Dane Cook makes light of the Aurora “Dark Knight Rises” massacre: Too soon?
Another week, another somebody’s-got-issues-with-a-joke-at-The-Laugh-Factory. Sigh. Jamie Masada has maintained genius-level status for decades in terms of drumming up publicity for his Laugh Factory comedy club in Hollywood. At the same time, however, his club often finds itself at Ground Zero for fans recording the stand-up acts and/or taking such offense at a joke or at a comedian that it becomes “news.” This week, it’s Dane Cook in the comedy crosshairs. What? Poor choice of words? Cook has decided, less than a week after a man shot up an Aurora, Colo., cinema — killing many and wounding many more —...
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