Being a D---: 20 More Seconds of Transphobia
Filed by: Bil Browning
February 17, 2010 9:30 AM
http://www.bilerico.com/2010/02/being_a_dick_20_more_seconds_of_transphobia.phpI'm a fan of Daniel Tosh's comedy and his Comedy Central show, Tosh.0. Tosh isn't an insult comic like Lisa Lampenelli, but his schtick is to make slightly offensive jokes that usually targets a certain community. Most of the time I can laugh along with his gay jokes, for example, because they don't often cross the line between funny and foul.
Tosh lampoons internet videos on his show and he tweets back and forth with his followers when the show airs every Wednesday night. He - or at least his production team - is web savvy.
In a recent episode though, the jokes went from gentle ribbing to outright transphobia quickly. Tosh's series of one-liners about "the world's tallest model" starts out with a trans joke but quickly dances away for a more general series of putdowns and snide comments. Sadly, Tosh doubles the length of the segment just so he can make more transphobic jokes.
