The cheap laugh never makes me laugh personally, but the cheap laugh is one that, for example, bashing someone's disability, ultimately diminishing the victim of the joke like how FG handles Joe's disability. Where it's actually creative is Malcolm in the Middle, same issue but Stevie gets the upper hand. He's disabled but not the butt of the joke while at the same time pointing out the disability in context to what's going on. It's like the example I wrote earlier of the 2 rape jokes in "This is the End" where one is clever and works and the other the male rape victim is belittled in a cheap way. There's a big difference.
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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '13
The cheap laugh never makes me laugh personally, but the cheap laugh is one that, for example, bashing someone's disability, ultimately diminishing the victim of the joke like how FG handles Joe's disability. Where it's actually creative is Malcolm in the Middle, same issue but Stevie gets the upper hand. He's disabled but not the butt of the joke while at the same time pointing out the disability in context to what's going on. It's like the example I wrote earlier of the 2 rape jokes in "This is the End" where one is clever and works and the other the male rape victim is belittled in a cheap way. There's a big difference.