Heard the one about the pope? Sadly, yes | Patrick McKearney | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
►http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2011/jun/21/stand-up-comedy-religion
But when it comes to #religion, contemporary #stand-ups are not giving us this new perspective. They endlessly ridicule tired stereotypes of religion, but fail to turn their critical attention to secularism, atheism or liberalism. And that is problematic. Because when comedians mock the faults of a standardised “other” they leave their own assumptions, ignorance and flaws untouched. They just reinforce our world view, rather than critically engaging with it. They are not giving us a fresh pair of glasses, but returning some old and dusty spectacles that we have had for years.