Rowan Atkinson Says The Job Of Comedy Is To ‘Offend’: ‘Not All Jokes Are For Everyone’

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Rowan Atkinson is taking a stand against “cancel culture.” The actor spoke with the Irish Times about his new Netflix movie “Man vs Bee” and how he sees the rise of “cancel culture” as antithetical to comedy. “It does seem to me that the job of comedy is to offend, or have the potential to offend, and it cannot be drained of that potential,” Atkinson said. “Every joke has a victim.

That’s the definition of a joke. Someone or something or an idea is made to look ridiculous.” READ MORE: Rowan Atkinson Says Mr.

Bean Was Based On Himself As A Child, Admits He Doesn’t Like Johnny English The star was asked whether comedy should only be aimed at people in authority, but he thought that was too limiting. “I think you’ve got to be very, very careful about saying what you’re allowed to make jokes about.

You’ve always got to kick up? Really?” He explained. “What if there’s someone extremely smug, arrogant, aggressive, self-satisfied, who happens to be below in society?