I’m not sure that there should be any predefined limits set for a comedian…they learn from their mistakes!!! I think that it’s up to the audience to let the comedian know when they have crossed the line with their brand of humor!!! When I was younger Andrew Dice Clay was all the rage. He was irreverent & immoral, but people loved him. At one point, he started making fun of disabled people. It didn’t come across as funny & the audience didn’t respond favorably. Clay decided that he was the comedian & knew more than his audience, so he continued bashing the disabled. His audience became pretty much non existent fairly fast. He went from being loved & on top of the world to never being seen within a very brief period of time. I was one of those who STOPPED watching him, but I don’t think he should have been censored in advance!!!
It’s the job of a comedian to point out the absurd. Sometimes the absurd is funnier than at other times!!! According to my parents, George Carlin should have been put away with the key destroyed, yet he came across as funny to the general public!!!
When Roseanne returned to comedy, I predicted she wouldn’t last long because the current climate has NO sense of humor!!! I fear that Eddie Murphy will meet the same fate. He was hilarious in his heyday, but what was funny back then is NOT acceptable now!!!
I say let the comedians live & learn…some will make it & some won’t…just do NOT censor them even before they get to try!!!