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one that is profound and says something about how, perhaps, you know, humanity had never reached a greater point of darkness. and you can do that through a joke. so, you have to deconstruct the individualjoke and say, what s the target? what s going on? what s the semiotics, basically? could you bear to? i ll tell that joke, if you like. a very shortjoke. 0k. i ll tell this joke. ..which people will then decide whether they find it funny or offensive. go on, do it. i doubt they ll find it offensive. some people might not find it funny. i think thejoke is, in a way, more profound than it is funny. but it was told to me, this joke, by a jewish literary academic called devorah baum. i d never heard the joke before. it concerns a holocaust survivor who after the war dies and goes to heaven. and when he gets to heaven, god asks the survivor to tell him a holocaustjoke. so, the survivor does, and god says, that s not funny. and the survivor says, well, i guess you had to be there. what

Whats going onGreater point of darknessIt offensiveGo onVery shortjokeDevorah baumA jewish literary academic