By Michael O’Sullivan, The Washington Post There’s a fine — nay, invisible — line in comedy between the funny and the offensive, and it is the comedian’s job to find it. The only way to know where it lies without getting tripped up by it is to try to brush up against it, to tickle it with your toe without crossing it.

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