I see Taskmaster has moved to Channel 4. It’s an interesting format. It essentially gets people to do challenges that makes them look a bit silly followed by some demeaning comments on their performance. It pretty much fits the definition of bullying.
It got me thinking about some other comedy programmes that are on – another example being “Have I got News”. I remember it used to be clever analysis of politics, but recently it seems little more than “He’s an idiot we are clever”.
When did humour become so much about making others look dumb. It seems to be the flavour of the month to ridicule others, to have superiority.
I think we see a little bit of that with the “we are the greatest” vaccine competition, but maybe it is only a symptom of where we are as a society.
Time to be kind?