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    Shane Gillis' 'SNL' firing has some comedians spooked. Others are unbothered

    by Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times Sep 27, 2019 5 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - The Comedy Store's "Potluck" open-mic night has a few ground rules: Buy two drinks, no heckling and absolutely no digital recording of any kind. After entering the Sunset Boulevard venue's dim patio room and hearing the comics' three-minute sets, it's easy to see why.

    At the Comedy Store, taboo doesn't exist. Jokes about homeless people, suicide, a fat woman, lesbians and 9/11 echo off the neon-trimmed walls, along with expletives and slurs so foul they'd almost certainly earn their writers trial by Twitter if uttered in a Netflix special or podcast. But this was neither, and the room roared with laughter.

    Spaces like "Potluck," where comics can sound off completely unchecked, sit in opposition to our so-called "cancel culture" - the backlash against offensive remarks that has confronted Roseanne Barr,

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