U.S. - After the terrorist attack of October 5th - the release of Dave Chappelle's The Closer - many progressives have questioned the whole concept of stand-up comedy.
"There is just something so fascist about laughing," said left-wing activist Jamie Nash. "And how privileged do you have to be to sit there and enjoy yourself when there are problems out there like climate change, racism, and people who don't announce their pronouns?"
Now there is a movement to replace stand-up comedy with a new entertainment called "stand-up scolding." Instead of a person standing on stage and trying to make people laugh, the person tries to make the audience feel bad and reflective.
"It's so great," said Joanna Griffith, who was attending a stand-up scolding special. "It's like an evolution of what Ha

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