Toeing the line. Amy Schumer has made a career out of pushing boundaries — but sometimes the comedian has taken things too far.Fans have questioned the Life & Beth star several times over the years, even as far back as 2015.
After she was called out in an article published by The Guardian for allegedly having a “shockingly large blind spot around race” in her stand-up, the Inside Amy Schumer alum fought back in a lengthy series of tweets.“I am a comic,” she wrote in June 2015. “I am so glad more people are laughing at me and with me all of a sudden.
I will joke about things you like, and I will joke about things you arent comfortable with. And that’s OK. Stick with me and trust I am joking.”The Snatched star continued, “I go in and out of playing an irreverent idiot.
That includes making dumb jokes involving race. I enjoy playing the girl who time to time says the dumbest thing possible, and playing with race is a thing we are not supposed to do, which is what makes it so fun for comics. … You can call it a ‘blind spot for racism’ or ‘lazy,’ but you are wrong.
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