Bhaswar Mukherjee

VIDEO | On YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia's remarks on 'India's Got Latent' show, Author Neelesh Misra (@neeleshmisra) says, "Comedy cannot always be obnoxious to be funny. It cannot always hide behind the freedom of speech rock to protect itself against the just banal, the ridiculous kind of content that it serves out, especially in India. When you cannot write intelligent comedy, you start using cuss words, you start making fun of women, elders, like, was done in this case. You start saying things that were unthinkable only because your writing is mediocre. You can't write great acts. The problem is that it is boiling down to the complete erosion of original content, of original thinking even in comedy. Of course, films and other fields of creativity, but of course comedy. So, this is about that. You cannot use the well, comedy is not about changing the world, excuse, or comedy is about expressing opinion, excuse, and do this nonsense." (Full video available on PTI Videos - ptivideos.com)