It's a comedian thing.
I watch quite a bit of stand-up comedy, both famous and on YouTube (I want to try doing open mics once Covid is gone). A lot of comedians of every ethnicity are having a hard time towing the new woke lines. The past two or three years, Asian comedians have been rising and gaining visibility. Being first or second generation, they'll often make fun of their own culture, doing accents, critiquing parenting skills, adjusting to the West, etc.
I've listened to interviews and podcasts with some of them, and they complain that they have a hard time with woke culture. They get angry letters about their material, being called racist against their own race, etc. Especially when doing college tours.
This baffles me. I'm a gay man and love watching a comedian skewer gay culture. Is it woke? Probably not. Do I care? Not a bit. As long as it's funny.
I find the "woker" people are, the less sense of humor they have. And what they find "funny" is just a random putdown of a right-winger somewhere. "Oh my god, you called Trump a stupid name. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!"
I don't want to hang around that kind of sense of humor. It's very dull, usually mean-spirited, and utterly vapid. It isn't humor, it's signaling. There's a comedian I used to absolutely love. Then she went Ultra Woke. Now she simply stands on stage, mocking the Right with applause lines, and waiting for the, "Clap for the thing you agree with here!" to begin.
No creativity. Nothing particularly interesting to say. I have the same problem with Samantha Bee. I used to love her on the Daily Show. She still mocked the Right, but the angle of approach was usually ridiculous and funny as hell. Then she got her own show, and it's really just bitter ranting. Which is fine if that's her new niche. But it's rarely funny to me.
If you go into a comedy show looking to be offended, you should not be at a comedy show.
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