‘Every Joke Has a Victim’

The star of British sitcom Mr. Bean, comedian Rowan Atkinson, blasted what he described as cancel culture’s drain on comedy and free speech.

“It does seem to me that the job of comedy is to offend, or have the potential to offend, and it cannot be drained of that potential," Atkinson told the Irish Times. "Every joke has a victim. That’s the definition of a joke. Someone or something or an idea is made to look ridiculous.”