Censorship Creeps into Comedy's Safe Space The recent controversy surrounding Whitney Cummings' jokes at the Mark Twain Prize ceremony has left many in the comedy world scratching their heads.
The event, which celebrates comedians who use humor to critique public figures, including politicians, seems to have fallen victim to the very same pressure it was meant to resist.
Cummings performed a set that included several jokes targeting Donald Trump, but one of her most biting jokes about Trump's association with Jeffrey Epstein – "Donald Trump couldn't make it tonight.