Today I want to talk about inappropriate comedy, dark humor, and the boundaries of good taste in humor. I just recently uploaded a video that I’m wondering if should have ever been made. It is a reaction to Whitney Houston’s death. This is a current news topic and I wanted to create something as a way to catch the views as her name becomes a common search item on Google and YouTube. I don’t feel what I created was too mean, but was playing off of her death and maybe taking her death too light heartedly.
The question becomes, Where to draw the line?
The video isn’t the best ever made. It was created fast to take advantage of current news and people’s habit of researching current events. In the end I feel it isn’t a good video, but with 2,000 views in fewer than 24 hours I considered continuing those types of videos and hoping it will bring him a few subscriptions (and me a better understanding of YouTube Income possibilities).
