Aydin Paladin
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Can you be Politically Correct and Funny? The Psychology of Humor
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May 30, 2018
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50:15Now PlayingWell this video, while rendering, took on all new meaning following the firing of Rosanne Barr from ABC after a series of Tweets, so I guess that means it's as important a time as any to discuss the subject of comedy and political correctness. Can you be PC and funny or is there something about humor that requires offensiveness? I answer these questions with research and data from benign violations theory and a variety of research on humor in this latest installment the psychology of humor.
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