A Call to Rise Up against Jokes made at the expense of Schindler's List

Not trying to offend any one here

There is a type of person who exists. That person, out of safety, refuses to expand their repertoire. They have found a gold goose, and yes they do use it sparingly, but deep down they know. They know they are cheating themselves. They know they can do better. I was once one of these people. This is my story.

This isn't actually a story, that line is just great for transitions. The type of person in question is: People Who Use Schindler's List for an easy laugh. A quick joke, nothing too elaborate. Easy laugh stuff. Like:

"Let's watch something fun, and light hearted"

"How about Schindler's List?"

Haha Haha Ha.

"What is that one movie where Julia Roberts can't seem to find the right guy?"

"Schindler's List"

Haha Ha Haha.

Two examples. Yes, that joke can be funny because it is funny to say something out of context and catch someone off guard with it. But c'mon. That's too easy. Schindler's List? Just because you grew up in the 90s doesn't mean you have to limit yourself. I get it, I get it. I was there. It's not that you can't think of any other depressing movies, it's that you're afraid people won't get the reference if you choose another movie. Schindler's List is classically depressing because even if you haven't seen it, you were told it was. I'm concerned about the joker's health. To have such a gut reaction joke in your hands is always disconcerting ground, especially if you use it more than once. But to have that joke based on something so easy as Schindler's List? That's right- it's an easy movie to reference. And you know what- its earned that right. Titanic, Star Wars, Godfather, hell- we are currently in the golden age of Avatar jokes. And all these jokes have been done to death, but you think- surely not Schindler's List. No one makes fun of that because of its sensitive matter. No- no one parodies it because holocaust parodies are done before. You are making FUN of it by applying it to your slick sense of humor. Make FUN, don't continue previous fun. In those 2 examples, the high road to take would be to attack the words of what the person is saying. "Fun and Light Hearted- you just described literally half the movies in the world." "I don't know, I only saw the Julia Roberts movie where she gets fist fucked." See? This isn't just a plea specifically not to make Schindler's List jokes, but to not repeat them. You know who you are. The best part of making fun of something is the actually making. The fun comes naturally to it.