Punching Up, Punching Down - The Good Men Project
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Embed from Getty Images — A tradition in comedy says: Always punch up, never punch down . That is to say, don’t attack people who are already marginalized. Right now, we’re in the middle of two controversies involving humorists. ◊♦◊ One involves punching up. Some people are upset over Michelle Wolf’s routine at the White House correspondents’ dinner , where she attacked President Trump and other Administration figures, as well as other politicians (on both sides of the aisle) and the media. In other words, she gave a White House correspondents’ dinner roast. Some of her jokes
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