Louis Theroux
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I'll give you one.
This is one that you told.
This is funny.
To me, this was funny, okay?
Bear me out.
Go ahead.
I'm going to murder the show.
Young man came up to me outside a theatre, clearly emotionally distressed.
Because he was upset about a joke that you'd told.
This is the back, you know, that was... Okay.
He said, hey, I was abused by a priest.
I said, no, no, you weren't.
I was just dressed as a priest.
Oh, really?
There's a part of... You know, we're used to seeing comedy as uncomplicatedly benign, whereas I sort of see it as something different, like electricity...
or a weapon that can be used for good or ill.
Does that make sense?
And that you can shoot a dictator or you can shoot a homeless person.
It just depends on who you choose to direct it at.
You referenced Michel Foucault.