Why Is It That Nearly All Comedians Are Left-Wing?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2291952/We-struggle-right-wing-comedians-admits-BBC-chief.html

[seadogg]

Must cancel my Independent forthwith. Just thought it was for open minded folk.

[sp1814]

AOG

For clarity, could you please tell what you think is 'left wing', because I am not sure that many would agree that The Independent newspaper could accurately be described thus.

[emmie]

from wiki

Originally a broadsheet newspaper, since 2003 the newspaper has been published in a tabloid or "compact" format.[2] The Independent is regarded as leaning to the left politically,[3] but tends to take a more pro-market stance on economic issues.

whilst we are about it, watch Have I got News for You, or perhaps Mock The Week, and any programme that has Jimmy Carr, Sean Lock, Alan Davis in it, panel shows on later in the evening, because you will hear lots of rude comments, it's what they do. sometime about Labour, but more often about the posh Tories....
stand up comedians have got a way with a lot more, Ben Elton in the old days, now he is part of the establishment..

[sp1814]

em10

It's a tradition for satirists to mock the establishment and those in power.

Perhaps the reason why right wing comedians aren't at the forefront of cutting edge comedy is that they are out of step with the times?

What would their jokes actually centre on? Who would they appeal to?

[wiltsman]

I think you'll find that whichever bunch of politicians are in power, then it those that are being pilloried.

When, or if, Labour get into power, then you'll find nearly all comedians will appear to be Right Wing.

By the way, quoting from the Daily Mail is hardly quoting from a balanced source of news.

[emmie]

cutting edge comedy, where...