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  • 2016
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 14 m
  • 2016
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 14 m

Summary In the age of social media, nearly every day brings a new eruption of outrage. While people have always found something to be offended by, their ability to organize a groundswell of opposition to-and public censure of-their offender has never been more powerful. Today we're all one clumsy joke away from public ruin. Can We Take A Joke? o...

  • 2016
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 14 m
  • 2016
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 14 m

Can We Take a Joke?

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary In the age of social media, nearly every day brings a new eruption of outrage. While people have always found something to be offended by, their ability to organize a groundswell of opposition to-and public censure of-their offender has never been more powerful. Today we're all one clumsy joke away from public ruin. Can We Take A Joke? o...

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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33% Positive
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33% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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33% Positive
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70
Jul 28, 2016
It's hard not to have mixed reactions while watching Ted Balaker's documentary Can We Take a Joke? about how political correctness is stifling free speech, particularly when it comes to satire and stand-up comedy.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
63
Jun 22, 2016
More voices would have been nice, and just one person, on camera, defending the whole “safe space” where “hate speech” and “bullying” is banned on campuses is a grievous omission.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 28, 2016
The film, narrated by comedian Christina Pazsitzky, raises some interesting observations about the climate on many of today’s college campuses, where the former havens for free speech (it’s noted that Bruce lectured at UCLA in 1966) have become especially vulnerable in regard to violated comfort zones.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW
50
Jul 28, 2016
The documentary Can We Take a Joke?, a one-sided look at a multisided issue, does a fine job of defending a comic’s right to perform incendiary material. It would be better if it also at least acknowledged the possibility that some jokes ought not be told.
By Neil Genzlinger FULL REVIEW
38
Jul 29, 2016
The film will play well among standup comics who feel they've been muzzled by humorless slogan-spouting liberals, bluenoses and the generally squeamish.
By Matt Zoller Seitz FULL REVIEW
30
Jul 28, 2016
Ted Balaker's Can We Take a Joke? is a surprisingly self-righteous and unfunny documentary in which shelf-dated comedians spend 74 minutes misinterpreting the First Amendment to mean that behaving like an asshole should have no social consequences.
By Chris Packham FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Korchula Productions
Release Date Jul 29, 2016
Duration 1 h 14 m
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Website https://www.facebook.com/canwetakeajoke
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Awards

Anthem Film Festival, Las Vegas
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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