NBC series has joke about school massacres

[The Straight Story]

NEW YORK (AP) — School massacres apparently will be fodder for humor in a new NBC prime-time fall series.

During NBC's schedule preview to advertisers on Monday, the network ran a clip of "The Mysteries of Laura," a new series that begins this fall starring Debra Messing. Messing plays a homicide detective, and one scene shows her recoiling after rushing into a schoolroom where the walls and windows are smeared in bright red.

She says: "This is a depraved, unspeakable act."

Then comes the scene's punch line: her character's two children, also covered in red, had gotten a little wild with paint during an art project.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/nbc-series-has-joke-about-school-massacres

[NightWatcher]

1. Will & Grace meets Homicide? Cant wait to not watch that

I'd rather see Alf remake ER

[951-Riverside]

2. Comedy is supposed to be edgy

It wouldnt be funny if it didnt offend someone, somewhere.

Edit: I watched the clip, it was hilarious.

[alp227]

3. Aren't there edges that should NOT be crossed, though? nt

[Brickbat]

4. Spoiled brats are neither funny nor edgy.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Ah, I see the gallows humor common in police, fire and EMS

has made it to the small screen.

On a social level this means this might have been normalized. We cannot stop the massacres, so we will joke to release the tension.

[chrisa]

6. OMG, Another cop show!? How original!