it. I will send money, but I already owe back child support. And I’m paid sheet.