Ari
Shaffir vs.
Damienne
Merlina
Well,
I am really torn about this story. Basically, Ari did a stand up gig
on Comedy Central and mentioned Marlina by name and proceeded to
attack her really badly on the special. This video was her response.
I actually feel for her and you can tell it really hurt her.
However,
we're trending on dangerous water when we're talking about banning
the special because someone's feelings were hurt. Comedy should be
all sort of things from rude/crude/silly to light humor. Everyone
gets attacked in comedy. I don't like Andrew Dice Clay, but I am not
going to call for his banning.
But,
Ari went a bit too far with the bit, because he mentioned her by name
and seemed to make it personal. He should have just made it a
generic person just to get the point across. It just seems a bit
vindictive to me. While I hate that we throw the word “bullying”
around too much, she does have a point in this case. He did use her
full name. This was clearly sour gapes on his part and he had an axe
to grind. Say horrible stuff all you want in a comedy retinue, but
when stating a real person's name, that is just a bit too far for
even me
I
just think you can still get the point across without the name of the
person.
Marc Marion had this to say about the issue via twitter (sigh) and I agree with him. ((You have the freedom to say whatever you want. Some of it might not be necessary though. You decide.))
Side
Note: Ari and
Howard Stern had
a bit feud.
Stern is in the wrong in this case. I shouldn't say this, but
traditional radio is dead.
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