The Uncomfortable Art of Edgy Humor The recent episode of Saturday Night Live where Michael Che delivered a cringe worthy joke about molestation at the hands of the late Michael Jackson was more than just a shocking moment of bad taste.
It was a clever exercise in context, one that highlights the delicate balance between offensiveness and humor.
By making Che read a joke he hadn't seen before, his co anchor Colin Jost effectively turned the audience's discomfort into the punchline.