Komedi merupakan pilihan hiburan populer yang memiliki banyak penggemar. Selain menghibur, komedi juga rentan dengan masalah ketersinggungan. Komedi sebagai seni pertunjukan yang objeknya bersifat universal sering kali membawakan topik-topik yang sensitif. Teori humor superior menjelaskan bahwa tawa muncul dari rasa superior terhadap objek komedi, sehingga objek komedi dipandang rendah. Namun komedian sering kali berlindung dengan pembenaran teori kognitifif komedi yang menyatakan bahwa dibutuhkan kesadaran bahwa komedi adalah pertunjukan hiburan, sehingga penampilan komedi hanya dapat dilihat dalam konteks tujuannya menghibur. Penelitian ini berusaha menjelaskan hubungan antara komedi sebagai hiburan dan validitas ketersinggungan sebagai respons terhadap komedi. Penelitian ini juga berusaha menjelaskan tanggung jawab komedian terhadap komedinya. Dari hasil analisis, ditemukan bahwa komedian bebas menampilkan komedi tentang apapun, jika hanya jika, komedian tersebut mampu bertanggung jawab terhadap konsekuensi yang disebabkan komedinya. Komedian juga secara moral harus terbuka terhadap tanggapan yang diberikan terhadap komedinya.

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Comedy is a popular entertainment that has a large fans. Besides being entertaining, comedy is also prone to the problem of offense. Comedy as a performing art with universal object often presents sensitive topics. The theory of superior humor explains that laughter arises from a sense of superiority of the object of comedy, so that the object of comedy is looked inferior. However, comedians often take refuge in the justification of the cognitive theory of comedy which states that it takes awareness that comedy is an entertainment, so that comedy performances can only be seen in the context of its purpose to entertain. This research trying to explain the relationship between comedy as entertainment and the validity of offending as a response to comedy. This research also tries to explain the comedian's responsibility towards his comedy. From the results of the analysis, it was found that comedians are free to present comedy about anything, as long as, the comedian is able to take responsibility for the consequences caused by his comedy. Comedians must also be morally open to the responses given to their comedies.